I can do anything through him who gives me strength.

Have no anxiety about anything, but make all your wants known to God in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving.

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly??n everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

For I am certain that he who has begun the good work in you will finish it for the Day of Jesus Christ.

So, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient, with reverence and awe make every effort to insure your salvation, not simply as though I were with you, but all the more because I am away.

So by whatever appeal there is in our relation to Christ, by whatever incentive there is in love, by whatever participation there is in the Spirit, whatever affection and sympathy,

My God will gloriously supply all your needs with his wealth, through your union with Christ Jesus.

Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God,

Goodbye, and the Lord be with you always. Again I say, goodbye.

Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors.

But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better.

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the devoted adherents of Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the superintendents and assistants;

That is why God has so greatly exalted him, and given him the name above all others,

I want to know him in the power of resurrection, and to share his sufferings and even his death,

For it is God who in his good will is at work in your hearts, inspiring your will and your action.

I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a descendant of Israel. I belong to the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew, and the son of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;

over your co-operation in the good news from the day you first received it until now.

Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have captured it yet, only, forgetting what is behind me, and straining toward what lies ahead,

Not that I have anything to complain of, for I have learned how to be contented with the condition I am in.

For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself.

with your lives filled with the fruits which uprightness produces through Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God.

Why, I count everything as loss compared with the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything, and think it rubbish, in order to gain Christ

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

I never think of you without thanking my God,

Then, through your union with Christ Jesus, the peace of God, so far above any human thought, will guard your minds and thoughts.

And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,

But for the sake of Christ I have come to count my former gains as loss.

so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,

so that in the name of Jesus everyone should kneel, in heaven and on earth and in the underworld,

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men.

Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison,

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.

I was very glad, as a Christian, to have your interest in me revive again after so long; for you have always been interested, but you have had no opportunity to show it.

and so most of the Christian brothers have been exceedingly encouraged by my example to declare God's message without any fear of the consequences.

I am undecided between the two, for I long to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better,

Now I want to assure you, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in furthering the preaching of the good news.

Do everything without any grumbling or disputing,

Follow my example, brothers, all of you, and notice those who follow the pattern we have set you.

He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.

These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news.

For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ??he uprightness that comes from God through faith.

Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad,

But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear.

in the hope of attaining resurrection from the dead.

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

Let all men see your forbearing spirit. The Lord is coming soon.

But if living on here means having my labor bear fruit, I cannot tell which to choose.

and yet your needs make it very necessary for me to stay on here.

I am convinced of this, and so I know that I shall stay on and serve you all, to help you to develop and to be glad in your faith.

Never for a moment falter before your opponents, for your fearlessness will be a sure sign for them of their coming destruction, but to you it will be an omen, from God himself, of your deliverance.

So you will find in me fresh cause for Christian exultation, through having me with you again.

Take your part in the same struggle that you have seen me engage in and that you hear I am still keeping up.

Let as many of us therefore as are mature have this attitude. If you have any different attitude, God will make this clear to you.

Only we must live up to what we have already attained.

And you at Philippi know as well as I do, that in the early days of the good news, after I left Macedonia, no church but yours went into partnership and opened an account with me.

But it was very kind of you to share my difficulties.

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

So I hope to send him to you just as soon as I can see how my case is going to turn out.

The blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits.

Even when I was at Thessalonica you sent money more than once for my needs.

Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation as you offer your faith in a service of sacrifice to God, I am glad to have it so, and I congratulate you upon it,

just as you must be glad and congratulate me.

You have paid me in full, and more too. I am fully supplied with what I have received from you through Epaphroditus. It is like fragrant incense, just such a sacrifice as God welcomes and approves.

But you know his character, and how like a son helping his father he has worked like a slave with me in preaching the good news.

Not that I want your gifts, but I want you to have the profits that will accumulate to your credit.

For he has been longing to see you all, and has been greatly distressed because you heard that he was sick.

For they are all looking out for their own interests, not for those of Jesus Christ.

For I have no one like him who would take such a real interest in you.

All God's people wish to be remembered to you, especially those who belong to the emperor's household.

Remember me to all my fellow-Christians. The brothers who are with me wish to be remembered to you.

I trust the Lord to enable me to come to you myself before long.

For he was sick, and nearly died, but God took pity on him, and not only on him, but on me, to save me from having one sorrow after another.

So I am all the more eager to send him, so that you may have the pleasure of seeing him again, and I may feel more relieved.

So give him a hearty Christian welcome, and value men like him very highly,

So, my dear brothers whom I so long to see, my joy and pride, stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare,

I know how to live humbly and I know how to enjoy plenty. I have learned the secret, in any and all conditions, of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of going without.

for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage.

though I at least am entitled to rely on them. If anyone thinks he can rely on his physical advantages, still more can I!

Look out for those dogs, those mischief-makers, with their amputation!

For there are many who live, as I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, like enemies of the cross of Christ.

And I beg you, my true comrade, help them, for they toiled at my side in spreading the good news, with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

make me perfectly happy by living in harmony, with the same attitude of love, with the same feeling and purpose.

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will.

I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche to agree together, as Christians.

and everyone should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, and thus glorify God the Father.

I hope, with the help of the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I, too, may be cheered by having news about you.

And I have a right to feel in this way about you all, because both when I am in prison and when I am defending and vindicating our right to preach the good news, I have you in my heart as all sharing that privilege with me.

God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

But I feel that I must send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow-laborer, and fellow-soldier, whom you sent to look after my needs.

Do the things that you learned, received, and heard from me, and that you saw me do. Then God who gives peace will be with you.

They are doomed to destruction: their appetites are their god; they glory in their shame; they are absorbed in earthly matters.

offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

and always whenever I pray for you all I do it with joy,

for he came near dying for the Lord's work, and risked his life to make up for what was lacking in the service you have done me.