in order that you may distinguish those things which differ; that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ;

Now I want you to rest assured, brothers, that those things which have befallen me have actually resulted in the progress of the good news;

those preach the gospel of Christ, not in sincerity, but from a principle of contention, with a view to inflame the persecution against me:

in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel,

Only live worthily of the gospel of Christ: in order that, whether coming and seeing you or being absent, I hear those things concerning you, that you are standing in one spirit, with one soul contending for the faith of the gospel;

and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

and let each consider not his own interests, but also those of others.

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of celestial beings, as well as of those on earth, and of those under the earth;

for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and honourably treat those that are such:

for he was upon the brink of death for the service of Christ, having expos'd his life to the greatest dangers, to perform those kind offices, which you could not do yourselves.

Look out for those dogs, those mischief-makers, those self-mutilators!

as to zeal persecuting the church, as to the righteousness of the law blameless: but those things,

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

but one thing I do; forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, those of us who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think.

Brothers, be comrades in imitating me, and study those whose life and walk is according to the pattern I have set you.

For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)

So, my dearly loved brothers, those whom I long to see, [who are] my [reason for] being glad and [who are] my crown of victory; stand firm in [your devotion to] the Lord, my dear ones.

And I solemnly beg you, my true comrade, keep on cooperating with those two women, because they shared with me the struggle in spreading the good news, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Furthermore brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of honest report, if there be any virtuous thing, if there be any laudable thing, those same have ye in your mind,

which ye have both learned and received, heard and also seen in me: those things do, and the God of peace shall be with you.

Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.

As you Philippians also know, during the early days of [my] preaching the Gospel [in those regions], when I left Macedonia [Note: This was the northernmost province of Greece], no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving [i.e., financial help], except you only.

But I have all things, and I abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus those things from you, an odor of a sweet savor, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. Those brothers who are with me greet you.

there salute you all the saints, and specially those of Caesar's house;