Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.

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

convinced of this same [thing], that the one who began a good work in you will finish [it] until the day of Christ Jesus,

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ,

having been filled [with the] fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will.

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.

{What is the result?} Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,

for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.

For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

so that [what] you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.

Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,

Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,

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

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

For they all seek {their own interests}, not those of Jesus Christ.

because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that {he might make up for your inability to serve me}.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not [put] confidence in the flesh,

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.

{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ

and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me greet you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.