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Finally, grow powerful in union with the Lord, in union with his mighty strength!

Now, so that you may also be informed about how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and a faithful worker for the Lord, will tell you everything.

Shalom to the brothers. May God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah give you love and trust.

Grace be to all who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with undying love.

From: Sha’ul and Timothy, slaves of the Messiah Yeshua To: All God’s people united with the Messiah Yeshua and living in Philippi, along with the congregation leaders and shammashim:

Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

And I am sure of this: that the One who began a good work among you will keep it growing until it is completed on the Day of the Messiah Yeshua.

God can testify how I long for all of you with the deep affection of the Messiah Yeshua.

so that you will be able to determine what is best and thus be pure and without blame for the Day of the Messiah,

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Yeshua the Messiah — to the glory and praise of God.

It has become clear to the whole palace and to everyone else that it is because of the Messiah that I am in chains.

Also, my being in prison has given most of the brothers in the Lord confidence, so that they have become much more bold in speaking the word of God fearlessly.

True, some are proclaiming the Messiah out of jealousy and rivalry, but others are doing it in goodwill.

The latter act from love, aware that I am put where I am for defending the Good News;

But so what? All that matters is that in every way, whether honestly or in pretense, the Messiah is being proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

for I know that this will work out for my deliverance, because of your prayers and the support I get from the Spirit of Yeshua the Messiah.

It all accords with my earnest expectation and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of; but rather, now, as always, the Messiah will be honored by my body, whether it is alive or dead.

For to me, life is the Messiah, and death is gain.

I am caught in a dilemma: my desire is to go off and be with the Messiah — that is better by far —

Then, through my being with you again, you will have even greater reason for boasting about the Messiah Yeshua.

Only conduct your lives in a way worthy of the Good News of the Messiah; so that whether I come and see you or I hear about you from a distance, you stand firm, united in spirit, fighting with one accord for the faith of the Good News,

because for the Messiah’s sake it has been granted to you not only to trust in him but also to suffer on his behalf,

Therefore, if you have any encouragement for me from your being in union with the Messiah, any comfort flowing from love, any fellowship with me in the Spirit, or any compassion and sympathy,

Let your attitude toward one another be governed by your being in union with the Messiah Yeshua:

On the contrary, he emptied himself, in that he took the form of a slave by becoming like human beings are. And when he appeared as a human being,