LEB - Philippians - 1

1:1  Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.

1:2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3  I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,

1:4  always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,

1:5  because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,

1:6  convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it until the day of Christ Jesus,

1:7  just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.

1:8  For God is my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

1:9  And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

1:10  so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ,

1:11  having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

1:12  Now I want you to know, brothers, that ⌞my circumstances⌟ have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,

1:13  so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

1:14  and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare even more to speak the word without fear.

1:15  Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will.

1:16  The latter do so from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

1:17  The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.

1:18  ⌞What is the result?⌟ Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,

1:19  for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

1:20  according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.

1:21  For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

1:22  But if it is to live in the flesh, this is fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer I do not know.

1:23  But I am hard pressed ⌞between the two options⌟, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, ⌞for this is very much better⌟.

1:24  But to stay on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

1:25  And because I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

1:26  so that what you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.

1:27  Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear ⌞your circumstances⌟, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

1:28  and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,

1:29  because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,

1:30  having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.