This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi. We call this book

This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi. We call this book 

I, Paul, write this letter to all of you who are God’s people at Philippi. May God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord bless you.

I, Paul, write this letter to all of you who are God’s people at Philippi. May God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord bless you. 

\add I\add*, Paul, and Timothy, \add who is with me, are\add* men who serve Christ Jesus. I \add am writing this letter\add* to all \add of you who are\add* pastors and deacons in Philippi \add city\add* and to the rest of God’s people \add there who have a close relationship\add* with Christ Jesus.

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.

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\add We both\add* (OR, \add I\add*) \add pray that\add* God, \add who is\add* our Father, and Jesus Christ, \add who is our\add* Lord, \add will continue to\add* be kind to you and \add will continue to\add* cause you to have \add inner\add* peace.

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.

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I thank God and rejoice because you have been working together with me to make known the good message from when you first believed until now.

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Every time [DOU] I pray \add for you\add*, I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.

Every time [DOU] I pray for you, I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.

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I \add thank God and rejoice\add* because you have been \add working\add* together with me in order to \add make known\add* the good message about Christ. \add You started doing that\add* when you first [MTY] \add believed it, and you have continued doing it\add* until now.

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.

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I am completely confident that \add God\add*, who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since \add God\add* 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] \add returns\add*.

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.

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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 \add to others\add* that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work \add that God\add* kindly gave \add to me to do. So\add* indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.

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.

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God \add can\add* verify that Christ Jesus causes me to \add love and\add* long for all of you very much, \add just like\add* Christ loves \add you\add*.

God can verify that Christ Jesus causes me to love and long for all of you very much, just like Christ loves you.

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I pray that God will enable you to know how to love one another more and more appropriately and to completely understand how you should believe and act.

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And what I pray \add for you\add* is that \add God will enable\add* you to truly know and learn how to love \add one another\add* more and more in every situation.

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.

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\add And I pray that he will enable\add* you to completely understand \add how you should believe and act\add*. I \add pray this\add* in order that you might be \add spiritually\add* pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ \add returns\add* [MTY],

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],

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\add and in order that\add* you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ \add enabling you to do so\add*, in order that \add people will\add* honor God and praise him (OR, \add people will\add* praise God very much [DOU]).

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]).

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I want you to realize that as a result of my imprisonment many more people have heard the good message about Christ.

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My fellow believers, I want you to know that the \add troubles\add* I have experienced \add have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead\add*, \add these things that I have experienced\add* have enabled even more people to hear the good message \add about Christ\add*.

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.

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\add Specifically\add*, all the military guards who are stationed \add here in Rome\add* and many other [HYP] \add people in this city\add* [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I \add proclaim the good news\add* about Christ.

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.

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Also, most of the believers \add here now\add* proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly \add because\add* they trust the Lord \add more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more\add* because \add they have seen how the Lord has helped me\add* while I have been a prisoner [MTY] \add here\add*.

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.

\w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \add \+w here|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*\add* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w courageously|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fearlessly \add \+w because|strong="G1722"\+w*\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w trust|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add \+w more|strong="G4119"\+w* \+w firmly|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trust|strong="G3982"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w more|strong="G4119"\+w*\add* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="H0615"\w* [MTY] \add \+w here|strong="G1722"\+w*\add*. 

Even though some believers proclaim the message about Christ because they are antagonistic toward me, at least they are proclaiming Christ, and so I rejoice.

\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* believers \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G2962"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* antagonistic \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2980"\w* \w Christ|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2532"\w*. 

Some people proclaim \add the message about Christ as I do\add* because they are happy \add with my work\add*. They proclaim \add the message about\add* Christ because they love \add me and because\add* they know that \add God\add* has placed me \add here\add* to defend the message about Christ [CHI].

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].

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Others proclaim \add the message about\add* Christ because they envy \add me\add* and oppose \add me\add*. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They \add wrongly\add* assume \add that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result\add*, I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] \add here\add*.

