Paul and
Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all
the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi,
with the bishops and deacons:
02 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
03 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
04 Always in every prayer of mine for you all
making request with joy,
05 For your fellowship in the gospel from the
first day until now;
06 Being confident of this very thing, that he
which hath begun a good work in you will perform
it until the day of Jesus Christ:
07 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you
all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as
both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers
of my grace.
08 For God is my record, how greatly I long after
you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
09 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet
more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 That ye may approve things that are excellent;
that ye may be sincere and without offence till
the day of Christ.
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and
praise of God.
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren,
that the things which happened unto me have
fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the
gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all
the palace, and in all other places;
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing
confident by my bonds, are much more bold to
speak the word without fear.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and
strife; and some also of good will:
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16 The one preach Christ of contention, not
sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my
bonds:
17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set
for the defence of the gospel.
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether
in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and
I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19 For I know that this shall turn to my
salvation through your prayer, and the supply of
the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 According to my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but
that with all boldness, as always, so now also
Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it
be by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit
of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a
desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is
far better:
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more
needful for you.
25 And having this confidence, I know that I
shall abide and continue with you all for your
furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in
Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh
the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see
you, or else be absent, I may hear of your
affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with
one mind striving together for the faith of the
gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries:
which is to them an evident token of perdition,
but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of
Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to
suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me,
and now hear to be in me.
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