| Philippians 1 | ||
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| Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons: | |
| Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, | |
| always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, | |
| in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. | |
| {For I am} confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. | |
| For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. | |
| For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. | |
| And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, | |
| so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; | |
| having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which {comes} through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. | |
| Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, | |
| so that my imprisonment in {the cause of} Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, | |
| and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. | |
| Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; | |
| the latter {do it} out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; | |
| the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. | |
| What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, | |
| for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, | |
| according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but {that} with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. | |
| For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | |
| But if {I am} to live {on} in the flesh, this {will mean} fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. | |
| But I am hard-pressed from both {directions,} having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for {that} is very much better; | |
| yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. | |
| Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, | |
| so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again. | |
| Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; | |
| in no way alarmed by {your} opponents--which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that {too,} from God. | |
| For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, | |
| experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear {to be} in me. |
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