The things which you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things [in daily life], and the God [who is the source] of peace and well-being will be with you.

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,

Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves.

that being capable to distinguish what is best, you may remain stedfastly sincere until the day of Christ,

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;

so that my bonds have become manifest as being in Christ in all the praetorium and to all others;

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,

but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.

according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.

being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.