\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Philippians}
{\MT Paul’s Letter to the Philippians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul
and
Timothy,
servants
of
Jesus
Christ,
to
all
the
saints
in
Christ
Jesus
at
Philippi,
with
the Bishops
and
Deacons
of
the church:
\VS{2}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{3}I
give praise
to
my
God
at
every memory
of
you,
\VS{4}And
in
all
my
prayers
for
you
all,
making
my request
with
joy,
\VS{5}Because
of
your help
in giving
the
good
news
from
the
first
day till
now;
\VS{6}For
I am certain
of
this
very
thing,
that
he
by
whom
the
good
work
was started
in
you
will make
it
complete till
the
day
of
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{7}So
it
is
right
for
me
to
take thought
for
you
all
in
this
way,
because
I
have
you
in
my
heart;
for
in
my
chains,
and
in
my arguments
before
the judges
in support
of
the
good
news, making clear
that
it
is true,
you
all
have
your
part
with
me
in
grace.
\VS{8}For
God
is
my
witness,
how
my love goes out
to
you
all
in
the loving mercies
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{9}And
my
prayer
is
that
you
may
be increased
more
and
more
in
knowledge
and experience;
\VS{10}So
that
you
may give
your approval
to
the best
things;
that
you
may
be true
and
without wrongdoing till
the
day
of
Christ;
\VS{11}Being
full
of
the
fruits
of
righteousness,
which
are
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
glory
and
praise
of
God.
\VS{12}Now
it
is
my purpose
to make clear
to
you,
brothers,
that
the cause
of
the
good
news
has been helped
by
my
experiences;
\VS{13}So
that
it
became clear
through
all
the
Praetorium,
and
to
all
the
rest,
that
I
was
a prisoner
on account
of
Christ;
\VS{14}And
most
of
the
brothers
in
the
Lord, taking heart
because
of
my
chains,
are
all
the stronger
to give
the
word
of
God
without
fear.
\VS{15}Though
some
are
preaching
Christ out
of
envy
and competition,
others
do
it out
of
a
good heart:
\VS{16}These
do
it
from
love, conscious
that
I am responsible
for
the cause
of
the
good
news:
\VS{17}But
those
are preaching
Christ
in
a spirit
of competition,
not
from
their hearts,
but
with
the purpose
of giving
me pain
in my prison.
\VS{18}What
then?
only
that
in
every
way, falsely
or
truly,
the preaching
of
Christ goes
on;
and
in
this
I
am
glad,
and
will
be
glad.
\VS{19}For
I
am conscious
that
this
will
be
for
my
salvation,
through
your
prayer
and
the giving out
of
the stored wealth
of
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{20}In
the measure
of
my strong
hope
and belief
that
in
nothing
will
I
be
put
to
shame,
but
that
without fear,
as
at
all
times,
so
now
will
Christ
have glory
in
my
body,
by
life
or
by
death.
\VS{21}For
to
me
life
is
Christ
and
death
is profit.
\VS{22}But
if
I go
on
living
in
the
flesh —
if
this
is
the
fruit
of
my
work —
then
I
do
not see
what decision
to
make.
\VS{23}I
am
in
a
hard position
between
the
two,
having
a
desire
to go away
and
be
with
Christ,
which
is
very
much
better:
\VS{24}Still,
to go
on
in
the
flesh
is
more
necessary
because
of
you.
\VS{25}And
being certain
of
this,
I
am conscious
that
I
will go
on, yes,
and go
on
with
you
all,
for
your growth
and
joy
in
the
faith;
\VS{26}So
that
your
pride
in
me
may
be increased
in
Christ
Jesus
through
my
being present
with
you
again.
\VS{27}Only
let
your behaviour
do credit
to
the
good
news
of
Christ,
so
that
if
I
come
and
see
you
or
if
I
am away
from
you,
I
may
have
news
of
you
that
you
are strong
in
one
spirit, working
together
with
one
soul
for
the
faith
of
the
good
news;
\VS{28}Having
no fear
of
those
who
are
against
you;
which
is
a clear
sign
of
their
destruction,
but
of
your
salvation,
and
that
from
God;
\VS{29}Because
to
you
it
has
been
given
in
the cause
of
Christ
not
only
to
have
faith
in
him,
but
to undergo pain
on
his account:
\VS{30}Fighting
the
same
fight
which
you
saw
in
me,
and
now
have word
of
in
me.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}If
then
there
is
any
comfort
in
Christ,
any help given
by
love,
any uniting
of
hearts
in
the
Spirit,
any loving
mercies
and pity,
\VS{2}Make
my
joy
complete
by
being
of
the
same
mind,
having
the
same
love,
being
in
harmony
and
of
one
mind;
\VS{3}Doing
nothing
through envy
or
through pride,
but
with low thoughts
of self let everyone take
others
to
be better
than
himself;
\VS{4}Not
looking
everyone
to
his private good,
but keeping
in
mind
the
things
of
others.
