It is right for me to feel this way about you, because [you have me in your heart as] I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the good news [regarding salvation], all of you share in [His matchless] grace with me.

As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison for preaching about the Messiah.

So, what [should I think about the situation]? Just this: I am happy and will continue to be happy that, in every way, Christ is being preached, [regardless of] whether it is in pretense or with sincerity.

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.

Is there anything to be encouraged about by being in [fellowship with] Christ? Is there any comfort from His love? Is there any sharing with the Holy Spirit? [Have you received] any affection and compassion [from Christ]?

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

You should think about things the way Christ Jesus did.

For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

as you hold out [i.e., offer to people] the message of [never ending] life. Then I will have something to boast about on the day of Christ's [return, See 1:6], that I had not run the race for nothing nor had worked for nothing.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I also may be encouraged when I hear news about you.

For I have no one like-minded who [will] sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}.

Everybody concerns himself about his own interests, not about those of Jesus Christ.

But you people know about his proven reliability, how he served with me in advancing [the work of] the Gospel just like a son working with his father.

So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

for in the work of Christ he was nigh unto death indifferent about life, that he might afford me that service which it was not in your power to render me.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.

Brothers, I consider that I, myself, have not yet taken hold [of Christ's ultimate purpose for me]. But there is one thing that I am doing; I am forgetting about my past [See verses 5-7], and reaching forward to what lies ahead.

Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you.

Be ye my imitators, brethren, and mark those thus walking about as you have us an example.

For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

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

Finally, brothers, whatever [things] are true, whatever [things are] honorable, whatever [things are] right, whatever [things are] pure, whatever [things are] pleasing, whatever [things are] commendable, if [there is] any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these [things].

And [the things] which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these [things], and the God of peace will be with you.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.

And you men and women of Philippi also know that at the first preaching of the Good News, when I had left Macedonia, no other Church except yourselves held communication with me about giving and receiving;