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| 1 | Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: | Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: | Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: | |
| 2 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| 3 | I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, | I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, | I thank my God every time I remember you. | |
| 4 | always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, | always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, | In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy | |
| 5 | because of your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. | because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. | because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, | |
| 6 | For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. | And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. | being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. | |
| 7 | For it is only right for me to think this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are fellow partakers with me in this grace. | It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. | It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. | |
| 8 | For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. | For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. | God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. | |
| 9 | And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment, | And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, | And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, | |
| 10 | so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and without fault until the day of Christ, | so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, | so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, | |
| 11 | having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. | filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. | filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. | |
| 12 | Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, | I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, | Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. | |
| 13 | so that my chains in Christ have become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, | so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. | As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. | |
| 14 | and that most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord because of my chains, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. | And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. | And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear. | |
| 15 | Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; | Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. | It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. | |
| 16 | the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; | The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. | The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. | |
| 17 | the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me affliction in my chains. | The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. | The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. | |
| 18 | What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, | What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, | But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, | |
| 19 | for I know that THIS WILL TURN OUT FOR MY SALVATION through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, | for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, | for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. | |
| 20 | according to my earnest 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 magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. | as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. | I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. | |
| 21 | For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | |
| 22 | But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know what I will choose. | If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. | If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! | |
| 23 | But I am hard-pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better, | I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. | I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; | |
| 24 | yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. | But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. | but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. | |
| 25 | And convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, | Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, | Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, | |
| 26 | so that your reason for boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me, through my coming to you again. | so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again. | so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me. | |
| 27 | Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about your circumstances, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind contending together for the faith of the gospel, | Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, | Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel | |
| 28 | in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. | and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. | without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. | |
| 29 | For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, | For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, | For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, | |
| 30 | having the same struggle which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. | engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have. | since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. | |
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