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¹ Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.² I pray Euodias, and beseche Syntyches, yt they be of one accorde in the Lorde.³ Yea, and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe, helpe those [women] which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my labour felowes, whose names [are] in the booke of lyfe.⁴ Reioyce in the Lorde alway, and agayne I say reioyce.⁵ Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde [is] at hande.⁶ Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes.⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all vnderstandyng, shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus. ⁸ Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer, thynges are true, whatsoeuer thynges (are) honest, whatsoeuer thynges (are) iuste, whatsoeuer thynges (are) pure, whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thynges (are) of honest report: If there be any vertue, & yf there be any prayse, thynke on these thynges:⁹ Which ye haue both learned, and receaued, and hearde, and seene in me: Those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.

¹⁰ But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly, that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me, in ye wherin ye were also carefull, but ye lacked oportunitie.¹¹ I speake not because of necessitie. For I haue learned, in whatsoeuer estate I am, therwith to be content.¹² I knowe howe to be lowe, and I knowe howe to exceade. Euery where & in all thynges I am instructed, both to be ful, and to be hungry, both to haue plentie, and to suffer neede.¹³ I can do all thynges through Christe, which strengtheneth me.¹⁴ Notwithstandyng, ye haue well done yt ye dyd communicate to my afflictions.¹⁵ Ye Philippians knowe also, that in the begynnyng of the Gospell, when I departed fro Macedonia, no Church communicated to me, as concernyng geuyng and receauyng, but ye only.¹⁶ For euen in Thessalonica, ye sent once, & afterward agayne vnto my necessitie.¹⁷ Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.¹⁸ But I haue receaued al, & haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges [which were sent] from you, an odoure of a sweete smel, a sacrifice acceptable, plesaunt to God.¹⁹ My God shall supplie all your neede, through his riches in glorie, in Christe Iesus.

²⁰ Unto God and our father, be prayse for euermore. Amen.²¹ Salute all the saintes in Christe Iesus. The brethren which are with me, greete you.²² All the saintes salute you, most of all, they that are of Caesars housholde.²³ The grace of our Lorde Iesu Christe [be] with you all. Amen. This Epistle was written from Rome, by Epaphroditus.