Philippians 1
1This letter is from Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. I am writing to all of God's holy people in Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, including the elders and deacons.G3972G2532G5095G1401G2424G5547G3956G40G1722G5547G2424G5607G1722G5375G4862G1985G2532G12492May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G55473Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.G2168G3450G2316G1909G3956G3417G52164Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,G3842G1722G3956G1162G3450G5228G5216G3956G4160G1162G3326G54795for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.G1909G5216G2842G1519G2098G575G4413G2250G891G35686And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.G3982G5124G846G3754G1728G18G2041G1722G5213G2005G891G2250G2424G55477So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.G2531G2076G1342G1698G5426G5124G5228G5216G3956G1223G2192G5209G1722G3165G2588G5037G1722G3450G1199G2532G627G2532G951G2098G5209G3956G5607G4791G3450G54858God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.G1063G2316G2076G3450G3144G5613G1971G5209G3956G1722G4698G2424G55479I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.G2532G5124G4336G2443G5216G26G4052G2089G3123G2532G3123G1722G1922G2532G3956G14410For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return.G1519G5209G1381G1308G2443G5600G1506G2532G677G1519G2250G554711May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.G4137G2590G1343G3588G1223G2424G5547G1519G1391G2532G1868G231612And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.G1161G1014G5209G1097G80G3754G2596G1691G2064G3123G1519G4297G209813For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ.G5620G3450G1199G1722G5547G1096G5318G1722G3650G4232G2532G3956G306214And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God's message without fear.G2532G4119G80G1722G2962G3982G3450G1199G4056G5111G2980G3056G87015It's true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives.G5100G3303G2784G5547G2532G1223G5355G2532G2054G1161G5100G2532G1223G210716They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News.G3303G2605G5547G1537G2052G3756G55G3633G2018G2347G3450G119917Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me.G1161G1537G26G1492G3754G2749G1519G627G209818But that doesn't matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice.G5101G1063G4133G3956G5158G1535G4392G1535G225G5547G2605G2532G5463G1722G5129G5463G235G2532G546319For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.G1063G1492G3754G5124G576G1519G3427G4991G1223G5216G1162G2532G2024G4151G2424G554720For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.G2596G3450G603G2532G1680G3754G1722G3762G153G235G1722G3956G3954G5613G3842G3568G2532G5547G3170G1722G3450G4983G1535G1223G2222G1535G1223G228821For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.G1063G1698G2198G5547G2532G599G277122But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don't know which is better.G1161G1487G2198G1722G4561G5124G2590G2041G3427G2532G5101G138G1107G375623I'm torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.G1063G4912G1537G1417G2192G1939G1519G360G2532G1511G4862G5547G4183G3123G290824But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.G1161G1961G1722G4561G316G1223G520925Knowing this, I am convinced that I will remain alive so I can continue to help all of you grow and experience the joy of your faith.G2532G5124G3982G1492G3754G3306G2532G4839G5213G3956G1519G5216G4297G2532G5479G410226And when I come to you again, you will have even more reason to take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me.G2443G5216G2745G4052G1722G2424G5547G1722G1698G1223G1699G3952G4314G5209G382527Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.G3440G4176G516G2098G5547G2443G1535G2064G2532G1492G5209G1535G548G191G5216G4012G3754G4739G1722G1520G4151G3391G5590G4866G4102G209828Don't be intimidated in any way by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself.G2532G1722G3367G3361G4426G5259G480G3748G2076G846G3303G1732G684G1161G5213G4991G2532G5124G575G231629For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.G3754G5213G5483G5228G5547G3756G3440G4100G1519G846G235G2532G3958G5228G846G522830We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.G2192G846G73G3634G1492G1492G1722G1698G2532G3568G191G1722G1698
Philippians 2
2Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?G3767G1536G3874G1722G5547G1536G3890G26G1536G2842G4151G1536G4698G2532G36282Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.G4137G3450G5479G2443G846G5426G2192G846G26G4861G1520G54263Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.G3367G2596G2052G2228G2754G235G5012G2233G240G2233G240G5242G14384Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.G4648G3361G1538G1438G235G1538G2532G3588G20875You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.G1063G5426G5124G5426G1722G5213G3739G2532G1722G5547G24246Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.G3739G5225G1722G3444G2316G2233G3756G725G1511G2470G23167Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,G235G2758G1438G2758G2983G3444G1401G1096G1722G3667G4448he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross.G2532G2147G4976G5613G444G5013G1438G1096G5255G3360G2288G1161G2288G47169Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,G1352G2316G2532G5251G846G2532G5483G846G3686G3588G5228G3956G368610that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,G2443G1722G3686G2424G3956G1119G2578G2032G2532G1919G2532G270911and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.G2532G3956G1100G1843G3754G2424G5547G2962G1519G1391G2316G396212Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.G5620G3450G27G2531G5219G3842G5219G3361G5613G1722G3450G3952G3440G235G3568G4183G3123G1722G3450G666G2716G1438G4991G3326G5401G2532G515613For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.G1063G2076G2316G3588G1754G1722G5213G2532G2309G2532G1754G5228G210714Do everything without complaining and arguing,G4160G3956G5565G1112G2532G126115so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.G2443G1096G273G2532G185G5043G2316G298G1722G3319G4646G2532G1294G1074G1722G3739G5316G5613G5458G1722G288916Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ's return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.G1907G3056G2222G1519G1698G2745G1519G2250G5547G3754G5143G3756G5143G1519G2756G3761G2872G1519G275617But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy.G235G1499G4689G1909G2378G2532G3009G5216G4102G5463G2532G4796G5213G395618Yes, you should rejoice, and I will share your joy.G1161G846G2532G5463G5210G5463G2532G4796G342719If the Lord Jesus is willing, I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along.G1161G1679G1722G2962G2424G3992G5095G5030G5213G2443G2504G2174G1097G5216G401220I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare.G1063G2192G3762G2473G3748G1104G3309G5216G401221All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.G1063G3956G2212G1438G3756G3588G2424G554722But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.G1161G1097G1382G846G3754G5613G5043G3962G1398G4862G1698G1519G209823I hope to send him to you just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me here.G3303G5126G3767G1679G3992G1824G5613G302G542G4012G169124And I have confidence from the Lord that I myself will come to see you soon.G1161G3982G1722G2962G3754G2064G2532G846G2064G503025Meanwhile, I thought I should send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a true brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier. And he was your messenger to help me in my need.G1161G2233G316G3992G4314G5209G1891G3450G80G2532G4904G2532G4961G1161G5216G652G2532G3011G3450G553226I am sending him because he has been longing to see you, and he was very distressed that you heard he was ill.G1894G2258G1971G5209G3956G2532G85G1360G191G3754G77027And he certainly was ill; in fact, he almost died. But God had mercy on him—and also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.G1063G2532G770G3897G2288G235G2316G1653G846G1161G3756G846G3440G235G1691G2532G3363G2192G3077G1909G307728So I am all the more anxious to send him back to you, for I know you will be glad to see him, and then I will not be so worried about you.G3992G846G3767G4708G2443G1492G846G3825G5463G2504G5600G25329Welcome him with Christian love and with great joy, and give him the honor that people like him deserve.G4327G846G3767G1722G2962G3326G3956G5479G2532G2192G5108G178430For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while doing for me what you couldn't do from far away.G3754G1223G2041G5547G1448G3360G2288G3851G5590G2443G378G5216G5303G3009G4314G3165
Philippians 3
3Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.G3063G3450G80G5463G1722G2962G1125G846G5213G1698G3303G3756G3636G1161G5213G8042Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.G991G2965G991G2556G2040G991G26993For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,G1063G2249G2070G4061G3588G3000G2316G4151G2532G2744G1722G5547G2424G2532G3982G3756G3982G1722G45614though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!G2539G1473G2192G2532G2192G4006G1722G4561G1536G243G1380G3982G1722G4561G1473G31235I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.G4061G3637G1537G1085G2474G5443G958G1445G1537G1445G2596G3551G53306I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.G2596G2205G1377G1577G2596G1343G3588G1722G3551G1096G2737I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.G235G3748G2258G2771G3427G5023G2233G2209G1223G55478Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain ChristG235G3304G2532G2233G3956G2209G1511G1223G5242G1108G5547G2424G3450G2962G1223G3739G2210G3956G2532G2233G1511G4657G2443G2770G55479and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.G2532G2147G1722G846G3361G2192G1699G1343G3588G1537G3551G235G3588G1223G4102G5547G1343G3588G1537G2316G1909G410210I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,G1097G846G2532G1411G846G386G2532G2842G846G3804G4833G846G228811so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!G1513G2658G1519G1815G349812I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.G3756G3754G2235G2983G2228G2235G5048G1161G1377G1499G2638G1909G3739G2532G2638G5259G5547G242413No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,G80G1473G3049G3756G1683G2638G1161G1520G1950G3303G3694G1161G1901G171514I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.G1377G2596G4649G1909G1017G507G2821G2316G1722G5547G242415Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.G5426G3767G3745G5046G5426G5124G5426G2532G1536G5426G2088G5426G2316G601G2532G5124G521316But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.G4133G1519G3739G5348G4748G846G2583G5426G84617Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.G80G1096G4831G3450G2532G4648G4043G3779G2531G2192G2248G517918For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.G1063G4183G4043G3739G3004G5213G4178G1161G3568G3004G2532G2799G2190G4716G554719They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.G3739G5056G684G3739G2316G2836G2532G1391G1722G846G152G3588G5426G191920But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.G1063G2257G4175G5225G1722G3772G1537G3739G2532G553G4990G2962G2424G554721He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.G3739G3345G2257G5014G4983G1519G846G1096G4832G846G1391G4983G2596G1753G846G1410G2532G5293G3956G1438
Philippians 4
4Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.G5620G3450G80G27G2532G1973G3450G5479G2532G4735G3779G4739G1722G2962G272Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement.G3870G2136G2532G3870G4941G5426G846G5426G1722G29623And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.G2532G2065G4571G2532G1103G4805G4815G846G3748G4866G3427G1722G2098G3326G2815G2532G2532G3062G3450G4904G3739G3686G1722G976G22224Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!G5463G1722G2962G3842G3825G2046G54635Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.G1097G5216G1933G1097G3956G444G2962G14516Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.G3309G3367G235G1722G3956G4335G2532G1162G3326G2169G1107G5216G155G1107G4314G23167Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.G2532G1515G2316G3588G5242G3956G3563G5432G5216G2588G2532G5216G3540G1722G5547G24248And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.G3063G80G3745G2076G227G3745G4586G3745G1342G3745G53G3745G4375G3745G2163G1536G703G2532G1536G1868G3049G50239Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.G5023G3739G3129G2532G3129G2532G3880G2532G191G2532G1492G1722G1698G4238G2532G2316G1515G2071G3326G521610How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn't have the chance to help me.G1161G5463G1722G2962G3171G3754G2235G4218G5426G330G5228G1700G330G1909G3739G5426G2532G5426G1161G17011Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.G3756G3004G3754G2596G5304G1063G1473G3129G1722G3739G1510G1511G84212I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.G1161G1492G5013G2532G1492G4052G1722G3956G2532G1722G3956G3453G2532G5526G2532G3983G2532G4052G2532G530213For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.G2480G3956G1722G5547G3588G1743G316514Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.G4133G2573G4160G4790G3450G234715As you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this.G1161G5210G5374G1492G2532G3754G1722G746G2098G3753G1831G575G3109G3762G1577G2841G3427G1519G3056G1394G2532G3028G1508G5210G344116Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once.G3754G2532G1722G2332G3992G2532G530G2532G1364G1519G3427G553217I don't say this because I want a gift from you. Rather, I want you to receive a reward for your kindness.G3756G3754G1934G1390G235G1934G2590G4121G1519G5216G305618At the moment I have all I need—and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.G1161G568G3956G2532G4052G4137G1209G3844G1891G3844G5216G3744G2175G2378G1184G2101G231619And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.G1161G3450G2316G4137G3956G5216G5532G2596G846G4149G1722G1391G1722G5547G242420Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen.G1161G2316G2532G2257G3962G1391G1519G165G165G28121Give my greetings to each of God's holy people—all who belong to Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings.G782G3956G40G1722G5547G2424G80G4862G1698G782G520922And all the rest of God's people send you greetings, too, especially those in Caesar's household.G3956G40G782G5209G1161G3122G1537G2541G361423May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.G5485G2257G2962G2424G5547G3326G5216G3956G281
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