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¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the ones set apart in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons. ² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ I thank my God with every thought of you, ⁴ Every time I pray for you, it is always a prayer of joy. ⁵ I give thanks for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶ I am confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷ It is right for me to feel this way about all of you because I have you in my heart. You all have been my partners in grace both in my imprisonment and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸ For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the depths of the love of Christ Jesus. ======= ⁷ It is right for me to feel this way about all of you because I have you in my heart. You all have been my partners in grace both in my imprisonment and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸ For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the depths of the love of Christ Jesus. >>>>>>> 9c846c36e6fe1e25e3849ebdd67b244a745ec9f8 ⁹ And I am praying that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and complete understanding. ¹⁰ I do this so that you may test and choose the things that are excellent in order that you may be sincere and without offense in the day of Christ. ¹¹ Also, that you will be filled with the fruits of righteousness that come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹² Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have advanced the progress of the gospel. ¹³ This is because my bonds in Christ became known throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else. ¹⁴ And also so that most of the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident because of my imprisonment, speak the word of God with more boldness and without fear. ¹⁵ Some indeed even proclaim Christ out of envy and strife, and others also out of good will. ¹⁶ The ones who proclaim Christ out of love know that I have been assigned to defend the gospel. ¹⁷ But the others proclaim Christ out of selfish and insincere motives. They think they are adding to the affliction I suffer in my imprisonment. ¹⁸ So what? Either way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and I rejoice in that, yes indeed, I will rejoice. ¹⁹ For I know that this will lead to my deliverance, because of your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. ²⁰ It is my confident expectation and certainty that I will not be ashamed. But with all courage, as always and especially right now, I will bring glory to Christ in my body, whether by life or by death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if to live in the flesh produces fruit from my labor, then I do not know which to choose. ²³ For I am pulled by both of these choices. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is much, much better! ²⁴ Yet to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. ²⁵ Since I am confident about this, I know that I will remain, yes, and that I will continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith. ²⁶ As a result, you should be proud of me in Christ Jesus when I am present with you again. ²⁷ Only conduct your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that, whether I come to see you or I am absent, I may hear about how you stand firmly in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel. ²⁸ And do not be frightened by anything from those opposing you, which is for them a sign of their destruction but of your salvation, salvation that is from God. ²⁹ Because to you it has been granted on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf, ³⁰ since you have to suffer the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.