For I am confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I do not know.

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

I have no one else like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.

who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.