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I know how to be depressed, and I also know how to abound in every thing; and in all things am I exercised, both in fullness and in famine, in abundance and in penury.

I have [fn] received all, and I abound, and am full: and I accepted all that ye sent to me by Epaphroditus, a sweet odor, and an acceptable sacrifice that pleaseth God.

provided ye continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and ye be not removed from the hope of the gospel; of which ye have heard, that it is proclaimed in all the creation beneath heaven; of which [fn] I Paul am a minister.

of which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,

For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.

And pray also for us, that God would open to us a door of speech, for uttering the mystery of the Messiah, for the sake of which I am in bonds;

11 [namely] that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted [fn] {namely}

of which I am constituted a herald and legate. I speak the truth, and do not lie, for I am the teacher of the Gentiles in the belief of the truth.

by the recollection which I have, by thy genuine faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in thee.

of which I am constituted a herald and a legate, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day.

But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution hath come.

But for love's sake, I earnestly beseech theeeven I, Paul, who am aged, as thou knowest, and now also a prisoner for Jesus the Messiah.

Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man.

Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.

And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth.

And it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition;

And I am anxious, that, after my departure, ye too may have it always with you to make mention of these things.

For, when he received from God the Father honor and glory, and, after the splendid glory of his majesty, a voice came to him thus: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;

He that saith, I am in him, is bound to walk according to his walkings.