and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

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

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth –

So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

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.

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

The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

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.

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.

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!

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.

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

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.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen.

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.