For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer
And the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
According to my earnest expectation and my hope
That in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness
As always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you
And having this confidence
I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ
That whether I come and see you, or else be absent
I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit
With one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition
But to you of salvation, and that of God
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake
Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me