 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:
 1:2  Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
[from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
 1:3  I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
 1:4  Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request
with joy,
 1:5  For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day
until now;
 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:
 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.
 1:8  For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in
the bowels of Jesus Christ.
 1:9  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and
more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
 1:10  That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye
may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
 1:11  Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are
by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
 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;
 1:13  So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace, and in all other [places];
 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.
 1:15  Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and
some also of good will:
 1:16  The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
 1:17  But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the
defence of the gospel.
 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.
 1:19  For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through
your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
 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.
 1:21  For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
 1:22  But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my
labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
 1:23  For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
 1:24  Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for
you.
 1:25  And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide
and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of
faith;
 1:26  That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ
for me by my coming to you again.
 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;
 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.
 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;
 1:30  Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now
hear [to be] in me.
