Philippians:1-4
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Paul and Timotheus ,
the servants of Jesus Christ ,
to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are (
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at Philippi ,
with the bishops and deacons :
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Grace be unto you ,
and peace ,
from God our Father ,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ .
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I thank (
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my God upon every remembrance of you ,
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making (
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request with joy ,
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For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now ;
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Being confident (
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of this very thing ,
that he which hath begun (
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a good work in you will perform (
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it until the day of Jesus Christ :
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Even as it is (
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meet for me to think (
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this of you all ,
because I have (
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you in my heart ;
inasmuch as both in my bonds ,
and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel ,
ye all are (
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partakers of my grace .
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For God is (
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my record ,
how greatly I long after (
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you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ .
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And this I pray (
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that your love may abound (
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yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ;
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That ye may approve (
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things that are excellent (
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that ye may be (
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sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ;
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Being filled (
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with the fruits of righteousness ,
which are by Jesus Christ ,
unto the glory and praise of God .
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But I would (
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ye should understand (
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brethren ,
that the things which happened unto me have fallen out (
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rather unto the furtherance of the gospel ;
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So that my bonds in Christ are (
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manifest in all the palace ,
and in all other places ;
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And many of the brethren in the Lord ,
waxing confident (
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by my bonds ,
are much more bold (
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to speak (
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the word without fear .
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Some indeed preach (
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Christ even of envy and strife ;
and some also of good will :
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The one preach (
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Christ of contention ,
not sincerely ,
supposing (
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to add (
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affliction to my bonds :
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But the other of love ,
knowing (
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that I am set (
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for the defence of the gospel .
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What then ?
notwithstanding ,
every way ,
whether in pretence ,
or in truth ,
Christ is preached (
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and I therein do rejoice (
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yea ,
and will rejoice (
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For I know (
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that this shall turn (
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to my salvation through your prayer ,
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ ,
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According to my earnest expectation and my hope ,
that in nothing I shall be ashamed (
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but that with all boldness ,
as always ,
so now also Christ shall be magnified (
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in my body ,
whether it be by life ,
or by death .
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For to me to live (
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is Christ ,
and to die (
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is gain .
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But if I live (
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in the flesh ,
this is the fruit of my labour :
yet what I shall choose (
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I wot (
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not .
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For I am in a strait (
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betwixt two ,
having (
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a desire to depart (
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and to be (
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with Christ ;
which is far better :
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Nevertheless to abide (
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in the flesh is more needful for you .
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And having this confidence (
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I know (
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that I shall abide (
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and continue (
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with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith ;
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That your rejoicing may be more abundant (
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in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again .
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Only let your conversation be (
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as it becometh the gospel of Christ :
that whether I come (
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and see (
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you ,
or else be absent (
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I may hear (
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of your affairs ,
that ye stand fast (
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in one spirit ,
with one mind striving together (
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for the faith of the gospel ;
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And in nothing terrified (
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by your adversaries (
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which is (
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to them an evident token of perdition ,
but to you of salvation ,
and that of God .
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For unto you it is given (
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in the behalf of Christ ,
not only to believe (
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on him ,
but also to suffer (
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for his sake ;
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Having (
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the same conflict which ye saw (
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in me ,
and now hear (
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to be in me .
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If there be therefore any consolation in Christ ,
if any comfort of love ,
if any fellowship of the Spirit ,
if any bowels and mercies ,
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Fulfil ye (
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my joy ,
that ye be likeminded (
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having (
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the same love ,
being of one accord ,
of one mind (
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem (
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other better than (
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themselves .
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Look (
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not every man on his own things ,
but every man also on the things of others .
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Let this mind be (
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in you ,
which was also in Christ Jesus :
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Who ,
being (
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in the form of God ,
thought it (
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not robbery to be (
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equal with God :
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But made himself of no reputation (
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and took upon him (
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the form of a servant ,
and was made (
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in the likeness of men :
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And being found (
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in fashion as a man ,
he humbled (
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himself ,
and became (
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obedient unto death ,
even the death of the cross .
