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 Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

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

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

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

always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

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

for your contribution to the good news from the first day till 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.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform till a 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.

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

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

For God is my witness, how I long for 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 love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

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

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless -- to a 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 the fruit of righteousness, that through Jesus Christ, to 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,

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

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 have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

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 the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

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

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

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

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction 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.

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

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? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall 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 have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

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 hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

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

for to me to live Christ, and to die 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.

And if to live in the flesh to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

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 pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

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

and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

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 of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

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

that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

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 worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

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 not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from 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,

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

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

the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.