I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus:

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy keep thinking about these things.

I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus.

And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in the Messiah, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy,

And my God will fully supply your every need according to his glorious riches in the Messiah Jesus.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves.

Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

For to me, to go on living is the Messiah, and to die is gain.

From: Paul and Timothy, servants of the Messiah Jesus. To: All the holy ones in Philippi, along with their overseers and ministers, who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

Now lifted up by God to heaven, a name above all others given, this matchless name possessing.

I want to know the Messiah what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.

Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus the Messiah so that God will be glorified and praised.

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

I thank my God every time I remember you,

Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in union with the Messiah Jesus.

And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,

But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah.

so that you may be able to choose what is best and be pure and blameless until the day when the Messiah returns,

And so, when Jesus' name is called, the knees of everyone should fall, wherever they're residing.

I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,

As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison for preaching about the Messiah.

As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.

and lived in all humility, death on a cross obeying.

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Now I rejoice in the Lord greatly, because once again you have shown your concern for me. Of course, you were concerned for me but you did not have an opportunity to show it.

Moreover, because of my imprisonment the Lord has caused most of the brothers to become confident to speak God's word more boldly and courageously than ever before.

Indeed, I cannot decide between the two. I have the desire to leave this life and be with the Messiah, for that is far better.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually caused the gospel to advance.

Do everything without complaining or arguing

Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have set for you.

He will change our unassuming bodies and make them like his glorious body through the power that enables him to bring everything under his authority.

The latter are motivated by love, because they know that I have been appointed to defend the gospel.

For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

So then, my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety.

For it is we who are the circumcision we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,

But so what? Just this that in every way, whether by false or true motives, the Messiah is being proclaimed. Because of this, I rejoice and will continue to rejoice.

The former proclaim the Messiah because they are selfishly ambitious and insincere, thinking that they will stir up trouble for me during my imprisonment.

though I hope to experience the resurrection from the dead.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

Let your gracious attitude be known to all people. The Lord is near:

Now if I continue living, fruitful labor is the result, so I do not know which I would prefer.

But for your sake it is better that I remain alive.

Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will continue to live and be with all of you, so you will mature in the faith and know joy in it.

and that you are not intimidated by your opponents in any way. This is evidence that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and all because of God.

Then your rejoicing in the Messiah Jesus will increase along with mine when I visit with you again.

You have the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear that I am still having.

Therefore, those of us who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think.

However, we should live up to what we have achieved so far.

You Philippians also know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church participated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except for you.

Nevertheless, it was kind of you to share my troubles.

Glory belongs to our God and Father forever and ever! Amen.

Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things are going to turn out for me.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with your spirit! Amen.

Even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs not once, but twice.

Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you.

In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

But you know his proven worth how like a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.

It is not that I am looking for a gift. No, I want to see that you receive the fruit that increases to your benefit.

For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.

I do not have anyone else like him who takes a genuine interest in your welfare.

All the saints, especially those of the emperor's household, greet you.

Greet every saint who is in union with the Messiah Jesus. The brothers who are with me send their greetings to you.

Indeed, I am confident in the Lord that I will come to visit you soon.

Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.

Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved.

So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly,

Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor's crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

I know that this will result in my deliverance through your prayers and the help that comes from the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah.

I know how to be humble, and I know how to prosper. In each and every situation I have learned the secret of being full and of going hungry, of having too much and of having too little.

I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.

although I could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he can place confidence in the flesh, I have more reason to think so.

Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!

For I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of the Messiah.

Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

then fill me with joy by having the same attitude, sharing the same love, being united in spirit, and keeping one purpose in mind.

Some are preaching the Messiah because of jealousy and dissension, while others do so because of their good will.

I urge Euodia and Syntyche to have the same attitude in the Lord.

Then every tongue in one accord, will say that Jesus the Messiah is Lord, while God the Father praising.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I can be encouraged when I learn of your condition.

For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need back to you.

Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.

as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.

always praying joyfully in every one of my prayers for all of you

because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.