Philippians 1

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(Phi 1:1) Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
(Phi 1:2) Grace {be} unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and {from} the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Phi 1:3) I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
(Phi 1:4) Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
(Phi 1:5) For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
(Phi 1:6) Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ:
(Phi 1:7) Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
(Phi 1:8) For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
(Phi 1:9) And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment;
(Phi 1:10) That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
(Phi 1:11) Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
(Phi 1:12) But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things {which happened} unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
(Phi 1:13) So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other {places};
(Phi 1:14) And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
(Phi 1:15) Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
(Phi 1:16) The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
(Phi 1:17) But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
(Phi 1:18) What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
(Phi 1:19) For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
(Phi 1:20) According to my earnest expectation and {my} hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but {that} with all boldness, as always, {so} now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether {it be} by life, or by death.
(Phi 1:21) For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.
(Phi 1:22) But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
(Phi 1:23) For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
(Phi 1:24) Nevertheless to abide in the flesh {is} more needful for you.
(Phi 1:25) And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
(Phi 1:26) That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
(Phi 1:27) Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
(Phi 1:28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
(Phi 1:29) For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
(Phi 1:30) Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear {to be} in me.
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