8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirableif anything is excellent or praiseworthythink about such things.

9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in meput it into practice.And the God of peacewill be with you.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieAhed1nK8

1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love andlong for,my joy andcrown,stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

2I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche toagree in the Lord.

3Yes, I ask you also, true companion,help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,whose names are in the book of life.

4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

5Let your reasonablenessbe known to everyone.The Lord is at hand;

6do not be anxious about anything,but in everything by prayer and supplicationwith thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

7Andthe peace of God,which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L66Bex85XT4

12Not that I have alreadyobtained this oram already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

14I press on toward the goal forthe prize of the upwardcall of God in Christ Jesus.

15Let those of us who aremature think this way, and if in anythingyou think otherwise,God will reveal that also to you.

16Onlylet us hold true to what we have attained.

17Brothers,join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walkaccording to the example you have in us.

18Formany, of whom I have often told you and now tell youeven with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

19Their end is destruction,their god is their belly, andthey glory in their shame, withminds set on earthly things.

20Butour citizenship is in heaven, andfrom it weawait a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

21who will transformour lowly bodyto be like his glorious body,by the power that enables him evento subject all things to himself.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiS9uaSOv2Y

1Finally, my brothers,[a]rejoice in the Lord.To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

2Look out forthe dogs, look out forthe evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

3Forwe are the circumcision,who worshipby the Spirit of God[b]andglory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh

4though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

5circumcised on the eighth day,of the people of Israel,of the tribe of Benjamin,a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law,a Pharisee;

6as to zeal,a persecutor of the church;as to righteousness under the law,[c]blameless.

7Butwhatever gain I had,I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

8Indeed, I count everything as loss because ofthe surpassing worth ofknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake Ihave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

9and be found in him, not havinga righteousness of my own that comes from the law, butthat which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith

10that I may know him andthe power of his resurrection, andmay share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

11that by any means possible I mayattain the resurrection from the dead.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww7U-mlDmtI

19I hope in the Lord Jesusto send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

20For I have no onelike him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

21For they allseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

22But you know Timothy's[a]proven worth, howas a son[b]with a fatherhe has served with me in the gospel.

23I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,

24andI trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

25I have thought it necessary to send to youEpaphroditus my brother and fellow worker andfellow soldier, and your messenger andminister to my need,

26for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

27Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

28I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

29Soreceive him in the Lord with all joy, andhonor such men,

30for he nearly died[c]for the work of Christ, risking his lifeto complete what was lacking in your service to me.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOY18RTncME

14Do all thingswithout grumbling ordisputing,

15that you may be blameless and innocent,children of Godwithout blemishin the midst ofa crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shineas lights in the world,

16holding fast tothe word of life, so that inthe day of ChristI may be proud thatI did not run in vain or labor in vain.

17Even if I am to bepoured out as a drink offering uponthe sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

18Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leS6gg7G1eY

12Therefore, my beloved,as you have alwaysobeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

13forit is God who works in you, both to will and to work forhis good pleasure.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJKqfg3p_4

5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

6who, though he was inthe form of God, did not count equality with Goda thing to be grasped,

7butemptied himself, by taking the form of aservant,[c]being born in the likeness of men.

8And being found in human form, he humbled himself bybecoming obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross.

9ThereforeGod hashighly exalted him and bestowed on himthe name that is above every name,

10so that at the name of Jesusevery knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11andevery tongue confess that Jesus Christ isLord, to the glory of God the Father.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6KOhhA2IBQ

1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort fromlove, anyparticipation in the Spirit, anyaffection and sympathy,

2complete my joy by beingof the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

3Do nothing fromselfish ambition orconceit, but inhumility count others more significant than yourselves.

4Let each of youlook not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ JesusWatch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKBppOF1U9s

18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again. 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPlH68raMXs