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 f through your prayers and g the help of h the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope i that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full j courage now as always Christ k will be honored in my body, l whether by life or by death. 21 For to me m 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 n I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is o to depart and p be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 q Convinced of this, r I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your s progress and t joy in the faith, 26 so that in me u you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
27 Only v let your manner of life be w worthy 1 of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you x that you are standing firm in one spirit, with y one mind z striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a a clear sign to them of their destruction, but b of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For c it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also b suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same d conflict that e you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
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