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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I thank my God every time I remember you. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God's grace together with me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don't know which I prefer: |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that--whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent--I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation--a sign which is from God. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing. |
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