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{\MTB Paul’s Letter to the
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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
all
Christ’s
people
at
Philippi,
with
the
supervisors
and assistants,
from
Paul
and
Timothy,
servants
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{2}May
God,
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
bless
you,
and
give
you
peace.
\VS{3}Every recollection
that
I
have
of
you
is
a
cause
of
thanksgiving
to
God,
\VS{4}always,
in
every
prayer
that
I
offer
for
you
all –
my
prayers
are
full
of
joy –
\VS{5}because
of
the
share
that
you
have
had
in
spreading
the
good
news,
from
the
first
day
that
you
received
it
until
now.
\VS{6}For
of
this
I
am
confident,
that
he
who
began
a
good
work
in
you
will
complete
it
in
readiness
for
the
day
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{7}And,
indeed,
I
am
justified
in feeling
like
this
about
you
all;
because
you
have
a
warm
place
in
my
heart –
you
who
all,
both
in
my
imprisonment
and
in
the
work
of
defending
and
establishing
the
good
news,
shared
my privilege
with
me.
\VS{8}God
will
bear
me
witness
how
I
yearn
for
you
all
with
the
tenderness
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{9}And
what
I
pray
for
is
this –
that
your
love
may
grow
yet
stronger
and
stronger,
with
increasing
knowledge
and
all
discernment,
\VS{10}until
you
are
able
to appreciate
all
moral distinctions.
And
I
pray,
too,
that
you
may
be
kept
pure
and
blameless
against
the
day
of
Christ,
\VS{11}bearing
a
rich
harvest
of
that
righteousness
which
comes
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
glory
and
praise
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Friends,
I
want
you
to
realize
that
what
has
happened
to
me
has
actually
served
to
forward
the
good
news.
\VS{13}It
has
even
become
evident,
not
only
to
all
the imperial
guard,
but
to
everyone
else,
that
it
is
for
Christ’s
sake
that
I
am
in
chains.
\VS{14}And
besides
this,
most
of
our
fellow
followers
have
gained
confidence
in
the
Lord
through
my
chains,
and
now
venture
with
far
greater
freedom
to
speak
of
God’s
message fearlessly.
\VS{15}It
is
true
that
some
do
proclaim
the
Christ
out
of
jealousy
and
opposition,
but
there
are
others
who
proclaim
him
from
goodwill.
\VS{16}The
latter
do
it
from
love
for
me,
knowing
that
I
have
been
appointed
to
plead
the
cause
of
the
good
news.
\VS{17}The
former
spread
the
news
of
the
Christ
in
a factious
spirit,
and
not
sincerely,
thinking
to
add
to
the
pain
of
my
chains.
\VS{18}But
what
of
that?
Only
that
in
some
way
or
other,
either
with assumed
or
with real earnestness,
Christ
is
being
made
known;
and
at
that
I
rejoice.
\VS{19}Yes,
and
I
will
rejoice,
for
I
know
that,
through
your
prayers
and
through
a
rich
supply
of
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ,
all
this
will
make
for
my
salvation.
\VS{20}And
this
will
fulfill
my
earnest
expectation
and
hope
that
I
will
have
no
cause
for
shame,
but
that,
with unfailing
courage,
now
as
before,
Christ
will
be
honored
in
my
body,
whether
by
my
life
or
by
my
death,
\VS{21}for
to
me
life
is
Christ,
and
death
is
gain.
\VS{22}But
what
if
the
life
here
in
the
body –
if
this
brings
me
fruit
from
my
labors?
Then
which
to
choose
I
cannot
tell!
I
am
sorely
perplexed
either
way!
\VS{23}My
own
desire
is
to
depart
and
be
with
Christ,
for
this
would
be
far
better.
\VS{24}But,
for
your
sakes,
it
may
be
more
needful
that
I
should
still
remain
here
in
the
body.
\VS{25}Yes,
I
am
confident
that
this
is
so,
and
therefore
I
am
sure
that
I
will
stay,
and
stay
near
you
all,
to
promote
your
progress
and
joy
in
the
faith;
\VS{26}so
that,
when
you
once
more
have
me
among
you,
you,
in
your
union
with
Christ
Jesus,
may
find
in
me
fresh
cause
for
exultation.
\VS{27}Under
all
circumstances
let
your
lives
be
worthy
of
the
good
news
of
the
Christ:
so
that,
whether
I
come
and
see
you,
or
whether
I
hear
of
your
affairs
at
a
distance,
I
may
know
that
you
are
standing
firm, animated
by
one
spirit,
and
joining
with
one
heart
in
a
common
struggle
for
the
faith
taught
by
the
good
news,
\VS{28}without
ever shrinking
from
your
opponents.
