because to you it was granted,

on behalf of Christ,

not only to believe in him,

but also on behalf of him to suffer;

and not terrified in anything by those opposing,
     which to them indeed is a token of destruction,
          and to you of salvation, and that from God;

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ
conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come
and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the
things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit,
with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

and of this being persuaded,

I have known that I shall remain and

continue with you all,

to your advancement and joy of the faith,

that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus

in me through my presence again to you.

for I am pressed by the two,

     having the desire to depart,

          and to be with Christ,

               for it is far better, 

                    and to remain in the flesh

                         is more necessary on your account,

 And if to live in the flesh
[is] to me a fruit of work,
then what shall I choose?
I know not;

for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain.

according to my earnest expectation and hope,
     that in nothing I shall be ashamed,
          and in all freedom, as always,
               also now Christ shall be magnified in my body,
                    whether through life or through death,

For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation,
through your supplication, and
the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

 and the other out of love,

having known that for defence

of the good news I am set:

what then? in every way,

whether in pretence or in truth,

Christ is proclaimed and in this I rejoice,

yea, and shall rejoice.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention,
     and certain also through good-will,
          do preach the Christ; the one, indeed,
               of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely,
                    supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord,
having confidence by my bonds,
are more abundantly bold fearlessly to speak the word.

And I wish you to know,

brethren, that the things concerning me,

rather to an advancement of the good news

have come, so that my bonds have become

manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium,

and to the other places -- all,

for your proving the things that differ,

     that ye may be pure and offenceless 

          to a day of Christ,

               being filled with the fruit of righteousness,

                    that [is] through Jesus Christ,

                         to the glory and praise of God.

For God is my witness,
how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

and this I pray,

that your love yet more and more may abound

in full knowledge, and all judgment,

according as it is righteous for me to

think this in behalf of you all,

because of my having you in the heart,

both in my bonds, and [in] the defense

and confirmation of the good news,

all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

having been confident of this very thing,
     that He who did begin in you a good work,
          will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ,

Peace to the brethren,
and love, with faith,
from God the Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ!

whom I did send unto you for this very thing,

that ye might know the things concerning us,

and that he might comfort your hearts.

And that ye may know ye also the things
     concerning me what I do,
          all things make known to you shall Tychicus,
               the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

 for which I am an ambassador in a chain,
that in it I may speak freely
as it behoveth me to speak.

and in behalf of me,

that to me may be given a word

in the opening of my mouth,

in freedom,

to make known the secret of the good news,

 through all prayer and supplication
     praying at all times in the Spirit,
          and in regard to this same,
               watching in all perseverance and
                    supplication for all the saints

and the helmet of the salvation receive,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the saying of God,

 above all,

having taken up the shield of the faith,

in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts

of the evil one to quench,