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1:1  Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.
1:2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3  I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,
1:4  always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,
1:5  because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,
1:6  convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it until the day of Christ Jesus,
1:7  just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.
1:8  For God is my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
1:9  And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
1:10  so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ,
1:11  having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
1:12  Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,
1:13  so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,
1:14  and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare even more to speak the word without fear.
1:15  Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will.
1:16  The latter do so from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
1:17  The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.
1:18  What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,
1:19  for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20  according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.
1:21  For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
1:22  But if it is to live in the flesh, this is fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer I do not know.
1:23  But I am hard pressed between the two options, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, for this is very much better.
1:24  But to stay on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
1:25  And because I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
1:26  so that what you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.
1:27  Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear your circumstances, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
1:28  and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,
1:29  because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,
1:30  having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.