Being persuaded of this very thing - that, he who hath begun in you a good work, will perfect it, until the day of Jesus Christ;

But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil??hat to choose I do not know,

Because, unto you, hath it been given as a favour, in behalf of Christ, not only, on him, to believe, but also, in his behalf, to suffer: -

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

But, of the proof of him, be taking note, - that, as child, with father, with me, hath he done service for the glad-message;

Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; -

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await, - The Lord Jesus Christ, -

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.