according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

holding firmly the word of life, so that on the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to compensate for your absence in your service to me.

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.

Indeed, true companion, I ask you also, help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement as well as the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.