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Grace be vnto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

That ye may approue things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence till the day of Christ.

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According to my earnest expectation, and my hope, that in nothing I shalbe ashamed: but that with all boldnes, as alwayes, so now also Christ shal be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, hauing a desire to depart, & to bee with Christ, which is farre better.

That your reioycing may bee more abundant in Iesus Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

Onely let your conuersation bee as it becommeth the Gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may heare of your affaires, that yee stand fast in one spirit, with one minde, striuing together for the faith of the Gospel,

Hauing the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now heare to be in me.

¶ If there bee therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of loue, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels, & mercies;

Fulfill ye my ioy, that yee be like minded, hauing the same loue, being of one accord, of one minde.

Let nothing bee done through strife, or vaine glory, but in lowlinesse of minde let each esteeme other better then themselues.