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

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;

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.

but there is one thing, indeed forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal unto the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Be ye my imitators, brethren, and mark those thus walking about as you have us an example.

Yea, I also entreat thee, noble yoke-fellow, assist those women, whosoever labored with me in the gospel, both along with Clement, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Not that I speak concerning deficiency: for I have learned to be content with those things amid which I am.

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.

All the saints, and especially those from the house of Caesar, salute you.