PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you, will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ;

I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,

in order that you may distinguish things that differ, to the end that you may be pure and blameless till the day of Christ,

But I wish you to know, brethren, that the things which have befallen me have turned out rather to the advancement of the gospel;

so that my bonds which are for Christ have become known to be such in all the palace, and in all other places;

These do it from love, because they know that I am set for the defense of the gospel;

those preach Christ from a contentious disposition, not sincerely, thinking that they will add affliction to my bonds.

for I know that this will result in my benefit through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but with all boldness, as at all times, so even now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

And of this I feel assured, that I shall remain and continue among you all for your advancement and joy in the faith,

that your rejoicing in Christ Jesus may be come more abundant through me by my being present among you again.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Christ, that, whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

and in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

since you have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

fulfill my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind;

For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name;

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth;

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

that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition;

But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death,

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:

For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ,

who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.

I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length your care for me has revived again; in this, indeed, you had me in mind, but you lacked opportunity.

Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church contributed to me so that I kept an account of giving and receiving, but you only.

Not that I seek a gift; but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you.