being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

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

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,

who will change our lowly bodies into the likeness of his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.