1Philippians 1

1Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:Select Philippians 1:1

2Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.Select Philippians 1:2

3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,Select Philippians 1:3

4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,Select Philippians 1:4

5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;Select Philippians 1:5

6Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:Select Philippians 1:6

7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.Select Philippians 1:7

8For God is my witness, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.Select Philippians 1:8

9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;Select Philippians 1:9

10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ;Select Philippians 1:10

11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.Select Philippians 1:11

12But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;Select Philippians 1:12

13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];Select Philippians 1:13

14And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.Select Philippians 1:14

15Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife; and some also from good will.Select Philippians 1:15

16The one preach Christ from contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:Select Philippians 1:16

17But the other from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.Select Philippians 1:17

18What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.Select Philippians 1:18

19For I know that this will turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,Select Philippians 1:19

20According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.Select Philippians 1:20

21For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.Select Philippians 1:21

22But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.Select Philippians 1:22

23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Select Philippians 1:23

24Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.Select Philippians 1:24

25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;Select Philippians 1:25

26That your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.Select Philippians 1:26

27Only let your manner of life be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;Select Philippians 1:27

28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.Select Philippians 1:28

29For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;Select Philippians 1:29

30Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, [and] now hear [to be] in me.Select Philippians 1:30