1. So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
2. I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche to be in agreement in the Lord.
3. Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life.
4. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.
5. Let your gentleness be made known to all people. The Lord is near.
6. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8. Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are pleasing, whatever things are commendable, if there is any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these things.
9. And the things which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
10. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have renewed your concern for me, for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity to express it.
11. Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
12. I know how both to make do with little and I know how to have an abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have an abundance and to go without.