So that the mutual participation of thy faith might be effective in acknowledgment of every good in you to Christ Jesus.

And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;