Philippians 1:6

1:6 For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:9

1:9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

1:22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

1:30 since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Models for Ministry

2:19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

3:15 Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

3:17 Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,