but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

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

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.