I say it not to condemn (you): for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;
and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;