Greetings and Salutations!
1:1-11
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Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in
Christ Jesus which are 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 my God upon every remembrance of you,
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making 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 of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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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.
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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of
Jesus Christ.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge
and in all judgment;
From Paul and Timothy
to the saints, bishops, and deacons in Philippi.
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ.
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Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God.
I pray that you'll be blameless until the day of Christ. [1]
To die is gain
(Is Paul contemplating suicide here?)
1:12-30
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened
unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all
other places;
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are
much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good
will:
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The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add
affliction to my bonds:
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But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the
gospel.
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What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth,
Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
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For I know that this shall turn 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, 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.
Christ will be magnified in my body,
whether I live or die.
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
To me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. [2]
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But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I
shall choose I wot not.
I'm not sure which I should do.
23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be
with Christ; which is far better:
I'd like to be with Christ,
which would be much better.
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Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
But if I live, I could be more helpful to you.
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with
you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my
coming to you again.
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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;
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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.
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For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on
him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
So for your sake, I'll continue to live.
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