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PHILIPPIANS
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Chapter 1
Phil NETfree 1:1  From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
Phil NETfree 1:2  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Phil NETfree 1:4  I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you
Phil NETfree 1:5  because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
Phil NETfree 1:6  For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Phil NETfree 1:7  For 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 became partners in God's grace together with me.
Phil NETfree 1:8  For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Phil NETfree 1:9  And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
Phil NETfree 1:10  so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
Phil NETfree 1:11  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Phil NETfree 1:12  I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:
Phil NETfree 1:13  The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,
Phil NETfree 1:14  and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.
Phil NETfree 1:15  Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
Phil NETfree 1:16  The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
Phil NETfree 1:17  The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.
Phil NETfree 1:18  What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
Phil NETfree 1:19  for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Phil NETfree 1:20  My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
Phil NETfree 1:22  Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don't know which I prefer:
Phil NETfree 1:23  I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
Phil NETfree 1:24  but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.
Phil NETfree 1:25  And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,
Phil NETfree 1:26  so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.
Phil NETfree 1:27  Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that - whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent - I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Phil NETfree 1:28  and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation - a sign which is from God.
Phil NETfree 1:29  For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
Phil NETfree 1:30  since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.