For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

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;

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

Give words of love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their love.

All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.