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted (
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him ,
and given (
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him a name which is above every name :
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow (
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of things in heaven ,
and things in earth ,
and things under the earth ;
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And that every tongue should confess (
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that Jesus Christ is Lord ,
to the glory of God the Father .
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Wherefore ,
my beloved ,
as ye have always obeyed (
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not as in my presence only ,
but now much more in my absence ,
work out (
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your own salvation with fear and trembling .
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For it is (
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God which worketh 5723 )
in you both to will (
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and to do (
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of his good pleasure .
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Do (
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all things without murmurings and disputings :
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That ye may be (
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blameless and harmless ,
the sons of God ,
without rebuke ,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse (
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nation ,
among whom ye shine (
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as lights in the world ;
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Holding forth (
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the word of life ;
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ ,
that I have not run (
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in vain ,
neither laboured (
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in vain .
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Yea ,
and if I be offered (
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upon the sacrifice and service of your faith ,
I joy (
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and rejoice with (
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you all .
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For the same cause also do ye joy (
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and rejoice with (
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me .
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But I trust (
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in the Lord Jesus to send (
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Timotheus shortly unto you ,
that I also may be of good comfort (
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when I know (
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your state .
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For I have (
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no man likeminded ,
who will naturally care (
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for your state .
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For all seek (
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their own ,
not the things which are Jesus Christs .
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But ye know (
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the proof of him ,
that ,
as a son with the father ,
he hath served (
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with me in the gospel .
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Him therefore I hope (
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to send (
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presently ,
so soon as I shall see (
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how it will go with me .
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But I trust (
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in the Lord that I also myself shall come (
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shortly .
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Yet I supposed (
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it necessary to send (
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to you Epaphroditus ,
my brother ,
and companion in labour ,
and fellowsoldier ,
but your messenger ,
and he that ministered to my wants .
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For he (
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longed after (
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you all ,
and was full of heaviness (
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because that ye had heard (
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that he had been sick (
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For indeed he was sick (
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nigh unto death :
but God had mercy (
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on him ;
and not on him only ,
but on me also ,
lest I should have (
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sorrow upon sorrow .
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I sent (
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him therefore the more carefully ,
that ,
when ye see (
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him again ,
ye may rejoice (
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and that I may be (
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the less sorrowful .
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Receive (
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him therefore in the Lord with all gladness ;
and hold (
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such in reputation :
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh (
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unto death ,
not regarding (
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his life ,
to supply (
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your lack of service toward me .
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Finally ,
my brethren ,
rejoice (
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in the Lord .
To write (
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the same things to you ,
to me indeed is not grievous ,
but for you it is safe .
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Beware (
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of dogs ,
beware (
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of evil workers ,
beware (
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of the concision .
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For we are (
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the circumcision ,
which worship (
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God in the spirit ,
and rejoice (
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in Christ Jesus ,
and have no confidence (
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in the flesh .
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Though I might also have (
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confidence in the flesh .
If any other man thinketh (
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that he hath whereof he might trust (
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in the flesh ,
I more :
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Circumcised the eighth day ,
of the stock of Israel ,
of the tribe of Benjamin ,
an Hebrew of the Hebrews ;
as touching the law ,
a Pharisee ;
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Concerning zeal ,
persecuting (
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the church ;
touching the righteousness which is in the law , (
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blameless .
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But what things were (
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gain to me ,
those I counted (
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loss for Christ .
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Yea doubtless ,
and I count (
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all things but loss for (
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the excellency (
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of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord :
for whom I have suffered the loss (
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of all things ,
and do count (
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them (
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but dung ,
that I may win (
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Christ ,
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And be found (
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in him ,
not having (
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mine own righteousness ,
which is of the law ,
but that which is through the faith of Christ ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith :
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That I may know (
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him ,
and the power of his resurrection ,
and the fellowship of his sufferings ,
being made conformable (
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unto his death ;
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If by any means I might attain (
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unto the resurrection of the dead .
