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

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that is above every name,

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

and the proof of him ye know, that as a child serveth a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

not having my righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

As many, therefore, as are perfect -- let us think this, and if in anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

and ye have known, even ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly did communicate with me in regard to giving and receiving except ye only;

and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

and to God, even our Father, is the glory -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.