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Thanksgiving and Prayer
I thank my God every time I remember you.
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
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but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
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Do Everything Without Grumbling
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
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Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.
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though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:
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What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
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Thanks for Their Gifts
I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.
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Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;
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for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need.
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Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.
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I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
