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Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

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

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

I have received full payment, and more; I am filled, having received from Epaphrodi'tus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

and pray for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison,

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;

For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.

and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.

For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come.

Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,

I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one;