For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.

God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

It is true that some do proclaim the Christ out of Jealousy and opposition; but there are others who proclaim him from good- will.

Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that, through your prayers and through a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 'all this will make for my Salvation.'

And this will fulfil my earnest expectation and hope that I shall have no cause for shame, but that, with unfailing courage, now as hitherto, Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death,

Without ever shrinking from your opponents. To them this will be a sign of their Destruction and of your Salvation--a sign from God.

You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

It is Timothy, then, whom I hope to send, as soon as ever I can foresee how it will go with me.

Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.

Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

Then the Peace of God, which is beyond all human understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and thoughts, through your union with Christ Jesus.

All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you.

It is not that I am anxious for your gifts, but I am anxious to see the abundant return that will be placed to your account. I have enough of everything, and to spare.

And my God, out of the greatness of his wealth, will, in glory, fully satisfy your every need, through your union with Christ Jesus.