Philippians 1
1 [I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.
Paulus en Timotheüs, dienaren van Jezus Christus, aan al de heiligen in Christus Jezus die in Filippi zijn, met de opzieners en diakenen,
2 [We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
genade zij ulieden en vrede, van God onzen Vader en van den Heere Jezus Christus!
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
Ik dank mijn God wegens al wat ik van ulieden in gedachtenis heb,
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
altijd in al mijn smeeking voor u allen met blijdschap het gebed doende,
5 I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.
vanwege uw gemeenschap aan het Evangelie van den eersten dag af tot nu toe,
6 I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].
vertrouwen hebbende hierin, dat Hij, die in ulieden een goed werk is begonnen, dit volkomen maken zal tot op den dag van Jezus Christus;
7 During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.
gelijk het recht is voor mij dat ik van u allen dit gevoelen heb, omdat gij mij in uw hart draagt, en omdat gij allen, zoowel in mijn banden als in de verdediging en bevestiging van het Evangelie, deelgenoten zijt van mijn genade.
8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
Want God is mijn getuige hoe ik naar u allen verlang, in de teedere liefde van Jezus Christus,
9 And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.
En dit bid ik, dat uw liefde nog meer en meer overvloedig worde in kennis en in alle verstand,
10 [And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],
om te onderkennen de dingen die goed en kwaad zijn, opdat gij oprecht moogt zijn en onberispelijk tot den dag van Christus;
11 [and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).
vervuld met een vrucht der rechtvaardigheid, die door Jezus Christus is tot glorie en lof van God.
12 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].
Doch ik wil dat gij weet, broeders, dat de dingen die mij overkomen zijn zeer tot bevordering des Evangelies zijn gekomen,
13 [Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.
zoodat mijn banden in Christus openbaar geworden zijn in het geheele rechthuis en bij al de anderen,
14 Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].
en dat de meesten van de broeders in den Heere door mijn banden vertrouwen hebben gekregen en meer overvloedig het woord Gods onbevreesd durven spreken.
15 Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].
Sommigen toch prediken wel den Christus door nijd en twist, maar anderen door goedwilligheid.
Sommigen doen het uit liefde, wetende dat ik gesteld ben tot een verdediging van het Evangelie,
17 Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].
maar anderen verkondigen den Christus uit twistijver, niet oprechtelijk, meenende verdrukking toe te brengen aan mijn banden.
18 But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,
Maar wat zou dat zijn? — Als maar op alle maniere Christus verkondigd wordt, hetzij onder een schijn of in waarheid! En daarin verblijd ik mij en zal ik mij verblijden.
19 because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.
Want ik weet dat dit mij tot behoudenis zal verstrekken door uw gebed en door mededeeling van den Geest van Jezus Christus;
20 I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.
volgens mijn ernstige verwachting en hope; dat ik in niets zal worden beschaamd gemaakt! maar dat in al mijn vrijmoedigheid, zoowel altijd als ook nu, Christus zal groot gemaakt worden in mijn lichaam, hetzij door het leven, hetzij door den dood.
21 As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].
Want wat mij betreft, te leven is Christus, en te sterven is gewin.
22 On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.
Doch in het vleesch te leven, of dat de vrucht is van mijn werk, en wat ik verkiezen zou, — ik weet het niet.
23 That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].
Ik word toch van twee kanten gedrongen, daar ik begeerte heb om losgemaakt te worden en met Christus te zijn, want dat is verre het beste.
24 Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].
Maar in het vleesch te blijven is noodiger om uwentwille.
25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.
En dit vertrouwen hebbende, weet ik dat ik zal blijven en met u allen zal verblijven tot uw voortgang en blijdschap des geloofs,
26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
opdat uw roem in mij overvloedig worde in Christus Jezus, als ik weer bij u tegenwoordig zal zijn.
27 Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].
Alleenlijk, gedraagt u waardiglijk het Evangelie van Christus, opdat hetzij ik kom, en u zie, hetzij ik afwezig ben, ik moge hooren van uw zaken, dat gij vast staat in één geest, met één gemoed strijdende voor het geloof des Evangelies,
28 And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.
en dat gij in geen ding verschrikt wordt door de tegenstanders. Hetgeen voor hen wel een bewijs is des verderfs, is voor u een oorzaak der zaligheid, en dat van God.
29 Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.
Want aan ulieden is het vergund ten behoeve van Christus, niet alleen om in Hem te gelooven maar ook om voor Hem te lijden,
30 [As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.
hebbende denzelfden strijd als dien gij in mij gezien hebt en nu in mij hoort.
