Philippians:1

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* Paul and Timotheus , the servants of Jesus Christ , to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi , with the bishops and deacons : * Grace be unto you , and peace , from God our Father , and from the Lord Jesus Christ . * I thank my God upon every remembrance of you , * Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy , * For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now ; * Being confident of this very thing , that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ : * Even as it is meet 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 are partakers of my grace . * For God is my record , how greatly 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 knowledge and in all judgment ; * That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; * Being filled with the fruits of righteousness , which are by Jesus Christ , unto the glory and praise of God . * But I would ye should understand , brethren , that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel ; * So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace , and in all other places ; * And many of the brethren in the Lord , waxing confident by my bonds , are much more bold to speak the word without fear . * Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife ; and some also of good will : * The one preach Christ of contention , not sincerely , supposing to add affliction to my bonds : * But the other of love , knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel . * What then ? notwithstanding , every way , whether in pretence , or in truth , Christ is preached ; and I therein do rejoice , yea , and will rejoice . * For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer , and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ , * According to my earnest expectation and my hope , that in nothing I shall be ashamed , but that with all boldness , as always , so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body , whether it be by life , or by death . * For to me to live is Christ , and to die is gain . * But if I live in the flesh , this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose I wot not . * For I am in a strait betwixt two , having a desire to depart , and to be with Christ ; which is far better : * Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you . * And having this confidence , I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith ; * That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again . * Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you , or else be absent , I may hear of your affairs , that ye stand fast in one spirit , with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel ; * And in nothing terrified by your adversaries : which is to them an evident token of perdition , but to you of salvation , and that of God . * For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ , not only to believe on him , but also to suffer for his sake ; * Having the same conflict which ye saw in me , and now hear to be in me .

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