Paul and Timothy, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi with overseers and deacons.
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God upon my whole remembrance of you,
always in my every supplication for you all making the supplication with joy
for your fellowship with the gospel from the first day until now,
being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ;
even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because ye have me in your heart; and both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye are all fellow-partakers of my grace.
For God is my witness, how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Jesus Christ.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense against [the] day of Christ,
being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God’s praise and glory.
But I wish you to know, brethren, that my affairs have turned out rather for furtherance of the gospel,
so that my bonds have been manifest in Christ in the whole of the Praetorium and to all the rest;
and that the most of the brethren in [the] Lord, being confident by my bonds, more abundantly dare to speak the word fearlessly.
Some, indeed, also for envy and strife, but some also for goodwill, preach the Christ:
these, indeed, out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;
but these out of contention announce the Christ, not purely, thinking to stir up tribulation for my bonds.
What then? Notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is announced, and in this I rejoice, yea, and I will rejoice;
for I know that this will turn to me for salvation through your supplication and [the] supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed; but in all boldness, as always now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain;
but if to live in flesh, this to me [is] worth while; and what I shall choose I know not.
But I am perplexed by the two, having the desire for departing and being with Christ, for it is very far better;
but remaining in the flesh is more necessary on your account;
and having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and abide with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
that your boast may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again with you.
Only conduct yourselves worthily of the gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you or absent, I may hear of your concerns, that ye stand in one spirit, with one soul striving together with the faith of the gospel;
and not frightened in anything by the adversaries, which is to them a showing forth of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God;
because to you has been given on behalf of Christ, not only the believing on him, but also the suffering for him;
having the same conflict as ye saw in me and now hear of in me.