Philippians 1:23-27 For I am constrayned of these two thinges. I desyre to be loosed, & to be wt Christ which is moche & far better.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ For I am constrayned of these two thinges. I desyre to be loosed, & to be wt Christ which is moche & far better. ²⁴ Neuerthelesse, to abyde in the flesshe is more nedfull for you, ²⁵ And thys am I sure of, that I shall abyde, and continue with you all, for youre furtheraunce and ioye of youre fayth, ²⁶ that youre reioysinge maye be the more aboundant thorowe Iesus Christ in me, by my commynge to you agayne. ²⁷ Onely let youre conuersacyon be, as it be commeth the Gospell of Christ: that whether I come & se you, or els be absent, I maye yet heare of youre condicyon, that ye contynue in one sprete, and in one soule, labourynge as we do, to mayntayne the fayth of the Gospell,