Philippians 1

1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and servants:

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

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

3 I thank my God every time I remember you.

I give thanks to my God on all the remembrance of you,

4 In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

for your contribution to the good news from the first day until now,

6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ,

7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defense and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

8 God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with [the] yearnings of Jesus Christ,

9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

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

10 so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

for your proving the things that differ, that you may be pure and offenseless—to [the] Day of Christ,

11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

12 Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.

And I intend you to know, brothers, that the things concerning me, rather have come to an advancement of the good news,

13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

so that my bonds have become evident in Christ in the whole Praetorium, and to all the other places,

14 And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

and the greater part of the brothers in the LORD, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold to fearlessly speak the word.

15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through goodwill, preach the Christ;

16 The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

one, indeed, of rivalry proclaims the Christ, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

17 The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

and the other out of love, having known that I am set for defense of the good news:

18 What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

what then? In every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed—and I rejoice in this, indeed, and will rejoice.

19 because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

For I have known that this will turn out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will be ashamed in nothing, and in all freedom, as always, also Christ will now be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

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

for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

22 But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what will I choose? I do not know;

23 I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

24 But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

and being persuaded of this, I have known that I will remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

26 so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.

that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my coming again to you.

27 Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Only conduct yourselves worthily of the good news of the Christ, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.

and not be terrified in anything by those opposing, which is indeed a token of destruction to them, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on behalf of Him;

30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

having the same conflict, such as you saw in me, and now hear of in me.