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

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

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.

And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.