\VS{5}Let
this
mind
be
in
you
which
was
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{6}To
whom,
though himself
in
the
form
of
God,
it
did
not seem
that
to take
for oneself
was
to
be like
God;
\VS{7}But
he
made
himself
as nothing,
taking
the
form
of
a
servant,
being
made
like
men;
\VS{8}And
being seen
in form
as
a man,
he
took
the lowest
place,
and
let
himself
be
put
to
death,
even
the
death
of
the
cross.
\VS{9}For
this
reason
God
has put
him
in
the highest place
and
has
given
to
him
the
name
which
is greater
than
every
name;
\VS{10}So
that
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
may
be
bent,
of
those
in
heaven
and
those
on
earth
and
those
in
the underworld,
\VS{11}And
that
every
tongue
may
give witness
that
Jesus
Christ
is
Lord,
to
the
glory
of
God
the
Father.
\VS{12}So
then,
my loved ones,
as
you
have
at
all
times
done
what
I
say,
not
only
when
I
am
present,
but
now
much
more
when
I
am
not
with
you, give
yourselves
to working
out
your
salvation
with
fear
in
your hearts;
\VS{13}For
it
is
God
who
is
the cause
of
your
desires
and
of
your acts,
for
his
good
pleasure.
\VS{14}Do
all
things
without protests
and arguments;
\VS{15}So
that
you
may
be holy
and gentle,
children
of
God
without sin
in
a twisted
and foolish
generation,
among
whom
you
are
seen
as
lights
in
the
world,
\VS{16}Offering
the
word
of
life;
so
that
I
may
have
glory
in
you
in
the
day
of
Christ,
because
my
running
was
not
for
nothing
and
my
work
was
not
without effect.
\VS{17}And
even
if
I
am offered like
a
drink
offering, giving myself
for
the cause
and work
of
your
faith,
I
am
glad
and
have
joy
with
you
all:
\VS{18}And
in
the
same
way
do
you
be
glad
and
have
a
part
in
my
joy.
\VS{19}But
I am
hoping
in
the
Lord
Jesus
to
send
Timothy
to
you
before long,
so
that
I
may
be comforted
when
I
have news
of
you.
\VS{20}For
I
have
no
man
of like mind
who
will truly
have
care
for
you.
\VS{21}For
they
all go
after
what
is theirs,
not
after
the
things
of
Christ.
\VS{22}But
his quality
is clear
to
you;
how,
as
a
child
is
to
its
father,
so
he
was
a help
to
me
in
the work
of
the
good
news.
\VS{23}Him
then
I
am
hoping
to
send
as quickly
as possible,
when
I
am able
to
see
how
things
will go
for
me:
\VS{24}But
I
have faith
in
the
Lord
that
I
myself
will
come
before long.
\VS{25}But
it seemed
to
me
necessary
to
send
to
you
Epaphroditus,
my
brother,
who
has taken
part
with
me
in
the work
and
in
the fight,
and
your servant,
sent
by
you
for help
in
my
need;
\VS{26}Because
his heart
was
with
you
all,
and
he
was greatly
troubled
because
you
had news
that
he
was
ill:
\VS{27}For
in
fact
he
was
ill almost
to
death:
but
God
had
mercy
on
him;
and
not
only
on
him
but
on
me,
so
that
I
might
not
have
grief
on
grief.
\VS{28}I
have
sent
him,
then,
the
more
gladly,
so
that
when
you
see
him
again,
you
may
be happy
and
I
may
have
the
less sorrow.
\VS{29}So
take
him
to
your hearts
in
the
Lord
with
all
joy,
and give honour
to
such
as
he
is:
\VS{30}Because
for
the
work
of
Christ
he
was
near
to
death, putting
his
life
in
danger
to make
your care
for
me
complete.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the rest,
my
brothers,
be
glad
in
the
Lord.
Writing
the
same
things
to
you
is
no
trouble
to
me,
and
for
you
it
is
safe.
\VS{2}Be
on
the
watch against
dogs, against
the
workers
of
evil, against
those
of
the
circumcision:
\VS{3}For
we
are
the
circumcision,
who give
worship
to
God
and
have
glory
in
Jesus
Christ,
and
have
no faith
in
the
flesh:
\VS{4}Even
though
I
myself
might
have faith
in
the
flesh:
if
any
other
man
has reason
to
have faith
in
the
flesh,
I
have
more:
\VS{5}Being given
circumcision
on
the
eighth
day,
of
the
nation
of
Israel,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin, a
Hebrew
of
Hebrews;
in relation
to
the
law, a
Pharisee:
\VS{6}In bitter hate
I
was cruel
to
the
church;
I kept
all
the
righteousness
of
the
law
to
the last detail.
\VS{7}But
those
things
which
were profit
to
me,
I gave up
for
Christ.
\VS{8}Yes truly,
and
I
am ready
to give up
all
things
for
the
knowledge
of
Christ
Jesus
my
Lord,
which
is
more
than
all:
for
whom
I
have undergone
the
loss
of
all
things,
and
to
me
they
are less
than
nothing,
so
that
I
may
have
Christ
as
my reward,
\VS{9}And
be seen
in
him,
not
having
my
righteousness
which
is
of
the
law,
but
that
which
is
through
faith
in
Christ,
the
righteousness
which
is
of
God
by
faith:
\VS{10}That
I
may
have knowledge
of
him,
and
of
the
power
of
his coming back
from
the dead,
and
a
part
with
him
in
his pains, becoming
like
him
in
his
death;
\VS{11}If
in any
way
I
may
have
the reward
of life
from
the
dead.
