/1-1- PAUL AND TIMOTHEUS
THE SERVANTS OF JESUS CHRIST
TO ALL THE SAINTS IN CHRIST JESUS WHICH ARE AT PHILIPPI
WITH THE BISHOPS AND DEACONS-
/1-2- GRACE BE UNTO YOU
AND PEACE
FROM GOD OUR FATHER
AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
/1-3- I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU
/1-4- ALWAYS IN EVERY PRAYER OF MINE FOR YOU ALL MAKING REQUEST WITH JOY
/1-5- FOR YOUR FELLOWSHIP IN THE GOSPEL FROM THE FIRST DAY UNTIL NOW
/1-6- 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-
/1-7- 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 DEFENCE AND CONFIRMATION OF THE GOSPEL
YE ALL ARE PARTAKERS OF MY GRACE.
/1-8- FOR GOD IS MY RECORD
HOW GREATLY I LONG AFTER YOU ALL IN THE BOWELS OF JESUS CHRIST.
/1-9- AND THIS I PRAY
THAT YOUR LOVE MAY ABOUND YET MORE AND MORE IN KNOWLEDGE AND IN ALL JUDGMENT
/1-10- THAT YE MAY APPROVE THINGS THAT ARE EXCELLENT THAT YE MAY BE SINCERE AND WITHOUT OFFENCE TILL THE DAY OF CHRIST
/1-11- BEING FILLED WITH THE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH ARE BY JESUS CHRIST
UNTO THE GLORY AND PRAISE OF GOD.
/1-12- BUT I WOULD YE SHOULD UNDERSTAND
BRETHREN
THAT THE THINGS WHICH HAPPENED UNTO ME HAVE FALLEN OUT RATHER UNTO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL
/1-13- SO THAT MY BONDS IN CHRIST ARE MANIFEST IN ALL THE PALACE
AND IN ALL OTHER PLACES
/1-14- AND MANY OF THE BRETHREN IN THE LORD
WAXING CONFIDENT BY MY BONDS
ARE MUCH MORE BOLD TO SPEAK THE WORD WITHOUT FEAR.
/1-15- SOME INDEED PREACH CHRIST EVEN OF ENVY AND STRIFE AND SOME ALSO OF GOOD WILL-
/1-16- THE ONE PREACH CHRIST OF CONTENTION
NOT SINCERELY
SUPPOSING TO ADD AFFLICTION TO MY BONDS-
/1-17- BUT THE OTHER OF LOVE
KNOWING THAT I AM SET FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL.
/1-18- WHAT THEN? NOTWITHSTANDING
EVERY WAY
WHETHER IN PRETENCE
OR IN TRUTH
CHRIST IS PREACHED AND I THEREIN DO REJOICE
YEA
AND WILL REJOICE.
/1-19- FOR I KNOW THAT THIS SHALL TURN TO MY SALVATION THROUGH YOUR PRAYER
AND THE SUPPLY OF THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
/1-20- 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.
/1-21- FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST
AND TO DIE IS GAIN.
/1-22- BUT IF I LIVE IN THE FLESH
THIS IS THE FRUIT OF MY LABOUR- YET WHAT I SHALL CHOOSE I WOT NOT.
/1-23- FOR I AM IN A STRAIT BETWIXT TWO
HAVING A DESIRE TO DEPART
AND TO BE WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER-
/1-24- NEVERTHELESS TO ABIDE IN THE FLESH IS MORE NEEDFUL FOR YOU.
/1-25- AND HAVING THIS CONFIDENCE
I KNOW THAT I SHALL ABIDE AND CONTINUE WITH YOU ALL FOR YOUR FURTHERANCE AND JOY OF FAITH
/1-26- THAT YOUR REJOICING MAY BE MORE ABUNDANT IN JESUS CHRIST FOR ME BY MY COMING TO YOU AGAIN.
/1-27- 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
/1-28- 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.
/1-29- FOR UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN IN THE BEHALF OF CHRIST
NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE ON HIM
BUT ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE
/1-30- HAVING THE SAME CONFLICT WHICH YE SAW IN ME
AND NOW HEAR TO BE IN ME.
/2-1- IF THERE BE THEREFORE ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST
IF ANY COMFORT OF LOVE
IF ANY FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT
IF ANY BOWELS AND MERCIES
/2-2- FULFIL YE MY JOY
THAT YE BE LIKEMINDED
HAVING THE SAME LOVE
BEING OF ONE ACCORD
OF ONE MIND.
/2-3- LET NOTHING BE DONE THROUGH STRIFE OR VAINGLORY BUT IN LOWLINESS OF MIND LET EACH ESTEEM OTHER BETTER THAN THEMSELVES.
/2-4- LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS
BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON THE THINGS OF OTHERS.
/2-5- LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU
WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS-
/2-6- WHO
BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD
THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD-
/2-7- BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION
AND TOOK UPON HIM THE FORM OF A SERVANT
AND WAS MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN-
/2-8- AND BEING FOUND IN FASHION AS A MAN
HE HUMBLED HIMSELF
AND BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH
EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS.
