Phili 1 | ABEn | STEP | Paul and Timothy, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus, to the ones being in Philippi, with the overseers and servants.

Philippians 1

CHAPTER 1 Paul's Greeting

1 Paul and Timothy, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus, to the ones being in Philippi, with the overseers and servants. 2 Favor to you and peace from God our father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I give thanks to my God for [⁴all ¹the ²memory ³of you], 4 at all times in every supplication of mine for all of you, [³with ⁴joy ²supplication ¹making], 5 for your fellowship in the good news from the first day until the present; 6 being persuaded in this same thing, that the one commencing in you [²work ¹a good], will complete it as far as the day of Jesus Christ; 7 as is just for me to think this as to you all, because of [²having ³me ⁴in ⁵your heart ¹you], both in my bonds, and in the defense and security of the good news, [⁴fellow-partakers ⁵of my ⁶favor ²all ¹you ³being]. 8 [⁵witness ¹For ⁴my ³is ²God], how I long after you all in feelings of compassion of Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray, that the love of yours still more and more should abound in full knowledge, and in all perception, 10 for you to approve the things differing, that you might be honest and without cause to stumble in the day of Christ, 11 being filled with fruits of righteousness, of the ones by Jesus Christ, to glory and praise of God.

Paul's Motives

12 [⁴to know ¹But ³you ²I want], brethren, that the things concerning me rather in progression of the good news have come, 13 so as my bonds [²apparent ³in ⁴Christ ¹to become] in the whole praetorium, and to all the rest; 14 and the more of the brethren [²in ³the Lord ¹relying], [³in my bonds ²more exceedingly ¹dare] [⁴fearlessly ²the ³word ¹to speak]. 15 Some indeed also through envy and strife; but some also through good-pleasure [²the ³Christ ¹proclaim]. 16 The ones indeed from out of contention [²the ³Christ ¹announce], not purely, imagining [²affliction ¹to add] to my bonds. 17 But the ones from out of love, knowing that for a defense of the good news I am situated. 18 For what? Only in every manner, whether an excuse, whether truth, Christ is announced; and in this I rejoice, but, also I will rejoice. 19 For I know that this to me shall result in deliverance through your supplication, and the supplying of the spirit of Jesus Christ; 20 according to [²earnest expectation ³and ⁴hope ¹my], that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in every open manner, as at all times, and now [²shall be magnified ¹Christ] in my body, whether through life, whether through death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die gain. 22 But if to live in flesh, this to me is fruit of work; and what I shall take up I know not. 23 But I am constrained by the two, [²the ³desire ¹having] for disengaging, and [²with ³Christ ¹to be ⁵much ⁴is rather] better; 24 but to remain in the flesh is more important for you. 25 And this being persuaded of, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all in your progression and joy of the belief; 26 that your boasting should abound in Christ Jesus in me through my arrival again with you. 27 Only [²worthily ³of the ⁴good news ⁵of the ⁶Christ ¹conduct yourselves in public]! that whether having come and having seen you, or whether being absent, I should hear the things concerning you, that you stand firmly in one spirit, one soul, fighting together in the belief of the good news; 28 and not being terrified in anything by the ones being an adversary, which to them indeed is a demonstration of destruction, but to you deliverance -- and this from God. 29 For to you it was granted concerning Christ, not only the [²in ³him ¹trusting], but also the [²for ³him ¹suffering], 30 [²the ³same ⁴struggle ¹having] as you saw in me, and now hear of by me.