My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

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

As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him – and not to him only, but also to me – so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

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.

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.

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

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

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation – a sign which is from God.

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 be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.