being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,

even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because you have me in your heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my grace.

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

What then? Nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached. And I rejoice in this. Yet, also I will rejoice.

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

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,

and terrified in nothing by your adversaries. For this is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind. And if in anything you are otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who walk this way, for you have us for a pattern.

Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.

I do not say this because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.