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.

\w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \add \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* \add \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w oppose|strong="H7853"\w* \add \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w motives|strong="H7307"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \add wrongly\add* \w assume|strong="H6965"\w* \add \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w follow|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w jealous|strong="H7065"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w feel|strong="H4184"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoner|strong="H0615"\w* [MTY] \add \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*\add*. 

But it does not matter whether \add people proclaim the message about Christ\add* because they have wrong motives, or whether \add people proclaim the message about Christ\add* because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that \add the message about\add* Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming \add the message about\add* Christ}. And because of that I rejoice!

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!

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I will continue to rejoice because I know that I will remain completely victorious spiritually. I earnestly expect to boldly honor Christ whether I live or die.

\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w completely|strong="H3617"\w* \w victorious|strong="H7161"\w* spiritually. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w expect|strong="H6960"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w boldly|strong="H7311"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w or|strong="G1535"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. 

\w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*, 

because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves \add of what I have done\add* (OR, that \add the Roman authorities\add* will set me free). \add This will happen\add* as a result of your praying for me, and \add as a result\add* of \add God’s\add* Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.

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.

\w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w experience|strong="G1492"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w approves|strong="H0974"\w* \add \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*). \add \+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1519"\+w*\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w*\add* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \add \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 

I \add know that this will happen\add* because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always \add have done\add*, 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 \add the way I\add* live or \add by the way I\add* die.

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.

\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3954"\w* \w expect|strong="H6960"\w* [DOU] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0571"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w expect|strong="H6960"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \add \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*\add*, \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly|strong="G5613"\w* \w honored|strong="H3513"\w* {\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*} \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN, MTY], \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w way|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w or|strong="G1535"\w* \add \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w way|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. 

As for me, I live \add in order to honor\add* Christ. But if I die, it will be better \add for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him\add*.

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.

\w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \add \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w continue|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2198"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*\add*. 

On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve \add Christ\add* effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.

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.

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That is, I am not sure which of those two I \add prefer\add*. I long to leave \add this world\add* and \add go to\add* be with Christ, because that will be very much better \add for me\add*.

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.

\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add \+w prefer|strong="H7489"\+w*\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \add \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add \+w go|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \add \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w me|strong="G2192"\+w*\add*. 

Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive \add than that I go to be with Christ because\add* you still need \add me to help you\add*.

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.

\w Nevertheless|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w remain|strong="G1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \add \+w than|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* Christ \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w*\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w still|strong="G1961"\w* \w need|strong="H4270"\w* \add \+w me|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*\add*. 

Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain \add alive\add* and that I will \add go/come to\add* be with you all. \add As a result\add*, you will believe \add in Christ\add* more firmly, and \add as a result of that\add*, you will rejoice.

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.

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\add That is\add*, you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus \add bringing\add* me \add to be with you again\add*.

That is, you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus bringing me to be with you again.

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Conduct yourselves just like you learned in the message about Christ, unitedly and fearlessly resisting those who oppose you and the gospel, since God is helping you in all your struggles.

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Most importantly, as fellow \add believers in Christ\add*, conduct yourselves just like \add you learned you should do when you heard\add* the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether \add I am away from you and\add* people tell me about you, \add what I hear or see will make me happy\add*. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting \add those who oppose the message about Christ\add* (OR, \add oppose you\add*). I \add will know\add* that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel \add about Christ\add*.

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.

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And I \add will know\add* that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that \add God\add* will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that \add God\add* will save you eternally. It is God who is doing \add all\add* this.

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.

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Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, \add he\add* has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.

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.

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\add As a result\add*, you are \add having to\add* resist \add those who oppose the good message\add*, just like you saw that I \add had to\add* resist \add such people there in Philippi\add*, and just like you hear that I \add still have to resist such people here\add* now.

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.

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Since Christ loves and encourages us and the Holy Spirit fellowships with us, make me completely happy by agreeing with one another, loving one another, and humbly serving one another.

