Philippians 1–2

Paul and ^aTimotheus, ^aathe servants of Jesus Christ, to all ^bthe saints in Christ Jesus which are at ^cPhilippi, with the ^dbishops and ^edeacons: ^2fgrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3gI thank my God upon every remembrance of you, ⁴always in every prayer of mine ^hfor you all making request with joy, ⁵ⁱfor your fellowship in the gospel ^jfrom the first day until now; ⁶being confident of this very thing, that he which hath ^kbegun ^la good work in you will ^mperform it ⁿuntil the day of Jesus Christ: ⁷even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you ^oin my heart; inasmuch as both ^pin my ^qbonds, and in ^rthe defence and ^sconfirmation of the gospel, ^tye all are partakers of my grace. ⁸For ^uGod is my record, how greatly ^wI long after you all in ^xthe bowels of Jesus Christ. ⁹And this I pray, that ^yyour love may abound yet more and more in ^zknowledge and in all judgment; ^10athat ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be ^bsincere and ^cwithout offence ^dtill the day of Christ; ¹¹being filled with ^ethe fruits of righteousness, ^fwhich are by Jesus Christ ^gunto the glory and praise of God.

¹²But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the ^hfurtherance of the gospel; ¹³so that ⁱmy bonds in Christ ^kare manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; ¹⁴and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by ⁱmy bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. ¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ ^leven of envy and strife; and some also of good will: ¹⁶the one preach Christ ^mof contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to ⁱmy bonds: ¹⁷but the other of love, ⁿknowing that ^oI am set for ^pthe defence of the gospel. ¹⁸What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. ¹⁹For I know that this shall turn to my salvation ^qthrough your prayer, and the supply of ^rthe Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰according to my ^searnest expectation and my hope, that ^tin nothing I shall be ashamed, but that ^uwith all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. ²¹For to me ^wto live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²²But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. ²³For ^xI am in a strait betwixt two, ^yhaving a desire ^zto depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: ²⁴nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. ²⁵And ^ahaving this confidence, I know that I shall ^babide and continue with you all for your ^cfurtherance and joy of faith; ²⁶that ^dyour rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

²⁷Only ^elet your conversation be ^fas 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 ^gstand fast in one spirit, with ^hone mind ⁱstriving together for the faith of the gospel; ²⁸and in nothing terrified by your adversaries: ^kwhich is to them an evident token of perdition, ^klbut to you of salvation, and that of God. ²⁹For ^munto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also ^lto suffer for his sake; ³⁰having the same ⁿconflict ^owhich ye saw in me, and ^pnow hear to be in me.

II.If there be therefore any ^aconsolation in Christ, if any ^bcomfort of love, if ^cany fellowship ^dof the Spirit, if any ^ebowels and mercies, ^2ffulfil ye my joy, that ^gye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ³Let nothing be done through ^hstrife or ⁱvainglory; but in ^jlowliness of mind let ^keach esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but ^levery man also on the things of others. ^5mLet this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶Who, ⁿbeing in the ^oform of God, thought it not ^probbery to be ^qequal with God: ⁷but ^rmade himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of ^sa servant, and ^twas made in the likeness of men: ⁸and being found in ^ufashion as a man, ^rhe humbled himself, and ^wbecame obedient unto death, even ^xthe death of the cross. ^9yWherefore ^zGod also hath ^ahighly exalted him, and given him ^ba name which is above every name: ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus ^cevery knee should bow, of ^dethings in heaven, and ^dethings in earth, and ^dfthings under the earth; ¹¹and ^ffthat every tongue should confess that Jesus ^gChrist is ^hLord, to the glory of God the Father. ¹²Wherefore, my beloved, ⁱas ye have always ^kobeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^lwork out your own salvation with ^mfear and trembling. ¹³For ⁿit is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his ^ogood pleasure. ¹⁴Do all things without ^pmurmurings and ^qdisputings: ¹⁵that ye may be ^rblameless and harmless, ^sthe sons of God ^twithout rebuke, ^uin the midst of a ^vcrooked and ^wperverse nation, among whom ye shine ^xas lights in the world; ¹⁶holding forth ^ythe word of life; that ^zI may rejoice in the day of Christ, that ^aI have not run in vain, neither ^aalaboured in vain. ¹⁷Yea, and if I be ^boffered upon the sacrifice and ^cservice of your faith, ^dI joy, and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send ^eTimotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. ²⁰For I have no man ^flikeminded, who will ^gnaturally care for your state. ²¹For ^hall ⁱseek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. ²²But ye know ^kthe proof of him, that, ^las a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. ²³Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. ²⁴But ^mI trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. ²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you ⁿEpaphroditus, my brother, and ^opcompanion in labour, and ^qfellowsoldier, but your ^pmessenger, and ^rhe that ministered to my wants. ²⁶For he ^slonged after you all, and was ^tfull of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. ²⁷For 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. ²⁸I sent him therefore ^uthe more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. ^29wReceive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and ^xhold such ^yin reputation: ³⁰because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, ^zto supply your lack of service toward me.

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