For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

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

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 this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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

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

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.