being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if to live in the flesh, -- if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you: