1 Scroll 40 Epistle to the Philippians.
Paul, and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the Saints in Christ Jesus who being in Philippi,
with the overseers[bishops] and deacons.
2 Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now;
6 having been confidence of this same thing, that He who having begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7 even as it is right 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 being partakers of my grace.
8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 that ye may approve the things excelling; that ye may be pure and without offence until the day of Christ;
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren,
that the things which happened to me has turned out rather to the furtherance of the Gospel;
13 so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in whole the Praetorium[judgment-hall], and in all other places;
14 and many of the brethren in the Lord, having been confident by my bonds,
are much more bold to speak the Word without fear.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife; and some also from good pleasure.
16 Those indeed preach Christ from contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
17 but the other from love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the Gospel.
18 For what? Nevertheless every manner, whether in pretence or in truth,
Christ is preached; but I in it do rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
19 For I have known that this will turn to my Salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 according 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.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But if I to live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my work: yet what I shall choose I know not.
23 For I am pressed between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24 but to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
25 And having been this confidence, I have known that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of the faith;
26 that your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Christ Jesus in me by my coming to you again.
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Only let your manner of life be as worthy of the Gospel of Christ:
that whether I coming and looking you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit and one soul striving together for the faith of the Gospel;
28 and not being terrified by your adversaries:
which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of Salvation, and that from God.
29 For to you it was granted in the behalf of Christ,
not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake;
30 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
1 If there is therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels[tenders] and mercies,
2 fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be of the same mind, having the same love,
being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory;
but in humility, esteeming one another better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 but made Himself of no reputation, and having taken the form of a servant,
and He having been made in the likeness of men:
8 and being found in fashion as a man,
He humbled Himself, and became obedient until death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him, and granted Him a Name which is above every name:
10 that in the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, those Heavenly and earthly, and under the Earth;
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore, my beloved, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own Salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 that ye may be blameless and innocent, the Children of GOD, without rebuke,
in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the World;
16 holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17 But if I am even offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 And ye also rejoice in the same and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly to you,
that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no one like-minded, who will genuinely care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things of Christ Jesus.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that as a child with the father, he has served with me in the Gospel.
23 Him therefore I hope to send immediately, so soon as I may see how it will go with me.
24 But I have confidence in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus,
my brother, and fellow-workers, and fellow-soldier, and your delegate and minister of my need.
26 For he longing after you all, and being distressed, because ye heard that he was sick.
27 For indeed he was sick near to death: but God had mercy on him;
and not on him only, but on me also, lest I might have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I sent him therefore the more speedily, that ye having seen him again,
ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in reputation:
30 because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he may fill the need of your service towards me.
1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.
To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil-workers, beware of the mutilators.
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,
and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and having been no confidence in the flesh.
4 Although I might also to having confidence in the flesh.
If any other thinks that he has trusted in the flesh, I more:
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of the Hebrews; with respect to the Law, a Pharisee;
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the Church; with respect to the righteousness which is by the Law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 But doubtless, and I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be trash, that I might gain Christ,
9 and may be found in Him, not having my own righteousness,
which is from the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
10 that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death;
11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not that I had already attained, either were already perfect:
but I pursue, if I also may lay hold, inasmuch as I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing:
I do, forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forward to those things which are before,
14 I press towards the goal for the prize of the calling above of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded:
and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, God will reveal even this to you.
16 Nevertheless to what we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them who walking so as ye have us for an example.
18 (for many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).
20 For our citizenship is in Heavens; from where also we look for the Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ:
21 who will change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to His body of glory,
according to the working by which He is able even to subdue Himself to all things.
1 Therefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I entreat Thee also, genuine yoke-fellow, help those women who strove together with me in the Gospel,
with Clement also, and with other my fellow-workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
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Finally, brethren,
whatever things are true,
whatever things are honourable,
whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good report;
and if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,
and seen in me, do: and the God of Peace will be with you.
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But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, with that to be content.
12 I have known both how to be abased, and I have known how to abound:
everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to lack need.
13 I am strong for all things in Christ who strengthening me.
14 but ye did well, ye having shared with my affliction.
15 Now, ye Philippians, have known also, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia,
no Church shared with me as concerning giving and receiving, except ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and twice to my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus,
the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet savour, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
19 But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen!
21 Salute every Saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you.
22 All the Saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen!