| 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 : |
| 2 | Grace [be] unto you , and peace , from God our Father , and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 3 | I thank my God upon every remembrance of you , |
| 4 | Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy , |
| 5 | For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now ; |
| 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 : |
| 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 . |
| 8 | For God is my record , how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | And this I pray , that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment ; |
| 10 | That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; |
| 11 | Being filled with the fruits of righteousness , which are by Jesus Christ , unto the glory and praise of God . |
| 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 ; |
| 13 | So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace , and in all other [places]; |
| 14 | And many of the brethren in the Lord , waxing confident by my bonds , are much more bold to speak the word without fear . |
| 15 | Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife ; and some also of good will : |
| 16 | The one preach Christ of contention , not sincerely , supposing to add affliction to my bonds : |
| 17 | But the other of love , knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel . |
| 18 | What then ? notwithstanding , every way , whether in pretence , or in truth , Christ is preached ; and I therein do rejoice , yea , and will rejoice . |
| 19 | For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer , and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ , |
| 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 . |
| 21 | For to me to live [is] Christ , and to die [is] gain . |
| 22 | But if I live in the flesh , this [is] the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose I wot not . |
| 23 | For I am in a strait betwixt two , having a desire to depart , and to be with Christ ; which is far better : |
| 24 | Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you . |
| 25 | And having this confidence , I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith ; |
| 26 | That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again . |
| 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 ; |
| 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 . |
| 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 ; |
| 30 | Having the same conflict which ye saw in me , and now hear [to be] in me . |
