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

For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.

Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings.

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,

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

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.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

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

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

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.

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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!

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

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.

What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

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.