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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:
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.
1 ¶ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if
any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and
mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my
joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one
mind.
3 Let nothing be
done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than themselves.
4 Look not every
man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
11 And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not
as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God
which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 ¶ Do all things without
murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be
blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth
the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run
in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17 Yea, and if I
be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice
with you all.
18 For the same
cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in
the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good
comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no
man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which
are Jesus Christ's.
22 But ye know
the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the
gospel.
23 Him therefore
I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24 But I trust in
the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25 Yet I supposed
it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and
fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26 For he longed
after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had
been sick.
27 For indeed he was
sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me
also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully,
that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less
sorrowful.
29 Receive him
therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
30 Because for
the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply
your lack of service toward me.
1 ¶ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write
the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs,
beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the
circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and
have no confidence in the flesh.
4 ¶ Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If
any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I
more:
5 Circumcised the
eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the
Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning
zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law,
blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless,
and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count
them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any
means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though
I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if
that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I
count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 ¶ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this
unto you.
16 Nevertheless,
whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the
same thing.
17 ¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them
which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many
walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are
the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is
destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who
mind earthly things.)
20 For our
conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body,
according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto
himself.
1 ¶ Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for,
my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 I beseech
Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I intreat
thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the
gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are
in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the
Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your
moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
9 Those things,
which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and
the God of peace shall be with you.
10 ¶ But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the
last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but
ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I
speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
12 I know both
how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am
instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye
did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye
Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed
from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in
Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I
desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have
all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which
were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable,
wellpleasing to God.
19 But my God shall
supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 ¶ Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The
brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All the saints
salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
23 The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. <<To the Philippians written
from Rome, by Epaphroditus.>>