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

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,

The latter [do so] from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

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

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,

and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,

but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,

{circumcised on the eighth day}, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [born] from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,

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,

if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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

So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever [circumstances] I am.

Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,

But I have received everything [in full] and have an abundance; {I am well supplied} [because] I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.