Philippians 1

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

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

³I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

⁴always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy

⁵on account of your fellowship in the cause of the gospel from the first day until now;

⁶being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work, will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus;

⁷even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, all of you being sharers of the grace bestowed on me.

⁸For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

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

¹⁰so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,

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

¹²But I wish you to know, brethren, that things with me have resulted in the furtherance of the gospel;

¹³so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest;

¹⁴and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will.

¹⁶They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

¹⁷but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds.

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

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

²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

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

²²But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;

²³but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;

²⁴but to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

²⁵And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your advancement and joy in your faith,

²⁶that your glorying in me, in the cause of Christ Jesus, may be more abundant by my coming to you again.

²⁷Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul 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 from God;

²⁹for to you it was given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but in his behalf to suffer also;

³⁰as ye have the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

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.