⁵for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now, ⁶having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ.

⁷According 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 in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace. ⁸For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

⁹And this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, ¹⁰for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless—to a day of Christ, ¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹²And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come, ¹³so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places—all, ¹⁴and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold—fearlessly to speak the word. ¹⁵Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ; ¹⁶the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds, ¹⁷and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set: ¹⁸what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed—and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

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Philippians 1:6: And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

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