Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in  ¹Philippi,  ²with the  ³overseers and  ⁴deacons:

 ¹Grace to you and  ²peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

Always in my every petition on behalf of you all, making my petition with joy,

For your  ¹fellowship unto the furtherance of the  ²gospel from the first day until now,

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun in you a good work will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus;

Even as it is right for me to think this concerning you all because you have me in your heart, since both in my bonds and in the  ¹defense and confirmation of the gospel you are all  ²fellow partakers  ³with me of grace.

For God is my witness how I long after you all in the  ¹inward parts of Christ Jesus.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in  ¹full knowledge and all  ²discernment,

So that you may approve by testing the things which differ and are more excellent, that you may be  ¹pure and  ²without offense unto the day of Christ,

Being filled with the  ¹fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things concerning me have turned out rather to the  ¹advancement of the gospel,

So that my bonds have become manifest as being  ¹in Christ among the whole  ²Praetorian guard and to all the rest.

And most of the brothers, being confident in the Lord because of my bonds, are more exceedingly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

 ¹Some preach Christ even because of envy and  ²strife, and  ³some also because of good will,

These out of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.

But the others announce Christ out of  ¹selfish ambition, not purely, thinking to raise up  ²affliction in my bonds.

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truthfulness, Christ is announced; and in this I  ¹rejoice; yes, and I will rejoice;

For I know that for me this will turn out to  ¹salvation through  ²your petition and the  ³bountiful supply of the  ⁴Spirit of Jesus Christ,

According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be  ¹magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

For to me, to  ¹live is Christ and to die is  ²gain.

But if I am to live in the flesh, if this to me is fruit for my work, then I do not know what I will choose.

But I am constrained between the two, having the desire to depart and be  ¹with Christ, for this is far better;

But to remain in the flesh is more necessary for  ¹your sake.

And being confident of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your  ¹progress and joy of  ²the faith,

That your  ¹boast may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my coming again to you.

Only, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether coming and seeing you or being absent, I may hear of the things concerning you, that you stand firm in one spirit, with  ¹one soul  ²striving together along with  ³the faith of the gospel,

And in nothing being frightened by the opposers, which is to them a proof of their  ¹destruction, but of your  ²salvation, and that from God;

Because to you it has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe  ¹into Him but also to  ²suffer on His behalf,

Having the same struggle which you saw in  ¹me and now hear to be in me.

 ¹If there is therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any  ²consolation of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any  ³tenderheartedness and compassions,

 ¹Make my  ²joy full, that you  ³think the same thing, having the  ⁴same love,  ⁵joined in soul,  ³thinking  ⁶the one thing,

 ¹Doing nothing by way of  ²selfish ambition nor by way of vainglory, but in  ³lowliness of  ⁴mind considering one another more excellent than yourselves;

Not regarding each his own virtues, but each the  ¹virtues of others also.

 ¹Let this mind be in you, which was also in  ²Christ Jesus,

Who,  ¹existing in the  ²form of God, did  ³not consider being equal with God a treasure to be grasped,

But  ¹emptied Himself, taking the  ²form of a slave,  ³becoming in the  ⁴likeness of men;

And  ¹being found in  ²fashion as a man, He  ³humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the  ⁴death of a cross.

Therefore also God highly  ¹exalted Him and  ²bestowed on Him the  ³name which is above every name,

That  ¹in the name of Jesus every knee should  ²bow, of those who are  ³in heaven and  ⁴on earth and  ⁵under the earth,

And every tongue should  ¹openly confess that Jesus Christ is  ²Lord  ³to the glory of God the Father.

 ¹So then, my beloved, even as you have always  ²obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much rather in my absence,  ³work out your own  ⁴salvation with  ⁵fear and trembling;

 ¹For it is  ²God who  ³operates in you both the  ⁴willing and the  ⁵working for His  ⁶good pleasure.

Do all things without  ¹murmurings and reasonings

That you may be blameless and  ¹guileless,  ²children of God  ³without blemish in the midst of a crooked and  ⁴perverted generation, among whom you shine as  ⁵luminaries in the  ⁶world,

 ¹Holding forth the  ²word of life, so that I may have a  ³boast in the  ⁴day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

But even if I am being poured out as a  ¹drink offering upon the  ²sacrifice and  ³service of your  ⁴faith, I  ⁵rejoice, and I  ⁶rejoice together with you all.

And in like manner you also rejoice, and you  ¹rejoice together with me.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be  ¹encouraged by knowing the things concerning you.

For I have no one  ¹like-souled who will genuinely care for what concerns you;

For all seek their own things, not the things of  ¹Christ Jesus.

But you know his  ¹approvedness, that as a child with a father he has  ²served with me unto the gospel.

Him therefore I hope to send immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me.

