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¹ Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:² Grace [be] to 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 who 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 defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.⁸ For God is my witness, 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 offense till the day of Christ;¹¹ Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹² But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] to me have fallen out rather to 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, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.¹⁵ Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife; and some also from good will.¹⁶ The one preach Christ from contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:¹⁷ But the other from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.¹⁸ What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.¹⁹ For I know that this will turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,²⁰ According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether 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 labor: yet what I shall choose I know 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 for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.

²⁷ Only let your manner of life 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 from God.²⁹ For to 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.