Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,

Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them} I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Now, so that you also may know {my circumstances}, what I am doing, Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all [things],

whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], that you may know {our circumstances}, and he may encourage your hearts.

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.

And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

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

Now I want you to know, brothers, that {my circumstances} have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,

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

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

{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.

And because I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

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,

complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}.

he humbled himself [by] becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [those] in heaven and of [those] on earth and of [those] under the earth,

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

in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,

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.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be encouraged [when I] know {your circumstances}.

But you know his proven character, that like a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.

And I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will arrive shortly also.

because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.

Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that [when] you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

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}.

{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

so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

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.

who will transform our humble body [to be] conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all [things] to himself.

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

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last {you have renewed your concern for me}, for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity [to express it].

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,

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account.

[since we] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,

I say this in order that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech,

and have put on the new [man] that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},

so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Let your speech always [be] with grace, seasoned with salt, so that [you] may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one.

whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], in order that you may know {our circumstances} and he may encourage your hearts,

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

For I testify to him that {he is working hard} on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it} that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the [letter] from Laodicea.

And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."

knowing, brothers [dearly] loved by God, {that he has chosen you},

so that you became an example to all those who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia,

for from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

For [you] yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,

exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that [they] always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.

[so that] no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For [you] yourselves know that we are appointed for this,

for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.

But now, [because] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}, desiring to see us just as also we [desire to see] you,

night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: [that] you abstain from sexual immorality;

[that] each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

so that you may live decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing.

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose [again], thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord's coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep.

for [you] yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the [same] way as a thief in the night.

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live at the same time with him.

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all [people].

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,

whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

that you not be easily shaken from your composure, nor be troubled either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter {alleged to be from us}, to the effect that the day of the Lord has arrived.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

Do you not remember that [while] we were still with you, we were saying these [things] to you?

And you know that which restrains [him] now, so that he will be revealed in his own time.

and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.

And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion} so that they will believe the lie,

in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may progress and be honored, just as also [it was] with you,

and that we may be delivered from evil and wicked people, {for not all have the faith}.