Since Christ loves and encourages us and the Holy Spirit fellowships with us, make me completely happy by agreeing with one another, loving one another, and humbly serving one another. 

Since Christ encourages us, since he loves us and comforts us, since God’s Spirit fellowships with \add us, and\add* since \add Christ\add* is very merciful [DOU] to us,

Since Christ encourages us, since he loves us and comforts us, since God’s Spirit fellowships with us, and since Christ is very merciful [DOU] to us,

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make me completely happy \add by doing the following things\add*: Agree with one another, love one another, be closely united with one another, and \add live\add* harmoniously with one another [DOU].

make me completely happy by doing the following things: Agree with one another, love one another, be closely united with one another, and live harmoniously with one another [DOU].

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Never try to selfishly make yourselves more important than \add others\add* nor boast \add about what you are doing\add*. Instead, be humble, \add and in particular\add*, honor one another more than you honor yourselves.

Never try to selfishly make yourselves more important than others nor boast about what you are doing. Instead, be humble, and in particular, honor one another more than you honor yourselves.

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Each one of you should not \add only\add* be concerned about your own affairs. Instead, each of you should also be concerned ◄that you help/about the needs of► one another.

Each one of you should not only be concerned about your own affairs. Instead, each of you should also be concerned ◄that you help/about the needs of► one another.

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You should think just like Christ Jesus thought. He willingly gave up his divine privileges and humbled himself, willingly obeying God although it meant disgracefully dying on a cross. As a result, God exalted him to the highest position, to be acknowledged by the entire universe as the supreme Lord.

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You should think/act just like Christ Jesus \add thought/acted\add*.

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\add Although\add* he has the same nature as God has, he did not insist on keeping all the privileges of being equal with God.

Although he has the same nature as God has, he did not insist on keeping all the privileges of being equal with God.

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Instead, he \add willingly\add* gave up divine privileges. \add Specifically\add*, he became a human being and took the attitude of a servant. When he had become a human being,

Instead, he willingly gave up divine privileges. Specifically, he became a human being and took the attitude of a servant. When he had become a human being,

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he humbled himself \add even more. Specifically\add*, he obeyed \add God\add* even to the extent of \add being willing to\add* die. \add He was even willing to\add* be nailed to a cross, \add to die as though he were a criminal\add*.

he humbled himself even more. Specifically, he obeyed God even to the extent of being willing to die. He was even willing to be nailed to a cross, to die as though he were a criminal.

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As a result, God promoted him \add to a\add* rank \add that\add* is above every \add other\add* rank.

As a result, God promoted him to a rank that is above every other rank.

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\add God did that\add* in order that every being [SYN] in heaven and on earth and under the earth should worship [MTY] Jesus,

God did that in order that every being [SYN] in heaven and on earth and under the earth should worship [MTY] Jesus,

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and in order that every person [SYN] should declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. \add As a result of everyone doing that, they will\add* honor God, \add his\add* Father.

and in order that every person [SYN] should declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. As a result of everyone doing that, they will honor God, his Father.

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Since you have always obeyed God, continue to try to do those things which are appropriate for people whom God has saved, and he will enable you to do so.

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My dear friends, as you consider this, since you have always obeyed \add God\add*, each of you should very reverentially [DOU] try to do those things \add that are proper for people whom God has\add* saved. \add You should do those things\add* not only when I am with you. \add Instead, you should try\add* even more \add to do them\add* now when I am not with you.

My dear friends, as you consider this, since you have always obeyed God, each of you should very reverentially [DOU] try to do those things that are proper for people whom God has saved. You should do those things not only when I am with you. Instead, you should try even more to do them now when I am not with you.

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\add You are able to do these things\add*, since God \add himself\add* causes you to desire to do what he wants you to do, and he also enables you to do what he wants you to do.

You are able to do these things, since God himself causes you to desire to do what he wants you to do, and he also enables you to do what he wants you to do.

