PAUL and Timotheus, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, as well as to the bishops and deacons:

of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

for it is God who in his goodwill enables you to will this and to achieve it.

We are the true Circumcision, we who worship God in spirit, we who pride ourselves on Christ Jesus, we who rely upon no outward privilege.

For all those of our number who are mature, this must be the point of view; God will reveal that to any of you who look at things differently.

Copy me, brothers, one and all of you, and notice those who live by the example you get from me.

But we are a colony of heaven, and we wait for the Saviour who comes from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ,

who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

So then, my brothers, for whom I cherish love and longing, my joy and crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, O my beloved.

In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.