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1Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons: ✦ 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ✦ 3I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, ✦ 4always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, ✦ 5in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. ✦ 6For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus. ✦ 7For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. ✦ 8For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. ✦ 9And this I pray, that your love may overflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, ✦ 10so that you may discover the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ; ✦ 11having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God. ✦ 12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, ✦ 13so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the praetorian guard and to everyone else, ✦ 14and that most of the brothers and sisters, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. ✦ 15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from goodwill; ✦ 16the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; ✦ 17the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking that they are causing me distress in my imprisonment. ✦ 18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But not only that, I also will rejoice, ✦ 19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ✦ 20according to my eager 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 exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. ✦ 21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ✦ 22But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. ✦ 23But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; ✦ 24yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes. ✦ 25Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, ✦ 26so that your pride in Christ Jesus may be abundant because of me by my coming to you again. ✦ 27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; ✦ 28and in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and this too, from God. ✦ 29For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf, ✦ 30experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. ✦

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