the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, but thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

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

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christthe righteousness that comes from God and is by faith,

Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

I know how to be in need, and I also know how to have plenty; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and want.

Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.