| 1 | Philippians | ||
| 1 | Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: | Salutation Php.1.1-2 | |
| 2 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | ||
| 3 | I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, | Paul's Prayer for the Philippians Php.1.3-11 | |
| 4 | always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, | ||
| 5 | thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. | ||
| 6 | And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. | ||
| 7 | It is right for me to feel thus about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel. | ||
| 8 | For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. | ||
| 9 | And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, | ||
| 10 | so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, | ||
| 11 | filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. | ||
| 12 | I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, | To Me to Live is Christ Php.1.12-30 | |
| 13 | so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ; | ||
| 14 | and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. | ||
| 15 | Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. | ||
| 16 | The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defence of the gospel; | ||
| 17 | the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. | ||
| 18 | What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. | ||
| 19 | Yes, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, | ||
| 20 | as it is my eager expectation and hope that I shall not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honoured in my body, whether by life or by death. | ||
| 21 | For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | ||
| 22 | If it is to be life in the flesh, that means fruitful labour for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. | ||
| 23 | I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. | ||
| 24 | But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. | ||
| 25 | Convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, | ||
| 26 | so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again. | ||
| 27 | Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, | ||
| 28 | and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. | ||
| 29 | For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, | ||
| 30 | engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine. | ||
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