To
them
this
will
be
a
sign
of
their
destruction
and
of
your
salvation –
a
sign
from
God.
\VS{29}For,
on
behalf
of
Christ,
you
have
had
the privilege
granted
you,
not
only
of
trusting
in
him,
but
also
of
suffering
on
his
behalf.
\VS{30}You
will
be
engaged
in
the
same
hard
struggle
as
that
which
you
once
saw
me
waging,
and
which
you
hear
that
I
am
waging
still.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}If,
then,
any
encouragement
comes
through
union
with
Christ,
if
there
is
any persuasive
power
in
love,
if
there
is
any
communion
with
the
Spirit,
if
there
is
any
tenderness
or
pity,
\VS{2}I
entreat
you
to
make
my
happiness
complete –
live
together animated
by
the
same
spirit
and
in mutual
love,
one
in
heart, animated
by
one
Spirit.
\VS{3}Nothing
should
be
done
out
of
selfish
ambition
or
vain
conceit.
Rather,
in
humility
lift
others
up
above
yourselves,
\VS{4}considering
not
only
your
own interests
but
also
the interests
of
others.
\VS{5}Let
the
spirit
of
Christ
Jesus
be
yours
also.
\VS{6}Though
the
divine nature
was
his
from
the
beginning,
yet
he
did
not
look
on
equality
with
God
as
above
all
things
to
be
clung
to,
\VS{7}but
impoverished
himself
by
taking
the nature
of
a
servant
and
becoming
like
one
of
us;
\VS{8}he
appeared
among
us
as
a
man,
and
still
further
humbled
himself
by submitting
even
to
death –
to
death
on
a
cross!
\VS{9}And
that
is
why
God
raised
him
to
the
very
highest
place,
and
gave
him
the
name
which
stands
above
all
other
names,
\VS{10}so
that
in adoration
of
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bend,
in
heaven,
on
earth,
and
under
the
earth,
\VS{11}and
that
every
tongue
should
acknowledge
JESUS
CHRIST
as
LORD –
to
the
glory
of
God
the
Father.
\VS{12}Therefore,
my
dear
friends,
as
you
have
always
been
obedient
in
the
past,
so
now
work
out
your
own
salvation
with
anxious
care,
not
only
when
I
am
with
you,
but
all
the
more
now
that
I
am
absent.
\VS{13}Remember
it
is
God
who,
in
his
kindness,
is
at
work
within
you, enabling
you
both
to
will
and
to
work.
\VS{14}In
all
that
you
do,
avoid
murmuring
and
dissension,
\VS{15}so
as
to
prove
yourselves
blameless
and
innocent – faultless
children
of
God,
in
the
midst
of
an evil-disposed
and
perverse
generation,
in
which
you
are
seen
shining
like
stars
in
a
dark
world,
\VS{16}offering
to
them
the
message
of
life;
and
then
I
will
be
able
at
the
day
of
Christ
to
boast
that
I
did
not
run
my
course
for
nothing,
or
toil
for
nothing.
\VS{17}And
yet,
even
if,
when
your
faith
is
offered
as
a
sacrifice
to
God,
my
lifeblood
must
be
poured
out
in
addition,
still
I
will
rejoice
and
share
the
joy
of
you
all;
\VS{18}and
you
must
also
rejoice
and
share
my
joy.
\VS{19}I
hope,
however,
as
one
who
trusts
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
to
send
Timothy
to
you
before
long,
so
that
I
may
myself
be cheered
by
receiving
news
of
you.
\VS{20}For
I
have
no
one
but
him
to
send –
no
one
of
kindred
spirit
who
would
take
the
same genuine
interest
in
your
welfare.
\VS{21}They
are
all
pursuing
their
own
aims
and
not
those
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{22}But
you
know
what Timothy
has
proved
himself
to
be,
and
how,
like
a
child
working
for
his
father,
he
worked
hard
with
me
in
spreading
the
good
news.
\VS{23}It
is Timothy,
then,
whom
I
hope
to
send,
just
as
soon
as
I
find
out
what
is
going
to
happen
to
me
here.
\VS{24}And
I
am
confident,
as
one
who
trusts
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
before
long
I
myself
will
follow.
