Paul and Timothy Servants of Christ Jesus to All God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi together with the overseers and deacons Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ I thank my God every time I remember you in all my prayers for all of you I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the the first day until now 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 it is
right for me to feel this way about all of you since I have you in my heart and whether I am in Chains or defending and confirming the gospel all of you share in God's grace with me God can testify how I long for all of you with with the affection of Christ Jesus and this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ filled with the
fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God now I want you to know brothers and sisters that what what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel as a result it has become clear throughout the whole Palace God and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ and because of my chains most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear it is true that some preach Christ out of envy and
rivalry but others out of Goodwill the latter do so out of love knowing that I'm put here for the defense of the Gospel the former preach Christ out of selfish ambition not sincerely supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I'm in Chains but what does it matter the important thing is that in every way whether from false motives or true Christ is preached and because of this I Rejoice yes and I will continue to rejoice for I know that through your prayers and God's provision of the spirit of Jesus Christ what has
happened to me will turn out for my Deliverance I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or by death for to me to live is Christ and to die is gain if I am to go on living in the body this will mean fruitful labor for me yet what shall I choose I do not know I'm torn between the two I desire to depart and be with Christ which is better by
far but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body convinced of this I know that I will remain and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus Will abound on account of me whatever happens 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 the one Spirit striving together as
one for the faith of the Gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you this is a sign to them that they will be destroyed but that you will be saved and that by God for it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had and now hear that I still have Philippians chapter 2 therefore if if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ if any comfort from
his love if any common sharing in the spirit if any tenderness and compassion then make my joy complete by being like-minded having the same love being one in spirit and of one mind do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit rather in humility value others above yourselves not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others in your relationships with one another have the same mindset as Christ Jesus who being in very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own Advantage rather
he made himself Nothing by taking the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness and being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on Earth and under the Earth and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father therefore my dear friends as you have always always
obeyed not only in my presence but now much more in my absence continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to Will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose do everything without grumbling or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life and then I will be able to boast on the day of
Christ that I did not run or labor in vain but even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith I am glad and rejoice with all of you so you too should be glad and rejoice with me I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you I have no one else like him who will show genuine concern for your welfare for everyone looks out for their own interests not those of
Jesus Christ but you know that Timothy has proved himself because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the Gospel I hope therefore to send him as soon as I see how things go with me and I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon but I think it is necessary to send back to you aphroditus my brother coworker and fellow soldier who is also your messenger whom you sent to take care of my needs for he Longs for all of you and is distressed because
you heard he was Ill indeed he was ill and almost died but God had mercy on him and not on him only but also on me to spare me sorrow upon sorrow therefore I am all the more eager to send him so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety so then welcome him in the Lord with great joy and honor people like him because he almost died for the work of Christ he risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me
Philippians chapter 3 further my brothers and sisters rejoice in the Lord it is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again and it is a safeguard for you watch out for those dogs those evildoers those mutilators of the flesh for it is we who are the circumcision we who serve God by his Spirit who boast in Christ Jesus and who put no confidence in the flesh though I myself have reasons for such confidence if someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh I have more circumcised on the
eighth day of the people of Israel of The Tribe of Benjamin a Hebrew of Hebrews in regard to the law a Pharisee as pheal persecuting the church as for righteousness based on the law faultless but whatever we're gens to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ what is more I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord for whose sake I have lost all things I consider them garbage that I may gain Christ and be found in him not having a righteousness of my own that
comes from the law but that which is through faith in Christ the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith I want to know Christ yes to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings becoming like him in his death and so somehow attaining to the resurrection from the dead not that I have already obtained all this or have already arrived at my goal but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus Took hold of me brothers and sisters I do not consider myself yet to have
taken hold of it but one thing I do do forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus all of us then who are mature should take such a view of things and if on some point you think differently that too God will make clear to you only let us live up to what we have already attained join together in following my example brothers and sisters and just as you have us as a model keep
your eye on those who live as we do for as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears many live as enemies of the Cross of Christ their Destiny is destruction their God is their stomach and their glory is in their shame their mind is set on Earthly things but our citizens ship is in heaven and we eagerly await a savior from there the Lord Jesus Christ who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like
his glorious body Philippians chapter 4 therefore my brothers and sisters you whom I love and long for my joy and Crown stand firm in the Lord in this way dear friends I plead with uoda and I plead with ctii to be of the same mind in the Lord yes and I ask you my True Companion help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the Gospel along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers whose names are in the Book of Life rejoice in the lord always I will say it
again Rejoice let your gentleness be evident to all the Lord is near do not be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your requests to God and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus finally brothers and sisters whatever is true whatever is Noble whatever is right whatever is pure whatever is lovely whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me put
it into practice and the God of Peace will be with you I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for for me indeed you were concerned but you had no opportunity to show it I'm not saying this because I am in need for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation whether wellfed or hungry whether living in plenty or in
want I can do all this through him who gives me strength yet it was good of you to share in my troubles moreover as you Philippians know in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel when I set out from Macedonia not one Church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only for even when I was in thessalonica you sent me Aid more than once when I was in need not that I desire your gifts what I desire is that more be credited to your account I have received full
payment and have more than enough I am amply supplied now that I have received from epaphroditus the gifts you sent they are a fragrant offering an acceptable sacrifice pleasing to God and my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus to our God and Father be glory forever and ever amen greet all God's people in Christ Jesus the brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings all God's people here send you greetings especially those who belong to Caesar's household the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be
with your spirit amen