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Always obey God and your leaders, and never complain about them or argue with them, in order that you may be perfect children of God, witnessing by how you live and what you say to the ungodly people among whom you live.

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Do everything \add God or your leaders ask you to do\add*. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them.

Do everything God or your leaders ask you to do. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them.

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Behave like that in order that you may be completely faultless [DOU] and may be perfect children of God [DOU] while you live in the midst of people who are wicked and do very wicked things [DOU]. As you live among them, show them clearly [MET] \add the way they ought to behave\add*, just like the sun, moon, and stars \add show the road clearly to us\add* [SIM].

Behave like that in order that you may be completely faultless [DOU] and may be perfect children of God [DOU] while you live in the midst of people who are wicked and do very wicked things [DOU]. As you live among them, show them clearly [MET] the way they ought to behave, just like the sun, moon, and stars show the road clearly to us [SIM].

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Tell them how \add to\add* have eternal life. I \add ask that you do that\add* in order that on the day Christ \add returns\add* I may be able to rejoice [MTY], that I did not labor [DOU] so hard among you in vain.

Tell them how to have eternal life. I ask that you do that in order that on the day Christ returns I may be able to rejoice [MTY], that I did not labor [DOU] so hard among you in vain.

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Because you and I dedicate ourselves together to do God’s will, even if I am to be executed, I will rejoice, and you should also rejoice.

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Perhaps \add the Roman authorities\add* will execute me, \add and my blood will pour out\add* [MET] \add as the\add* wine pours out when the priest offers it to God [MET]. \add For your part\add*, you believe \add in Christ firmly\add*. As a result, you have given yourselves completely to God in order that you might do what he wills [MET], \add just like a priest\add* offers a sacrifice \add completely to God\add* [MET]. \add Because I dedicate myself wholly to God\add* together with you, even if \add they are about to execute me\add*, I will greatly rejoice [DOU], \add because I am giving myself wholly to God\add*, and because you all \add are giving yourselves wholly to God\add*.

Perhaps the Roman authorities will execute me, and my blood will pour out [MET] as the wine pours out when the priest offers it to God [MET]. For your part, you believe in Christ firmly. As a result, you have given yourselves completely to God in order that you might do what he wills [MET], just like a priest offers a sacrifice completely to God [MET]. Because I dedicate myself wholly to God together with you, even if they are about to execute me, I will greatly rejoice [DOU], because I am giving myself wholly to God, and because you all are giving yourselves wholly to God.

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Similarly, you too should rejoice \add because you are giving yourselves wholly to God\add*, and you should rejoice because I \add am giving myself wholly to God\add*.

Similarly, you too should rejoice because you are giving yourselves wholly to God, and you should rejoice because I am giving myself wholly to God.

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I confidently expect that the Lord Jesus will enable me to send Timothy to you soon. He genuinely cares for your welfare, not his own interests. I am confident that the Lord will enable me also to come soon.

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My relationship with the Lord Jesus \add leads me\add* to confidently expect that \add he will enable me\add* to send Timothy to you soon, in order that \add his telling you the news about me will encourage you. But\add* I also expect that \add his returning to me and\add* telling me the news about you will encourage me.

My relationship with the Lord Jesus leads me to confidently expect that he will enable me to send Timothy to you soon, in order that his telling you the news about me will encourage you. But I also expect that his returning to me and telling me the news about you will encourage me.

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\add Keep in mind that\add* I have no one \add else\add* like him who genuinely cares for you.

Keep in mind that I have no one else like him who genuinely cares for you.

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All the others \add whom I have considered that I might send to you\add* are concerned \add only\add* about their own matters. They are not concerned about what Jesus Christ \add considers important\add*.

All the others whom I have considered that I might send to you are concerned only about their own matters. They are not concerned about what Jesus Christ considers important.

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But you know that Timothy has proved that he \add serves the Lord and others faithfully. You know\add* that he has served \add the Lord closely together\add* with me in \add proclaiming to people\add* the message about Christ as though he were [SIM] my son and I were his \add own\add* father.

