Philippians 1:1-13 ▼

1 PAUL and Timothy, 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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 I give thanks to my God on 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 even until now;

6 being confident of this very thing, that he who hath wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

7 as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of you sharers in my grace.

8 For God is my witness, how earnestly 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 all understanding;

10 that ye may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ;

11 filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.

12 Now I wish you, brethren, to know, that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to the progress of the gospel;

13 so that my bonds are manifest in Christ through the whole palace, and all other places;