| 1:6 |
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work inamong you will perfectcomplete it untilby the day of Christ Jesus. |
| 1:9 |
And this I pray, that your love may aboundoverflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, |
| 1:10 |
so that you may approvediscover the things that are excellent, inthat orderyou tomay be sincere and blameless untilfor the day of Christ; |
| 1:11 |
having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, tofor the glory and praise of God. |
| 1:12 |
Now I want you to know, brethrenbrothers and sisters, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, |
| 1:13 |
so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, |
| 1:14 |
and that most of the brethrenbrothers and sisters, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. |
| 1:15 |
Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good willgoodwill; |
| 1:17 |
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking tothat causethey are causing me distress in my imprisonment. |
| 1:18 |
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed;, and in this I rejoice. YesBut not only that, and I also will rejoice, |
| 1:20 |
according to my earnesteager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. |
| 1:21 |
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
| 1:24 |
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakesakes. |
| 1:26 |
so that your proudpride confidence in meChrist Jesus may aboundbe inabundant Christbecause Jesusof throughme by my coming to you again. |
| 1:27 |
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear ofabout you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; |
| 1:28 |
and in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and thatthis too, from God. |
| 1:29 |
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer foron His sakebehalf, |
| 2:1 |
Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, |
| 2:3 |
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility ofconsider mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; |
| 2:6 |
who, althoughas He already existed in the form of God, did not regardconsider equality with God asomething thing to be grasped, |
| 2:7 |
but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a bond-servant, and being madeborn in the likeness of men. |
| 2:8 |
BeingAnd being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,: even death on a cross. |
| 2:9 |
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, |
| 2:12 |
So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; |
| 2:13 |
for it is God who is at work in you, both to willdesire and to work for His good pleasure. |
| 2:14 |
Do all things without grumblingcomplaining or disputingarguments; |
| 2:16 |
holding fastfirmly the word of life, so that inon the day of Christ I willcan havetake reasonpride to glory because I did not run in vain nor toillabor in vain. |
| 2:19 |
But I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. |
| 2:22 |
But you know of his proven worthcharacter, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father. |
| 2:24 |
and I trust in the Lord that I myself will also will be coming shortly. |
| 2:25 |
But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;, |
| 2:27 |
For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. |
| 2:28 |
Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly, so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you. |
| 2:29 |
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold menpeople like him in high regard;, |
| 2:30 |
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to completecompensate whatfor wasyour deficientabsence in your service to me. |
| 3:1 |
Finally, my brethrenbrothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble tofor me, and it is a safeguard for you. |
| 3:3 |
for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glorytake pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, |
| 3:4 |
although I myself mightcould haveboast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else hasthinks ahe mindis toconfident put confidence in the flesh, I farhave more reason: |
| 3:7 |
But whatever things were gain to me, thosethese things I have counted as loss forbecause the sake of Christ. |
| 3:8 |
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them butmere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, |
| 3:11 |
inif ordersomehow that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. |
| 3:12 |
Not that I have already obtainedgrasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on soif that I may layalso take hold of that for which also I was laideven taken hold of by Christ Jesus. |
| 3:13 |
BrethrenBrothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having laidtaken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, |
| 3:15 |
Let us thereforeTherefore, asall manywho as are perfectmature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you as well; |
| 3:16 |
however, let’s us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained. |
| 3:17 |
BrethrenBrothers and sisters, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. |
| 3:18 |
For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weepingas I weep, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, |
| 3:19 |
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who sethave their minds on earthly things. |
| 3:20 |
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; |
| 3:21 |
who will transform the body of our humblelowly statecondition into conformity with theHis glorious body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. |
| 4:1 |
Therefore, my beloved brethrenbrothers and sisters, whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. |
| 4:3 |
Indeed, true companion, I ask you also, to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement alsoas andwell as the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. |
| 4:5 |
Let your gentle spirit be known to all menpeople. The Lord is near. |
| 4:6 |
BeDo not be anxious forabout nothinganything, but in everything by prayer and supplicationpleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. |
| 4:7 |
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
| 4:8 |
Finally, brethrenbrothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good reputecommendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwellthink onabout these things. |
| 4:9 |
TheAs for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. |
| 4:10 |
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act. |
| 4:11 |
Not that I speak from wantneed, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. |
| 4:12 |
I know how to get along with humble meanslittle, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. |
| 4:14 |
Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my afflictiondifficulty. |
| 4:15 |
You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving butexcept you alone; |
| 4:17 |
Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. |
| 4:18 |
But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. |
| 4:21 |
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethrenbrothers who are with me greet you. |