¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the bishops and deacons:

² Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

⁴ always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy

⁵ on account of your fellowship in the cause of the gospel from the first day until now;

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work, will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus;

⁷ even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, all of you being sharers of the grace bestowed on me.

⁸ For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;

¹⁰ so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,

¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹² But I wish you to know, brethren, that things with me have resulted in the furtherance of the gospel;

¹³ so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest;

¹⁴ and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

¹⁵ Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will.

¹⁶ They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

¹⁷ but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds.

¹⁸ What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and therein do I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

¹⁹ For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²² But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;

²³ but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;

²⁴ but to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

²⁵ And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your advancement and joy in your faith,

²⁶ that your glorying in me, in the cause of Christ Jesus, may be more abundant by my coming to you again.

²⁷ Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

²⁸ and in nothing terrified by your adversaries; which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation; and that from God;

²⁹ for to you it was given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but in his behalf to suffer also;

³⁰ as ye have the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.