MKJV - Philippians - 1

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

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

1:3  I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

1:4  always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy

1:5  for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

1:6  being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,

1:7  even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my grace.

1:8  For God is my witness how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

1:9  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and in all perception;

1:10  that you may distinguish between things that differ, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Jesus Christ,

1:11  being filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1:12  But I desire that you should understand, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;

1:13  so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places.

1:14  And most of the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

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

1:16  Those, indeed, preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds.

1:17  But these others preach in love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.

1:18  What then? Nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached. And I rejoice in this. Yet, also I will rejoice.

1:19  For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

1:20  according to my earnest expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but as always now Christ shall be magnified in my body with all boldness, whether it is by life or by death.

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

1:22  But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

1:23  For I am pressed together by the two: having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

1:24  But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

1:25  And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,

1:26  so that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

1:27  Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

1:28  and terrified in nothing by your adversaries. For this is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

1:29  For to you it is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

1:30  having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.