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| 1 Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants; |
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| 2 Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| 3 I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you, |
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| 4 always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication, |
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| 5 for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now, |
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| 6 having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ, |
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| 7 according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace. |
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| 8 For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ, |
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| 9 and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, |
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| 10 for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless to a day of Christ, |
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| 11 being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. |
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| 12 And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come, |
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| 13 so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places all, |
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| 14 and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold fearlessly to speak the word. |
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| 15 Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ; |
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| 16 the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds, |
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| 17 and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set: |
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| 18 what then in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice. |
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| 19 For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus, |
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| 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death, |
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| 21 for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain. |
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| 22 And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose I know not; |
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| 23 for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better, |
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| 24 and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account, |
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| 25 and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith, |
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| 26 that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you. |
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| 27 Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news, |
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| 28 and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God; |
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| 29 because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer; |
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| 30 the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me. |
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