But you know that Timothy has proved that he serves the Lord and others faithfully. You know that he has served the Lord closely together with me in proclaiming to people the message about Christ as though he were [SIM] my son and I were his own father.

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So then he is the one I confidently expect to send \add to you\add* as soon as I know what will happen to me.

So then he is the one I confidently expect to send to you as soon as I know what will happen to me.

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And I am confident that I will soon be released {\add the authorities will soon release me\add*} \add so that\add* the Lord will enable me also to come/go \add to you\add* soon.

And I am confident that I will soon be released {the authorities will soon release me} so that the Lord will enable me also to come/go to you soon.

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Since Epaphroditus longs to see you and is distressed, I am sending him back to you. So welcome him very joyfully. Since he nearly died while serving me on your behalf, honor him and all people like him.

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I have concluded that it is \add really\add* necessary that I send Epaphroditus \add back\add* to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker, and he \add endures difficulties together with me\add* [MET], \add just like\add* soldiers \add endure difficulties together\add*. You sent him \add to me\add* in order that he might help me when I was needy [EUP].

I have concluded that it is really necessary that I send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker, and he endures difficulties together with me [MET], just like soldiers endure difficulties together. You sent him to me in order that he might help me when I was needy [EUP].

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\add But I have concluded that I must send him back to you\add* because he has been longing to see you all. Furthermore, he has been \add very\add* distressed because \add he knows that\add* you heard that he had become sick.

But I have concluded that I must send him back to you because he has been longing to see you all. Furthermore, he has been very distressed because he knows that you heard that he had become sick.

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Indeed, he was so sick that he almost died. However, \add he did not die\add*. Instead, God pitied him and he also pitied me, \add and as a result he healed him. God pitied me\add* because he did not want me to be even more sorrowful than I already was.

Indeed, he was so sick that he almost died. However, he did not die. Instead, God pitied him and he also pitied me, and as a result he healed him. God pitied me because he did not want me to be even more sorrowful than I already was.

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So, I am sending him \add back to you\add* as quickly as possible, in order that you may rejoice \add when you see him again\add* and in order that I may be less sorrowful \add than I was\add*.

So, I am sending him back to you as quickly as possible, in order that you may rejoice when you see him again and in order that I may be less sorrowful than I was.

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Welcome him very joyfully \add just like believers\add* in \add our\add* Lord \add Jesus should welcome one another. While he was\add* working for Christ, he was helping me in place of you \add because you were far away\add*. He knew that he might die as a result of helping me, and \add truly\add* he nearly did die. So honor \add him, and honor all\add* those who are like him.

Welcome him very joyfully just like believers in our Lord Jesus should welcome one another. While he was working for Christ, he was helping me in place of you because you were far away. He knew that he might die as a result of helping me, and truly he nearly did die. So honor him, and honor all those who are like him.

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As for the other matters, continue to rejoice and know that it is not tiresome for me and it is safe for you to mention them again.

As for the other matters, continue to rejoice and know that it is not tiresome for me and it is safe for you to mention them again. 

\add Now there are\add* other things \add that I want to write about\add*. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because \add you belong to\add* the Lord. \add Though\add* I will \add now\add* write to you about those same matters \add that I mentioned to you before, this is\add* not tiresome for me, and it will protect you \add from those who would harm you spiritually\add*.

Now there are other things that I want to write about. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because you belong to the Lord. Though I will now write to you about those same matters that I mentioned to you before, this is not tiresome for me, and it will protect you from those who would harm you spiritually.

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Beware of those unholy people who will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must be circumcised in order to become God’s people.

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Beware of those \add people who are dangerous\add* [MET] \add like wild\add* dogs. They are \add dangerous\add* evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them \add since they are like people who\add* cut \add other people’s\add* bodies [MET]. \add They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people\add* [MTY, MET].

Beware of those people who are dangerous [MET] like wild dogs. They are dangerous evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them since they are like people who cut other people’s bodies [MET]. They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people [MTY, MET].