/2-9- WHEREFORE GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED HIM
AND GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME-
/2-10- THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW
OF THINGS IN HEAVEN
AND THINGS IN EARTH
AND THINGS UNDER THE EARTH
/2-11- AND THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD
TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
/2-12- WHEREFORE
MY BELOVED
AS YE HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED
NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY
BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE
WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.
/2-13- FOR IT IS GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
/2-14- DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT MURMURINGS AND DISPUTINGS-
/2-15- THAT YE MAY BE BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS
THE SONS OF GOD
WITHOUT REBUKE
IN THE MIDST OF A CROOKED AND PERVERSE NATION
AMONG WHOM YE SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD
/2-16- HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE THAT I MAY REJOICE IN THE DAY OF CHRIST
THAT I HAVE NOT RUN IN VAIN
NEITHER LABOURED IN VAIN.
/2-17- YEA
AND IF I BE OFFERED UPON THE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE OF YOUR FAITH
I JOY
AND REJOICE WITH YOU ALL.
/2-18- FOR THE SAME CAUSE ALSO DO YE JOY
AND REJOICE WITH ME.
/2-19- BUT I TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS TO SEND TIMOTHEUS SHORTLY UNTO YOU
THAT I ALSO MAY BE OF GOOD COMFORT
WHEN I KNOW YOUR STATE.
/2-20- FOR I HAVE NO MAN LIKEMINDED
WHO WILL NATURALLY CARE FOR YOUR STATE.
/2-21- FOR ALL SEEK THEIR OWN
NOT THE THINGS WHICH ARE JESUS CHRIST'S.
/2-22- BUT YE KNOW THE PROOF OF HIM
THAT
AS A SON WITH THE FATHER
HE HATH SERVED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL.
/2-23- HIM THEREFORE I HOPE TO SEND PRESENTLY
SO SOON AS I SHALL SEE HOW IT WILL GO WITH ME.
/2-24- BUT I TRUST IN THE LORD THAT I ALSO MYSELF SHALL COME SHORTLY.
/2-25- YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS
MY BROTHER
AND COMPANION IN LABOUR
AND FELLOWSOLDIER
BUT YOUR MESSENGER
AND HE THAT MINISTERED TO MY WANTS.
/2-26- FOR HE LONGED AFTER YOU ALL
AND WAS FULL OF HEAVINESS
BECAUSE THAT YE HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD BEEN SICK.
/2-27- FOR INDEED HE WAS SICK NIGH UNTO DEATH- BUT GOD HAD MERCY ON HIM AND NOT ON HIM ONLY
BUT ON ME ALSO
LEST I SHOULD HAVE SORROW UPON SORROW.
/2-28- I SENT HIM THEREFORE THE MORE CAREFULLY
THAT
WHEN YE SEE HIM AGAIN
YE MAY REJOICE
AND THAT I MAY BE THE LESS SORROWFUL.
/2-29- RECEIVE HIM THEREFORE IN THE LORD WITH ALL GLADNESS AND HOLD SUCH IN REPUTATION-
/2-30- BECAUSE FOR THE WORK OF CHRIST HE WAS NIGH UNTO DEATH
NOT REGARDING HIS LIFE
TO SUPPLY YOUR LACK OF SERVICE TOWARD ME.
/3-1- FINALLY
MY BRETHREN
REJOICE IN THE LORD. TO WRITE THE SAME THINGS TO YOU
TO ME INDEED IS NOT GRIEVOUS
BUT FOR YOU IT IS SAFE.
/3-2- BEWARE OF DOGS
BEWARE OF EVIL WORKERS
BEWARE OF THE CONCISION.
/3-3- FOR WE ARE THE CIRCUMCISION
WHICH WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRIT
AND REJOICE IN CHRIST JESUS
AND HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.
/3-4- THOUGH I MIGHT ALSO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. IF ANY OTHER MAN THINKETH THAT HE HATH WHEREOF HE MIGHT TRUST IN THE FLESH
I MORE-
/3-5- CIRCUMCISED THE EIGHTH DAY
OF THE STOCK OF ISRAEL
OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN
AN HEBREW OF THE HEBREWS AS TOUCHING THE LAW
A PHARISEE
/3-6- CONCERNING ZEAL
PERSECUTING THE CHURCH TOUCHING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS IN THE LAW
BLAMELESS.
/3-7- BUT WHAT THINGS WERE GAIN TO ME
THOSE I COUNTED LOSS FOR CHRIST.
/3-8- YEA DOUBTLESS
AND I COUNT ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD- FOR WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS
AND DO COUNT THEM BUT DUNG
THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST
/3-9- AND BE FOUND IN HIM
NOT HAVING MINE OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH IS OF THE LAW
BUT THAT WHICH IS THROUGH THE FAITH OF CHRIST
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD BY FAITH-
/3-10- THAT I MAY KNOW HIM
AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION
AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS
BEING MADE CONFORMABLE UNTO HIS DEATH
/3-11- IF BY ANY MEANS I MIGHT ATTAIN UNTO THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
/3-12- NOT AS THOUGH I HAD ALREADY ATTAINED
EITHER WERE ALREADY PERFECT- BUT I FOLLOW AFTER
IF THAT I MAY APPREHEND THAT FOR WHICH ALSO I AM APPREHENDED OF CHRIST JESUS.