\VS{25}Still
I
think
it
necessary
to
send
Epaphroditus
to
you
now,
for
he
is
my
dear
friend,
fellow
worker,
and
fellow
soldier,
and
he
was
also
your
messenger
to
help
me
in
my
need.
\VS{26}For
he
has
been
longing
to
see
you
all,
and
has
been
distressed
because
you
heard
of
his
illness.
\VS{27}And
I
can
assure
you
that
his
illness
very
nearly
proved
fatal.
But
God
had
pity
on
him,
and
not
on
him
only
but
also
on
me,
so
that
I
might
not
have
sorrow
on
sorrow.
\VS{28}I
am
all
the
more
ready,
therefore,
to
send
him,
so
that
the
sight
of
him
may
revive
your
spirits
and
my
own
sorrow
be
lightened.
\VS{29}Give
him,
then,
the heartiest
of Christian
welcomes,
and
hold
such
people
in
great
honor.
\VS{30}For
it
was owing
to
his
devotion
to
the
Master’s
work
that
he
was
at
the
point
of
death,
having
risked
his
own
life
in
the
effort
to
supply
what
was
wanting
in
the
help
that
you
sent
me.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
conclusion,
my
friends,
may
all
joy
be
yours
in
your
union
with
the
Lord.
To
repeat
what
I
have
already
written
does
not
weary
me,
and
is
the
safe
course
for
you.
\VS{2}Beware
of
those
dogs!
Beware
of
those
mischievous
workers!
Beware
of
the
men
who mutilate
themselves!
\VS{3}For
it
is
we
who
are
the
circumcised –
we
whose
worship
is
prompted
by
the
Spirit
of
God,
who
exult
in
Christ
Jesus,
and
who
do
not
rely
on external privileges;
\VS{4}though
I,
if
anyone,
have
cause
to
rely
even
on
them.
If
anyone
thinks
he
can
rely
on external privileges,
far
more
can
I!
\VS{5}I
was
circumcised
when
eight
days
old;
I
am
an
Israelite
by
birth,
and
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin;
I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
the
child
of
Hebrews.
As
to
the
Law,
I
was
a
Pharisee;
\VS{6}as
to
zeal,
I
was
a
persecutor
of
the
church;
as
to
such
righteousness
as
is
due
to
Law,
I
proved
myself
blameless.
\VS{7}But
all
the
things
which
I
once
held
to
be
gains
I
have
now,
for
the
Christ’s
sake,
come
to
count
as
loss.
\VS{8}More
than
that,
I
count
everything
as
loss,
for
the
sake
of
the
exceeding
value
of
the
knowledge
of
Christ
Jesus
my
Lord.
And
for
his
sake
I
have
lost
everything,
and
count
it
as
rubbish,
if
I
may
but
gain
Christ
and
be
found
in
union
with
him;
\VS{9}any
righteousness
that
I
have
being,
not
the
righteousness
that
results
from
Law,
but
the
righteousness
which
comes
through
faith
in
Christ –
the
righteousness
which
is
derived
from
God
and
is
founded
on
faith.
\VS{10}Then
indeed
I
will
know Christ,
and
the
power
of
his resurrection,
and
all
that
it
means
to
share
his
sufferings,
\VS{11}in
the
hope
that,
if
I
become
like
him
in
death,
I
may
possibly
attain
to
the
resurrection
from
the
dead.
\VS{12}Not
that
I
have
already
laid
hold
of
it,
or
that
I
am
already
made
perfect.
But
I
press
on,
in
the
hope
of
actually
laying
hold
of
that
for
which
indeed
I
was
laid
hold
of
by
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{13}For
I,
friends,
do
not
regard
myself
as
having
yet
laid
hold
of
it.
But
this
one
thing
I
do –
forgetting
what
lies
behind,
and straining
every nerve
for
that
which
lies
in
front,
\VS{14}I
press
on
to
the
goal,
to
gain
the
prize
of
that heavenward
call
which
God
gave
me
through
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{15}Let
all
of
us,
then,
whose
faith
is
mature,
think
this
way.
Then,
if
on
any
matter
you
think
otherwise,
God
will
make
that
also
plain
to
you.
\VS{16}Only
we
are
bound
to
order
our
lives
by
what
we
have
already
attained.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}My
friends,
unite
in
following
my
example,
and
fix
your
eyes
on
those
who
are
living
by
the
pattern
which
we
have
set
you.
\VS{18}For
there
are
many –
of
whom
I
have
often
told
you,
and
now
tell
you
even
with
tears –
who
are
living
in
enmity
to
the
cross
of
the
Christ.
