⁷ It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart,^[a] for all of you are my partners in God’s grace,^[b] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.^(A)

³ I do not say this to condemn you, for I have already said that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.^(A)

⁵ for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.^(A)

⁹ for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.^(A)

¹⁸ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.^[a](A)

¹⁴ In any case, it was kind of you to share my distress.

¹⁶ These proclaim Christ out of love, knowing that I have been put here for the defense of the gospel; ¹⁷ the others proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but intending to increase my suffering in my imprisonment.

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.^(A)

Paul’s Ministry to the Gentiles

3 This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for^[a] Christ Jesus^[b] for the sake of you gentiles,

²³ except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.^(A)