Philippians 1

¹Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

²Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

⁴Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

⁵For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

⁶Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

⁷Even 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.

⁸For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

¹¹Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

¹²But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

¹³So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

¹⁴And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

¹⁶The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

¹⁷But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

¹⁸What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

¹⁹For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²⁰According 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.

²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²²But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

²³For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

²⁴Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

²⁵And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

²⁶That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

²⁷Only 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;

²⁸And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

²⁹For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

³⁰Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Philippians 1

¹Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

⁴always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

⁵for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

⁶having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

⁷according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

⁸For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

⁹and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

¹⁰for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offencelessto a day of Christ,

¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹²And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

¹³so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other placesall,

¹⁴and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly boldfearlessly to speak the word.

¹⁵Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

¹⁶the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

¹⁷and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

¹⁸what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimedand in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

¹⁹For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

²¹for to me to live is Christ, and to die gain.

²²And if to live in the flesh is to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

²³for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

²⁴and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

²⁵and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

²⁶that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

²⁷Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

²⁸and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

²⁹because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

³⁰the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.