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Not as though I had already attained (
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either were already perfect (
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but I follow after (
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if that I may apprehend (
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that for which also I am apprehended (
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of Christ Jesus .
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Brethren ,
I count (
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not myself to have apprehended (
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but this one thing I do ,
forgetting (
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those things which are behind ,
and reaching forth unto (
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those things which are before ,
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I press (
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toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus .
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Let us therefore ,
as many as be perfect ,
be thus minded (
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and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded (
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God shall reveal (
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even this unto you .
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Nevertheless ,
whereto we have already attained (
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let us walk (
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by the same rule ,
let us mind (
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the same thing .
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Brethren ,
be (
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followers together of me ,
and mark (
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them which walk (
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so as ye have (
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us for an ensample .
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For many walk (
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of whom I have told (
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you often ,
and now tell (
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you even weeping (
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that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ :
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Whose end is destruction ,
whose God is their belly ,
and whose glory is in their shame ,
who mind (
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earthly things .)
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For our conversation is (
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in heaven ;
from whence also we look for (
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the Saviour ,
the Lord Jesus Christ :
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Who shall change (
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our vile body ,
that it may be (
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fashioned like unto his glorious body ,
according to the working whereby he is able (
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even to subdue (
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all things unto himself .
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Therefore ,
my brethren dearly beloved and longed for ,
my joy and crown ,
so stand fast (
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in the Lord ,
my dearly beloved .
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I beseech (
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Euodias ,
and beseech (
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Syntyche ,
that they be of the same mind (
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in the Lord .
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And I intreat (
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thee also ,
true yokefellow ,
help (
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those women which laboured (
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with me in the gospel ,
with Clement also ,
and with other my fellowlabourers ,
whose names are in the book of life .
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Rejoice (
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in the Lord alway :
and again I say (
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Rejoice (
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Let your moderation be known (
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unto all men .
The Lord is at hand .
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Be careful (
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for nothing ;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known (
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unto God .
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And the peace of God ,
which passeth (
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all understanding ,
shall keep (
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your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus .
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Finally ,
brethren ,
whatsoever things are (
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true ,
whatsoever things are honest ,
whatsoever things are just ,
whatsoever things are pure ,
whatsoever things are lovely ,
whatsoever things are of good report ;
if there be any virtue ,
and if there be any praise ,
think (
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on these things .
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Those things ,
which ye have both learned (
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and received (
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and heard (
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and seen (
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in me ,
do (
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and the God of peace shall be (
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with you .
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But I rejoiced (
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in the Lord greatly ,
that now at the last your care (
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of me hath flourished again (
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wherein ye were also careful (
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but ye lacked opportunity (
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Not that I speak (
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in respect of want :
for I have learned (
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in whatsoever state I am (
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therewith to be (
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content .
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I know (
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both how to be abased (
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and I know (
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how to abound (
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every where and in all things I am instructed (
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both to be full (
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and to be hungry (
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both to abound (
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and to suffer need (
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I can do (
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all things through Christ which strengtheneth (
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me .
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Notwithstanding ye have well done (
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that ye did communicate with (
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my affliction .
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Now ye Philippians know (
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also ,
that in the beginning of the gospel ,
when I departed (
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from Macedonia ,
no church communicated with (
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me as concerning giving and receiving ,
but ye only .
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For even in Thessalonica ye sent (
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once and again unto my necessity .
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Not because I desire (
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a gift :
but I desire (
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fruit that may abound (
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to your account .
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But I have (
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all ,
and abound (
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I am full (
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having received (
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of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you ,
an odour of a sweet smell ,
a sacrifice acceptable ,
wellpleasing to God .
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But my God shall supply (
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all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus .
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Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever .
Amen .
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Salute (
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every saint in Christ Jesus .
The brethren which are with me greet (
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you .
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All the saints salute (
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you ,
chiefly they that are of Caesars household .
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all .
Amen .
To the Philippians written (
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from Rome ,
by Epaphroditus .#
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