For it has been given to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,

In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I also may be encouraged when I hear news about you.

I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will also come quickly.

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you.

but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Yes, I also ask you, true partner, to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life.