At Philippi, as you know, we had been ill-treated and insulted, but we took courage and confidence in our God to tell you the gospel of God in spite of all the strain.

You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.

For you, brothers, followed the example of God's churches in Judea that are in union with Christ Jesus, for you too have suffered the same sort of ill-treatment at the hands of your fellow-countrymen as they did at the hands of the Jews,

Stop treating the messages of prophecy with contempt,

Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always try to treat one another and everybody with kindness.