002:015 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 002:016 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. 002:017 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. 002:018 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me. 002:019 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. 002:020 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. 002:021 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 002:022 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. 002:023 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. 002:024 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly. 002:025 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need; 002:026 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick. 002:027 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow. 002:028 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 002:029 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor, 002:030 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me. 003:001 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. 003:002 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision. 003:003 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; 003:004 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more: 003:005 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 003:006 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. 003:007 However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 003:008 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord,