004:005 Let your forbearing spirit be known to every one— the Lord is near.
004:006 Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and
earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request
be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
004:007 And then the peace of God, which transcends all our powers
of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds
in union with Christ Jesus.
004:008 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute—if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise—cherish the thought of these things.
004:009 The doctrines and the line of conduct which I taught you— both what you heard and what you saw in me—hold fast to them; and God who gives peace will be with you.
004:010 But I rejoice with a deep and holy joy that now at length you have revived your thoughtfulness for my welfare. Indeed you have always been thoughtful for me, although opportunity failed you.
004:011 I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part)
I have learned, whatever be my outward experiences,
to be content.
004:012 I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live
amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries
both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.
004:013 I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.
004:014 Yet I thank you for taking your share in my troubles.