Of this I am fully persuaded, that He who has begun a good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil??hat to choose I do not know,

And because I am convinced of this, I know that I shall live, and go on working side by side with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.

And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;

Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead,

Let us all then, who are mature Christians, strive for this! God will make this clear to any of you who are striving for other goals;

Moreover, I greatly rejoiced in the Lord that now once more your care for me blossomed afresh; though indeed you did take thought in this matter, but you lacked the opportunity of expression.