\VS{19}The
end
of
such
people
is
ruin;
for
their
appetites
are
their
God,
and
they
glory
in
their
shame;
their
minds
are
given
up
to
earthly
things.
\VS{20}But
we
are
citizens
of
heaven,
and
from
heaven
we
expect
a
savior
to
come,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{21}By
the
exercise
of
his
power
to
bring
everything
into
subjection
to
himself,
he
will
make
our
humble
bodies
like
his
glorious
body.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
then,
my
dear
friends,
whom
I
am
longing
to
see –
you
who
are
my
joy
and
my
crown,
stand
fast
in
union
with
the
Lord,
dear
friends.
\VS{2}I
entreat
Euodia,
and
I
entreat
Syntyche,
to
live
in
harmony,
in
union
with
the
Lord;
\VS{3}yes,
and
I
ask
you,
my
true comrade,
to
help
them,
remembering
that
they
toiled
by
my
side
in
spreading
the
good
news;
and
so,
too,
did
Clement
and
my
other
fellow
workers,
whose
names
are
in
the
book
of
life.
\VS{4}All
joy
be
yours
at
all
times
in
your
union
with
the
Lord.
Again
I
repeat –
All
joy
be
yours.
\VS{5}Let
your
forbearing
spirit
be
plain
to
everyone.
The
Lord
is
near.
\VS{6}Do
not
be
anxious
about
anything;
but
under
all
circumstances,
by
prayer
and
entreaty
joined
with
thanksgiving,
make
your
needs
known
to
God.
\VS{7}Then
the
peace
of
God,
which
is
beyond
all
human
understanding,
will
stand
guard
over
your
hearts
and
thoughts,
through
your
union
with
Christ
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}In
conclusion,
friends,
whenever
you
find
things
that
are
true
or
honorable,
righteous
or
pure, lovable
or praiseworthy,
or
if virtue
and
honor
have
any
meaning,
let
them
fill
your
thoughts.
\VS{9}All
that
you
learned
and
received
and
heard
and
saw
in
me
put
into
practice
continually;
and
then
God,
the giver
of
peace,
will
be
with
you.
\VS{10}It
was
a
matter
of
great
joy
to
me,
as
one
in
union
with
the
Lord,
that
at
length
your
interest
in
me
had
revived.
The
interest
indeed
you
had,
but
not
the opportunity.
\VS{11}Do
not
think
that
I
am
saying
this
under
the
pressure
of
want.
For
I,
however
I
am
placed,
have
learned
to
be independent
of
circumstances.
\VS{12}I
know
how
to
face
humble
circumstances,
and
I
know
how
to
face
prosperity.
Into
all
and
every
human
experience
I
have
been initiated –
into
plenty
and
hunger,
into
prosperity
and
want.
\VS{13}I
can
do
everything
through
the
strength
of
the
one
who
makes
me
strong!
\VS{14}Yet
you
have
acted
nobly
in
sharing
my
troubles.
\VS{15}And
you
at Philippi
know,
as
well
as
I,
that
in
the
early
days
of
the
good
news –
at
the
time
when
I
had
just
left
Macedonia –
no
church,
with
the
one exception
of
yourselves,
had
anything
to
do
with
me
as
far
as
giving
and
receiving
are
concerned.
\VS{16}Indeed,
even
while
I
was
still
in
Thessalonica,
you
sent
more
than
once
to
relieve
my
wants.
\VS{17}It
is
not
that
I
am
anxious
for
your
gifts,
but
I
am
anxious
to
see
the
abundant
return
that
will
be
placed
to
your
account.
I
have
enough
of
everything,
and
to
spare.
\VS{18}My
wants
are
fully
satisfied,
now
that
I
have
received
from
Epaphroditus
the
gifts
which
you
sent
me –
the
sweet
fragrance
of
a
sacrifice
acceptable
and
pleasing
to
God.
\VS{19}And
my
God,
out
of
the
greatness
of
his
wealth,
will,
in
glory,
fully
satisfy
your
every
need,
through
your
union
with
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{20}To
him,
our
God
and
Father,
be
ascribed
all
glory
for
every
and
ever.
Amen.
\VS{21}Give
my greeting
to
everyone
of
the
people
of
Christ
Jesus.
The
Lord’s
followers
who
are
with
me
send
your
their greetings.
\VS{22}All Christ’s
people
here,
and
especially
those
who
belong
to
the Emperor’s
household,
send
theirs.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{23}May
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
rest
on
your
souls.\par }