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1 | Paul and Timotheus, 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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2 | Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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3 | I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, |
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4 | Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with
joy, |
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5 | For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until
now; |
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6 | 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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7 | 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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8 | For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the
bowels of Jesus Christ. |
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9 | And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more
in knowledge and in all judgment; |
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10 | 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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11 | Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by
Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. |
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12 | 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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13 | So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and
in all other places; |
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14 | 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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15 | Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some
also of good will: |
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16 | The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing
to add affliction to my bonds: |
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17 | But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence
of the gospel. |
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18 | 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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19 | 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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20 | 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. |
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21 | For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
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22 | But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour:
yet what I shall choose I wot not. |
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23 | For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,
and to be with Christ; which is far better: |
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24 | Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. |
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25 | 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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26 | That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for
me by my coming to you again. |
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27 | 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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28 | 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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29 | 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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30 | Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to
be in me. |
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