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for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord; the same things to write to you to me indeed is not tiresome, and for you [is] sure;

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await -- the Lord Jesus Christ --

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

And I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye flourished again in caring for me, for which also ye were caring, and lacked opportunity;

not that in respect of want I say [it], for I did learn in the things in which I am -- to be content;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,