filled with the fruits of righteousness, which fruits come by Jesus Christ unto the glory and laud of God.

because I know this will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men.

And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

A word of light, holding forth, - as a matter of boasting unto me, for the day of Christ, - that, not in vain, I ran, nor, in vain, I toiled: -

receive him then in the Lord with all alacrity, and let such be the objects of your esteem:

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].

In conclusion, Brothers, wherever you find anything true or honorable, righteous or pure, lovable or praiseworthy, or if 'virtue' and 'honour' have any meaning, there let your thoughts dwell.

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.