/3-13- BRETHREN
I COUNT NOT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED- BUT THIS ONE THING I DO
FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND
AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE
/3-14- I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
/3-15- LET US THEREFORE
AS MANY AS BE PERFECT
BE THUS MINDED- AND IF IN ANY THING YE BE OTHERWISE MINDED
GOD SHALL REVEAL EVEN THIS UNTO YOU.
/3-16- NEVERTHELESS
WHERETO WE HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED
LET US WALK BY THE SAME RULE
LET US MIND THE SAME THING.
/3-17- BRETHREN
BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME
AND MARK THEM WHICH WALK SO AS YE HAVE US FOR AN ENSAMPLE.
/3-18- (FOR MANY WALK
OF WHOM I HAVE TOLD YOU OFTEN
AND NOW TELL YOU EVEN WEEPING
THAT THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST-
/3-19- WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION
WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY
AND WHOSE GLORY IS IN THEIR SHAME
WHO MIND EARTHLY THINGS.)
/3-20- FOR OUR CONVERSATION IS IN HEAVEN FROM WHENCE ALSO WE LOOK FOR THE SAVIOUR
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST-
/3-21- WHO SHALL CHANGE OUR VILE BODY
THAT IT MAY BE FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY
ACCORDING TO THE WORKING WHEREBY HE IS ABLE EVEN TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF.
/4-1- THEREFORE
MY BRETHREN DEARLY BELOVED AND LONGED FOR
MY JOY AND CROWN
SO STAND FAST IN THE LORD
MY DEARLY BELOVED.
/4-2- I BESEECH EUODIAS
AND BESEECH SYNTYCHE
THAT THEY BE OF THE SAME MIND IN THE LORD.
/4-3- AND I INTREAT THEE ALSO
TRUE YOKEFELLOW
HELP THOSE WOMEN WHICH LABOURED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL
WITH CLEMENT ALSO
AND WITH OTHER MY FELLOWLABOURERS
WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
/4-4- REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY- AND AGAIN I SAY
REJOICE.
/4-5- LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND.
/4-6- BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING BUT IN EVERY THING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD.
/4-7- AND THE PEACE OF GOD
WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING
SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
/4-8- FINALLY
BRETHREN
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE JUST
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE PURE
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE
AND IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE
THINK ON THESE THINGS.
/4-9- THOSE THINGS
WHICH YE HAVE BOTH LEARNED
AND RECEIVED
AND HEARD
AND SEEN IN ME
DO- AND THE GOD OF PEACE SHALL BE WITH YOU.
/4-10- BUT I REJOICED IN THE LORD GREATLY
THAT NOW AT THE LAST YOUR CARE OF ME HATH FLOURISHED AGAIN WHEREIN YE WERE ALSO CAREFUL
BUT YE LACKED OPPORTUNITY.
/4-11- NOT THAT I SPEAK IN RESPECT OF WANT- FOR I HAVE LEARNED
IN WHATSOEVER STATE I AM
THEREWITH TO BE CONTENT.
/4-12- I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED
AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND- EVERY WHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I AM INSTRUCTED BOTH TO BE FULL AND TO BE HUNGRY
BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO SUFFER NEED.
/4-13- I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.
/4-14- NOTWITHSTANDING YE HAVE WELL DONE
THAT YE DID COMMUNICATE WITH MY AFFLICTION.
/4-15- NOW YE PHILIPPIANS KNOW ALSO
THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL
WHEN I DEPARTED FROM MACEDONIA
NO CHURCH COMMUNICATED WITH ME AS CONCERNING GIVING AND RECEIVING
BUT YE ONLY.
/4-16- FOR EVEN IN THESSALONICA YE SENT ONCE AND AGAIN UNTO MY NECESSITY.
/4-17- NOT BECAUSE I DESIRE A GIFT- BUT I DESIRE FRUIT THAT MAY ABOUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
/4-18- BUT I HAVE ALL
AND ABOUND- I AM FULL
HAVING RECEIVED OF EPAPHRODITUS THE THINGS WHICH WERE SENT FROM YOU
AN ODOUR OF A SWEET SMELL
A SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE
WELLPLEASING TO GOD.
/4-19- BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
/4-20- NOW UNTO GOD AND OUR FATHER BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
/4-21- SALUTE EVERY SAINT IN CHRIST JESUS. THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE WITH ME GREET YOU.
/4-22- ALL THE SAINTS SALUTE YOU
CHIEFLY THEY THAT ARE OF CAESAR'S HOUSEHOLD.
/4-23- THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.