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

But I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my  ¹brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your  ²apostle and  ³minister to my need,

Since he longed after you all and was greatly distressed because you heard that he had become sick;

For indeed he had become sick, near to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

I have sent him therefore the more eagerly, so that when you see him again, you may rejoice and I may be less sorrowful.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

Because for the work of Christ he drew near unto death,  ¹risking his  ²life, that he might fill up your lack of  ³service toward me.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, for me it is not  ¹irksome, but for you it is  ²safe.

 ¹Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the  ²concision.

For we are the  ¹circumcision, the ones who  ²serve by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and  ³have no confidence in the  ⁴flesh,

Though I myself have something to be confident of in the flesh as well. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I more:

Circumcised the  ¹eighth day; of the  ²race of Israel, of the  ³tribe of Benjamin, a  ⁴Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the  ⁵law, a  ⁶Pharisee;

As to  ¹zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the law, become  ²blameless.

 ¹But what  ²things were gains to me, these I have counted as  ³loss  ⁴on account of Christ.

 ¹But moreover I  ²also count all things to be loss on account of the  ³excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,  ⁴on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as  ⁵refuse that I may  ⁶gain Christ

And be  ¹found in Him,  ²not having my own righteousness which is  ³out of the law, but that which is through  ⁴faith in Christ, the  ⁵righteousness which is out of God and  ⁶based on faith,

To  ¹know Him and the  ²power of His resurrection and the  ³fellowship of His sufferings, being  ⁴conformed to His death,

If perhaps I may  ¹attain to the  ²out-resurrection from the dead.

 ¹Not that I  ²have already obtained or  ³am already  ⁴perfected, but I  ⁵pursue, if even I may  ⁶lay hold of  ⁷that for which I also have been  ⁸laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Brothers, I do  ¹not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do:  ²Forgetting the things which are behind and  ³stretching forward to the things which are before,

I  ¹pursue toward the  ²goal for the  ³prize to which God in Christ Jesus has  ⁴called me upward.

Let us therefore, as many as are  ¹full-grown, have  ²this mind; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also God will  ³reveal to you.

 ¹Nevertheless  ²whereunto we have attained, by the  ³same rule let us  ⁴walk.

Be imitators together of me, brothers, and observe those who thus walk even as you have us as a pattern.

For  ¹many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the  ²cross of Christ,

 ¹Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on  ²earthly things.

For our  ¹commonwealth exists in the  ²heavens, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Who will  ¹transfigure the  ²body of our humiliation to be conformed to the  ³body of His glory,  ⁴according to His operation by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.

So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my  ¹joy and crown,  ²in the same way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

I exhort Euodias, and I exhort Syntyche, to  ¹think the same thing in the Lord.

Yes, I ask you also, genuine  ¹yokefellow,  ²assist them, since they  ³contended with me in the gospel, as well as with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the  ⁴book of life.

 ¹Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

 ¹Let your  ²forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is  ³near.

In nothing  ¹be anxious, but in everything, by  ²prayer and petition  ³with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known  ⁴to God;

And the  ¹peace of God, which surpasses every man's understanding, will  ²guard your  ³hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, what things are  ¹true, what things are  ²dignified, what things are  ³righteous, what things are  ⁴pure, what things are  ⁵lovely, what things are  ⁶well spoken of, if there is any  ⁷virtue and if any  ⁸praise,  ⁹take account of these things.

The things which you have also learned and  ¹received and heard and  ²seen in me,  ³practice these things; and the  ⁴God of peace will be with you.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly because now at length you have caused your thinking for me to  ¹blossom anew; for which matter you had indeed taken thought, but lacked opportunity.

Not that I speak according to lack, for I have learned, in whatever circumstances I am, to be  ¹content.

I know also how to be  ¹abased, and I know how to  ²abound;  ³in everything and in all things  ⁴I have learned the secret both to be  ⁵filled and to hunger, both to  ⁶abound and to  ⁷lack.

I am able to do all things  ¹in Him who  ²empowers me.

Nevertheless you did well to have  ¹fellowship with me in my  ²affliction.

And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no church had  ¹fellowship with me in the  ²account of  ³giving and receiving except  ⁴you only;

For even in Thessalonica you sent both once and again to my need.

Not that I seek the  ¹gift, but I seek the  ²fruit which increases to your  ³account.

But I have received in full all things and abound; I have been  ¹filled, receiving from Epaphroditus the  ²things from you, a  ³sweet-smelling savor, an acceptable  ⁴sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

And  ¹my God will  ²fill  ³your every need  ⁴according to His riches,  ⁵in glory,  ⁶in Christ Jesus.

Now to  ¹our God and Father be the  ²glory forever and ever.  ³Amen.

Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

All the saints greet you, and especially  ¹those of Caesar's household.

The  ¹grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your  ²spirit.