Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus: To all God's people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the ministers of the Church and their assistants.

I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.

so that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ,

and the greater part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, now speak of God's Message without fear, more boldly than ever.

so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.

Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

maintaining, as you do, the same kind of conflict that you once saw in me and which you still hear that I am engaged in.

It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;

I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.

I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.

because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.

In conclusion, my brethren, be joyful in the Lord. For me to give you the same warnings as before is not irksome to me, while so far as you are concerned it is a safe precaution.

Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.

I do not say that I have already won the race or have already reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.

with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, my brethren, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly-loved ones.

The doctrines and the line of conduct which I taught you--both what you heard and what you saw in me-- hold fast to them; and God who gives peace will be with you.

Not that I crave for gifts from you, but I do want to see abundant fruit bring you honour.

But my God--so great is His wealth of glory in Christ Jesus--will fully supply every need of yours.

My Christian greetings to every one of God's people. The brethren who are with me send their greetings.

All God's people here greet you--especially the members of Caesar's household.