²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²⁷ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

²⁹ For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;