1 P aul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

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

2 G race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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

¶ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you

4 a lways offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

always in every prayer of mine for you all, making request with joy,

5 i n view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,

6 F or I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.

7 F or it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

¶ Even as it is right 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 joint partakers of my grace.

8 F or God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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

9 A nd this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

¶ And this I pray that your charity may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all perception,

10 s o that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

that ye may approve the best, that ye may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ,

11 h aving been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. The Gospel Is Preached

being filled with fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

12 N ow I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

¶ 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 s o that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other places;

14 a nd that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

15 S ome, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

Some indeed preach the Christ even out of envy and strife, but others also out of good will.

16 t he latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

Some preach the Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add tribulation to my bonds,

17 t he former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

but the others out of charity, knowing that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

18 W hat then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached, and I therein do rejoice, and will even rejoice.

19 f or I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For I know that this shall become my saving health through your prayer and the nourishment of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

20 a ccording to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. To Live Is Christ

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 F or to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

¶ For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

22 B ut if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, yet I do not know what to choose.

23 B ut I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;

For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better:

24 y et to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

25 C onvinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith,

26 s o that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

that your glorying in Jesus Christ may be more abundant by my coming to you again.

27 O nly conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

¶ Only let your conversation be as is worthy of 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, unanimous, working together for the faith of the gospel,

28 i n no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

and in nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of saving health and that of God.

29 F or to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

For unto you it is granted regarding Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

30 e xperiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

having the same conflict which ye saw in me and now hear to be in me.