Philippians - 1

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

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

3 - I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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

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

6 - 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 - :

7 - 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.

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

9 - 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:

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.