The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to thePhilippians
Philippians 1
Salutation | |
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Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, ¶ To all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Phil’ippi, Acts 16.12 with the bishops and deacons: |
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¶ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Paul’s Prayer for the Philippian Christians | |
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¶ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, |
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always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, |
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for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; |
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being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: |
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even 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. |
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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. |
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; |
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that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ; |
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being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. |
To Me to Live Is Christ | |
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¶ But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; |
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so that my bonds Acts 28.30 in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; |
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and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. |
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¶ Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: |
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the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: |
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but the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel. |
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What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. |
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¶ For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, |
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according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. |
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
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But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I wot not. |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: |
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nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. |
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; |
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that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. |
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¶ Only let your conversation 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; |
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and in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. |
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For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; |
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having the same conflict which ye saw in me, Acts 16.19-40 and now hear to be in me. |
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