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

Thankfulness and Prayer

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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

being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

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

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.