Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard<n id="1" /> that we have already attained.<n id="2" />p>

For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,<n id="1" />p>

Let everyone see your gentleness.<n id="1" /> The Lord is near!

For I am sure of this very thing,<n id="1" /> that the one<n id="2" /> who began a good work in<n id="3" /> you will perfect it<n id="4" /> until the day of Christ Jesus.

<p class="poetry">As a result God exalted himp> <p class="poetry">and gave him the namep> <p class="poetry">that is above every name,p>

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort &#8211; for the sake of his good pleasure &#8211; is God.

Therefore let those of us who are &#8220;perfect&#8221; embrace this point of view.<n id="1" /> If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.<n id="2" />

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches<n id="1" /> in Christ Jesus.

In fact he became so ill that he nearly died.<n id="1" /> But God showed mercy to him &#8211; and not to him only, but also to me &#8211; so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.<n id="1" />

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.p>