Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So then, my brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">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,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">But for now<n id="1" /> I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother,<n id="2" /> coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger<n id="3" /> and minister<n id="4" /> to me in my need.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">I thank my God every time I remember you.<n id="1" />

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

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

My confident hope<n id="1" /> is that I will in no way be ashamed<n id="2" /> but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.<n id="3" />

The<n id="1" /> whole imperial guard<n id="2" /> and everyone else knows<n id="3" /> that I am in prison<n id="4" /> for the sake of Christ,

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Be imitators of me,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

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

and most of the brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> having confidence in the Lord<n id="2" /> because of my imprisonment, now more than ever<n id="3" /> dare to speak the word<n id="4" /> fearlessly.p>

complete my joy and be of the same mind,<n id="1" /> by having the same love, being united in spirit,<n id="2" /> and having one purpose.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Finally, my brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.p>

For<n id="1" /> it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart,<n id="2" /> since both in my imprisonment<n id="3" /> and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God&#8217;s grace<n id="4" /> together with me.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things &#8211; indeed, I regard them as dung!<n id="1" /> &#8211; that I may gain Christ,

Yes, I say also to you, true companion,<n id="1" /> help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry<n id="2" /> along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.