[23] For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and with Christ; which is far better: [24] Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for [25] And confidence, I know that I shall abide and all for furtherance and joy of faith; [26] That rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for by my coming to again. [27] Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and or else be absent, I may hear affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;