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

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings.

so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.