Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon.

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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.

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

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

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.

I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ,