Philippians 1:5–18

⁵because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day^f until now.^{g 6}I am sure of this, that he who started a good work^h in you^B will carry it on to completionⁱ until the day of Christ Jesus. ⁷Indeed, it is right^j for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart,^C and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment^k and in the defense^l and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸For God is my witness,^m how deeply I miss all of youⁿ with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹And I pray this: that your love^o will keep on growing^p in knowledge and every kind of discernment,^{q 10}so that you may approve the things that are superior^r and may be pure^s and blameless^t in the day of Christ,^{u 11}filled with the fruit^v of righteousness^w that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory^x and praise of God.

ADVANCE OF THE GOSPEL

¹²Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually advanced the gospel,^{y 13}so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is because I am in Christ. ¹⁴Most of the brothers have gained confidence in the Lord from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the word^Dz fearlessly. ¹⁵To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry,^aa but others out of good will. ¹⁶These preach out of love,^ab knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; ¹⁷the others proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition,^ac not sincerely, thinking that they will cause me trouble in my imprisonment. ¹⁸What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether from false motives^ad or true, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice