“Truly like a father, like a servant of God, he has renounced that one of his two desires which was to be more profitable to himself alone, namely, that he should now depart and be with Christ.… He says "I shall remain," and he adds the stronger form "I shall continue." This means: "I shall stay until the completion, t…”
Gaius Marius Victorinus, 4th c. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 1.25
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25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
— Philippians 1:25 —
26That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
27Only 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;