For every man shall bear his own burden.

He, however, who is being instructed in the Message ought always to share his blessings with the man who instructs him.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

The man who sows to gratify his physical cravings will reap destruction from them, and the man who sows to benefit the spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in *your* bodies.

But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!

For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

For us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ.

In whom also ye - after that ye heard the word of truth, I mean the gospel of your salvation wherein ye believed - were sealed with the holy spirit of promise,

among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men.

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:

whereby, when ye read ye may know mine understanding in the mystery of Christ,

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good-news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean,

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth?

He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.

And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct],

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.

Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.

if ye have indeed hearkened to Him, and been instructed in Him, as the truth is in Jesus; to put off the old man,

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

and to be renewed in your mind, by living like men formed anew,

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

The person who has stolen must stop doing it; instead, he should work hard, doing something worthwhile with his own hands, so that he can have [money] to share with the person who needs it.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Have no part with such men;

One is indeed ashamed even to speak about what such men do in secret;

Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

not as fools, but as wise men, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.

However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear].

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

[This letter is from] Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, [and is being sent] to all the saints [i.e., God's holy people] who are at Philippi [Note: This is a town in present-day northeastern Greece, and the first place in Europe where Paul established Christianity], along with the overseers [Note: These men were also called elders, shepherds or pastors] and deacons.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you??4 always, in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all, making supplication with joy??5 on account of your fellowship for the Gospel, from the first day until now;

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

in every prayer of mine) for your attachment to the gospel, from the first day even till now;

It is but just that I should be thus mindful of you all, because I have you in my heart, and because in these fetters of mine and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel you are all my fellow partners in the privilege.

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

men that are abounding in the fruits of right-doing with the help of Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God.

Throughout the whole Praetorian guard and among all the others it has become plain that these chains of mine are for the sake of Christ;

It is my own eager expectation and hope, that [looking toward the future] I will not disgrace myself nor be ashamed in anything, but that with courage and the utmost freedom of speech, even now as always, Christ will be magnified and exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don't know which I prefer:

Then your rejoicing in the Messiah Jesus will increase along with mine when I visit with you again.

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

[and so you are] experiencing the same [kind of] conflict which you saw me endure, and which you hear to be mine now.

that nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but that in meekness of mind every man esteem others better than himself,

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

that at the name of Jesus both angels and men, the living and the dead, should pay their adorations,

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, as ye have always obeyed - not when I was present only, but now much more in mine absence - even so work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

holding out and offering to everyone the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run [my race] in vain nor labor without result.

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

Indeed therefore I hope to send this man immediately, whenever I may focus on the things concerning me.

Welcome him home in the Lord with great joy, and appreciate and honor men like him;

Beware of those 'dogs'! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!

For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

in the mean while, as we are already advanc'd so far, pursue your course, and keep it still in view:

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

And you men and women of Philippi also know that at the first preaching of the Good News, when I had left Macedonia, no other Church except yourselves held communication with me about giving and receiving;

For even [when I was] in Thessalonica, you sent [money] more than once to meet my needs.

It is not the money I am anxious for; what I am anxious for is the interest that accumulates in this way to your divine credit!

Salute every sanctified man in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me salute you.

the man who also made clear to us your love in Spirit.

that is, the mystery which was hidden [from angels and mankind] for ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His saints (God’s people).

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority.

by whom also ye have obtain'd the true spiritual circumcision, not effected by men, when you were by a christian circumcision divested of all your carnal affections,

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: