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 Timotheus, dienstknechten van Jezus Christus, al den heiligen in Christus Jezus, die te 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 u en vrede van God, onzen Vader, en den Heere Jezus Christus.
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
Ik dank mijn God, zo dikwijls als ik uwer gedenk.
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
(Te allen tijd in al mijn gebed 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.
Over 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].
Vertrouwende ditzelve, dat Hij, Die in u een goed werk begonnen heeft, dat voleindigen 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 bij mij recht is, dat ik van u allen dit gevoel, omdat ik in mijn hart houde, dat gij, beide in mijn banden, en in mijn verantwoording en bevestiging van het Evangelie, gij allen, zeg ik, mijner genade mede deelachtig zijt.
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, hoezeer ik begerig ben naar u allen, met innerlijke bewegingen 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 God, dat uw liefde nog meer en meer overvloedig worde in erkentenis en alle gevoelen;
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],
Opdat gij beproeft de dingen, die daarvan verschillen, opdat gij oprecht zijt, en zonder aanstoot te geven, 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 vruchten der gerechtigheid, die door Jezus Christus zijn tot heerlijkheid en prijs 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].
En ik wil, dat gij weet, broeders, dat hetgeen aan mij is geschied, meer tot bevordering van het Evangelie gekomen is;
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.
Alzo dat mijn banden in Christus openbaar geworden zijn in het ganse rechthuis, en aan alle 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 het meerder deel der broederen in den Heere, door mijn banden vertrouwen gekregen hebbende, overvloediger het Woord 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 prediken ook wel Christus door nijd en twist, maar sommigen ook door goedwilligheid.
Genen verkondigen wel Christus uit twisting, niet zuiver, menende aan mijn banden verdrukking toe te brengen;
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].
Doch dezen uit liefde, dewijl zij weten, dat ik tot verantwoording van het Evangelie gezet ben.
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,
Wat dan? Nochtans wordt Christus op allerlei wijze, hetzij onder een deksel, hetzij in der waarheid, verkondigd; en daarin verblijd ik mij, ja, ik zal mij ook 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 ter zaligheid gedijen zal, door uw gebed en toebrenging des Geestes 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 hoop, dat ik in geen zaak zal beschaamd worden; maar dat in alle vrijmoedigheid, gelijk te allen tijd, alzo 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 het leven is mij Christus, en het sterven is mij 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.
Maar of te leven in het vlees, hetzelve mij oorbaar zij, en wat ik verkiezen zal, weet ik 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].
Want ik word van deze twee gedrongen, hebbende begeerte, om ontbonden te worden en met Christus te zijn; want dat is zeer 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 vlees te blijven, is nodiger om uwentwil.
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 vertrouw en weet ik, dat ik zal blijven, en met u allen zal verblijven tot uw bevordering 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 Christus Jezus overvloedig zij aan mij, door mijn tegenwoordigheid wederom bij u.
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 wandelt waardiglijk het Evangelie van Christus, opdat, hetzij ik kom en u zie, hetzij ik afwezig ben, ik van uw zaken moge horen, dat gij staat in een geest, met een gemoed gezamenlijk strijdende door 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 van degenen, die tegenstaan; hetwelk hun wel een bewijs is des verderfs, maar u 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 u is uit genade gegeven in de zaak van Christus, niet alleen in Hem te geloven, maar ook 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.
Denzelfden strijd hebbende, hoedanigen gij in mij gezien hebt, en nu in mij hoort.
