and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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

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,

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

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

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

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

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.

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

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.

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

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.

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected – but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

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.

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

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

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,

Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.