Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and that most of the brothers and sisters, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

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

Timothy and Epaphroditus

But I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition.

and I trust in the Lord that I myself will also be coming shortly.

Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold people like him in high regard,

The Goal of Life

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

Think of Excellence

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near.

God’s Provisions

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.