Philippians 1:5–18

⁵because of your ^1afellowship in the ^bgospel ^cfrom the first day until now.

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

⁷¹For ^ait is only right for me to think this way about you all, because I ^bhave you in my heart, since both in my ^cchains and in the ^ddefense and confirmation of the ^egospel, you all are fellow partakers with me in this grace.

⁸For ^aGod is my witness, how I long for you all with the ¹affection of ^bChrist Jesus.

⁹And this I pray, that ^ayour love may abound still more and more in ^bfull knowledge and all discernment,

¹⁰so that you may ^1aapprove the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and without fault ²until ^bthe day of Christ,

¹¹having been filled with the ^afruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The Progress of the Gospel

¹²Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances ^ahave turned out for the greater progress of the ^bgospel,

¹³so that my ^achains in Christ have become well known throughout the whole ¹praetorian guard and to ^beveryone else,

¹⁴and that most of the ¹brothers, having become confident in the Lord because of my ^achains, have ^bfar more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

^15aSome, to be sure, are preaching Christ even ¹from envy and strife, but some also ²from good will;

¹⁶the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the ^agospel;

¹⁷the former proclaim Christ ^aout of selfish ambition ¹rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me affliction in my ^bchains.

¹⁸What 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,