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| [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: |
[1]PAUL and Ti-mo'the-us, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Jesus Christ who are at Philippi, together with the elders and deacons: |
| [2]Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
[2]Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ. |
| [3]I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, |
[3]I give thanks to my God for your steady remembrance of me. |
| [4]Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, |
[4]In all my prayers for you, I make supplication with joy, |
| [5]For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; |
[5]For your fellowship in the gospel, from the very 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: |
[6]Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun the good work among you, the same will continue it until the day of our LORD 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. |
[7]And this is the right way for me to think of you all, because I have you in my heart, because through all my imprisonment and my defense and confirmation of the truth of the gospel, you have been partakers with me of grace. |
| [8]For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. |
[8]For God is my witness of how much I love you through the love of Jesus Christ. |
| [9]And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; |
[9]And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding: |
| [10]That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. |
[10]So that you may choose the things that are excellent; and that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ; |
| [11]Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. |
[11]And be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and the 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; |
[12]Now I would have you know this, my brethren, that my work has been greatly furthered by the gospel; |
| [13]So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; |
[13]And the reasons for my imprisonments have been made manifest by Christ to all Caesar's court, and to all men. |
| [14]And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. |
[14]And many of the brethren in our LORD have grown confident by my imprisonment and, with increasing boldness, speak the word of God without fear. |
| [15]Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: |
[15]While some of them preach only because of envy and strife; others preach Christ in good will and love: |
| [16]The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: |
[16]For they know that I am appointed for the defence of the gospel: |
| [17]But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. |
[17]But those who preach Christ out of contention, do it not sincerely, but do it expecting to increase the hardship of my imprisonment. |
| [18]What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. |
[18]And I have rejoiced and still do rejoice in this: that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached. |
| [19]For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, |
[19]For I know that through your prayers and the gift of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all these things will ultimately turn out for my salvation, |
| [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. |
[20]Just as it is my earnest hope and expectation that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but that openly as always, so also now will Christ be magnified through my body, whether in life or death. |
| [21]For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
[21]For Christ is my life, 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. |
[22]Even if, in this life of the flesh, my labors bear fruits, I do not know what to choose. |
| [23]For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: |
[23]For I am drawn between two desires, the one to depart, that I may be with Christ, which is far better: |
| [24]Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. |
[24]Nevertheless, for me to remain 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; |
[25]And this I surely know, that I shall be spared and remain for your joy and for the furtherance of your faith; |
| [26]That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. |
[26]So that when I come again to you, your rejoicing in Jesus Christ will abound through me. |
| [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; |
[27]Only conduct yourselves as becomes the gospel of Christ: so that whether I come and see you, or whether I am far away, I may hear of your good conduct, that you are standing firm in one spirit, and in one soul, and triumphing together through 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. |
[28]And that in nothing are you terrified by our adversaries, whose conduct is the sign of their own destruction, but your salvation, and this is from 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; |
[29]For it has been given to you, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake. |
| [30]Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. |
[30]And that you may endure such trials as those which you have seen me in, and such as you now hear that I am in. |