Philippians 4:10-14

¹⁰Now I will tell you how things are going with me here. I’m really happy, thanks to our leader, Jesus. I know you were worried about me here in jail and you wanted to send something to help me, but at first you couldn’t do it. Then you got a chance to send me some things, and this has made me happy. It shows that you are still thinking about me.

¹¹I’m not saying this because I need anything. I have learned to be happy, no matter what happens to me.

¹²I know what it is like to need things and I know what it is like to have a lot of things. I have learned this secret, to be happy all the time no matter what happens. Sometimes I can eat plenty of food, and sometimes I go hungry. But it doesn’t matter, I can be happy anyway. Sometimes I have everything I need, and sometimes I have nothing. But it doesn’t matter, I can be happy anyway.

¹³You see, Jesus Christ makes me strong, so I can do all these things.

¹⁴And you have been very good to me. I have been getting trouble, but you remembered me and you helped me a lot.