\VS{12}Not
as
if
I
had
even
now got
the reward
or
been
made
complete:
but
I go
on
in
the hope
that
I
may come
to
the knowledge
of
that
for
which
I
was
made
the servant
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{13}Brothers,
it
is clear
to
me
that
I
have
not come
to
that knowledge;
but
one
thing
I
do, letting go
those things which
are past,
and stretching out
to
the things which
are
before,
\VS{14}I go
forward
to
the mark,
even
the reward
of
the high purpose
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{15}Then
let us
all,
who
have come
to full growth,
be
of
this
mind:
and
if
in
anything
you
are
of
a
different
mind,
even
this
will
God make clear
to
you:
\VS{16}Only,
as
far
as
we
have got, let
us be guided
by
the
same rule.
\VS{17}Brothers,
take
me
as
your
example,
and
take note
of
those
who
are
walking
after
the
example
we
have given.
\VS{18}For
there
are
those,
of
whom
I
have given
you word
before,
and
do
so
now
with sorrow,
who
are haters
of
the
cross
of
Christ;
\VS{19}Whose
end
is
destruction,
whose
god
is
the
stomach,
and
whose
glory
is
in
their
shame,
whose
minds
are fixed
on
the
things
of
the
earth.
\VS{20}For
our country
is
in
heaven;
from
where
the Saviour
for
whom
we
are
waiting
will
come,
even
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{21}By
whom
this poor
body
of
ours
will
be changed
into
the image
of
the
body
of
his
glory,
in
the measure
of
the
working
by
which
he
is
able
to
put
all
things
under
himself.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
my
brothers,
well loved
and
very
dear
to
me,
my
joy
and
crown,
be strong
in
the
Lord,
my loved ones.
\VS{2}I make request
to Euodias
and
Syntyche
to
be
of
the
same
mind
in
the
Lord.
\VS{3}And
I
make
request
to
you,
true helper
in
my work,
to see
to
the needs
of
those
women
who took
part
with
me
in
the
good
news,
with
Clement
and
the
rest
of
my brother-workers
whose
names
are
in
the
book
of
life.
\VS{4}Be
glad
in
the
Lord
at
all
times:
again
I
say,
Be
glad.
\VS{5}Let
your
gentle behaviour
be clear
to
all
men.
The
Lord
is
near.
\VS{6}Have
no cares;
but
in
everything
with
prayer
and praise put
your
requests
before
God.
\VS{7}And
the
peace
of
God,
which
is deeper
than
all knowledge,
will keep
your
hearts
and
minds
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{8}For
the
rest,
my
brothers,
whatever
things
are
true,
whatever
things
have honour,
whatever
things
are
upright,
whatever
things
are holy,
whatever
things
are beautiful,
whatever
things
are
of value,
if
there
is
any virtue
and
if
there
is
any
praise, give thought
to
these
things.
\VS{9}The
things
which
came
to
you
by
my teaching
and preaching,
and
which
you
saw
in
me,
these
things
do,
and
the
God
of
peace
will
be
with
you.
\VS{10}But
I
am
very
glad
in
the
Lord
that
your care
for
me
has come
to life
again;
though
you did
in
fact take thought
for
me,
but
you
were
not able
to give effect
to
it.
\VS{11}But
I
will
not
say anything
about
my needs,
for
I
am able,
wherever
I
am,
to
be dependent
on
myself.
\VS{12}It
is
the
same
to
me
if
I
am looked down
on
or honoured; everywhere
and
in
all
things
I
have
the
secret
of how
to
be
full
and how
to go
without food; how
to
have
wealth
and how
to
be
in
need.
\VS{13}I
am
able
to
do
all
things
through
him
who gives
me
strength.
\VS{14}But
you
did
well
to
have care
for
me
in
my need.
\VS{15}And
you
have knowledge,
Philippians,
that
when
the
good
news
first
came
to
you,
when
I
went
away
from
Macedonia,
no
church took
part
with
me
in
the business
of
giving
to
the saints,
but
you
only;
\VS{16}Because
even
in
Thessalonica
you
sent
once
and
again
to
me
in
my
need.
\VS{17}Not
that
I am looking
for an offering,
but
for
fruit
which may
be put
to
your credit.
\VS{18}I
have
all
things
and
more
than
enough:
I
am
made
full,
having
had
from
Epaphroditus
the
things
which came
from
you,
a perfume
of
a
sweet smell,
an offering
well
pleasing
to
God.
\VS{19}And
my
God
will give
you
all
you
have
need
of
from
the
wealth
of
his
glory
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{20}Now
to
God
our
Father
be
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
So
be
it.
\VS{21}Give words
of love
to
every
saint
in
Christ
Jesus.
The
brothers
who
are
with
me
send
you
their love.
\VS{22}All
the
saints
send
their love
to
you, specially
those
who
are
of Caesar's
house.
\VS{23}The
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit.
\par }