so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is in the cause of Christ.

as I heartily look for and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed: but that with all confidence, as always in times past, even so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be through life, or else death.

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;

For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests;

For everyone else is looking out for his own interests, not for those of Jesus Christ.

although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

Let us therefore, who have been instructed, have this in view: and if you are sollicitous about any thing else, God will reveal even that unto you.