Philippians 1

1^*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.