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\add Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them\add*. But we, \add not they\add*, are \add truly God’s people\add* [MET], \add whether or not someone has\add* circumcised \add us\add*. God’s Spirit \add enables us to\add* [MTY] worship \add God\add*; we praise Christ Jesus \add because he has enabled us to become the people of God\add*. We do not believe \add that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our\add* bodies [MTY, SYN].

Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them. But we, not they, are truly God’s people [MET], whether or not someone has circumcised us. God’s Spirit enables us to [MTY] worship God; we praise Christ Jesus because he has enabled us to become the people of God. We do not believe that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our bodies [MTY, SYN].

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\add We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God\add*, although I could very well do that \add if it would be useful for me\add*.

We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God, although I could very well do that if it would be useful for me.

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Since I was circumcised properly and have a purely Hebrew ancestry, and since I kept the Jewish laws blamelessly, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am better than anyone else could, if it were beneficial for my salvation.

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\add In fact\add*, \add if I could benefit from it for my salvation\add*, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.

In fact, if I could benefit from it for my salvation, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.

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I \add was circumcised\add* {\add Someone\add* circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. \add While I was\add* a member of the Pharisee \add sect\add*, I \add strictly obeyed\add* the laws \add that God gave Moses\add*.

I was circumcised {Someone circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. While I was a member of the Pharisee sect, I strictly obeyed the laws that God gave Moses.

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I was \add so\add* zealous \add to make people obey those laws that\add* I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer \add because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed\add*, as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no \add one could\add* have accused \add me by\add* saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.

I was so zealous to make people obey those laws that I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed, as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no one could have accused me by saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.

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I now consider all these advantages that I once supposed would help me to be worthless, and I consider everything else as well to be worthless, because I want to know Christ, to be united with him, and to be made righteous through trusting in Christ alone.

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Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to \add consider to\add* be useful to me, those \add very\add* things I now consider worthless, because I \add want to know\add* Christ (OR, in order that I \add may know\add* Christ).

Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to consider to be useful to me, those very things I now consider worthless, because I want to know Christ (OR, in order that I may know Christ).

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More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I \add want to know\add* him \add better\add* (OR, In order that I \add may know\add* him \add better\add*), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them \add as useless as\add* [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have \add a close relationship with\add* Christ [MET],

More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I want to know him better (OR, In order that I may know him better), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them as useless as [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have a close relationship with Christ [MET],

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and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of \add my obeying\add* the laws \add he gave Moses\add* that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ \add that God\add* has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. \add It is\add* God \add himself who\add* has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, \add only\add* because I have trusted \add in Christ\add*.

and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of my obeying the laws he gave Moses that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ that God has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. It is God himself who has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, only because I have trusted in Christ.

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I \add want\add* to know Christ \add better and better\add*. Particularly, I \add want\add* to continually experience \add his working\add* powerfully in my life, \add just like God worked powerfully when he\add* caused Christ to become alive after he died. I \add also want to be continually willing\add* to suffer \add in order that I may obey God\add*, just like Christ suffered \add in order that he might obey God. I also want\add* to be completely willing to die for \add Christ\add*, even as he died for me,

I want to know Christ better and better. Particularly, I want to continually experience his working powerfully in my life, just like God worked powerfully when he caused Christ to become alive after he died. I also want to be continually willing to suffer in order that I may obey God, just like Christ suffered in order that he might obey God. I also want to be completely willing to die for Christ, even as he died for me,

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\add because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness\add*, he will cause me to live again after I have died.

because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness, he will cause me to live again after I have died.

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Since you desire to be perfected and since you have my example of not considering that I am already perfect, but of constantly striving to become more and more like Christ, follow my example.

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I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become \add more and more like Christ\add*, because he chose me \add in order that I might become like him\add*.

I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become more and more like Christ, because he chose me in order that I might become like him.

\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w claim|strong="H0589"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w completely|strong="G5048"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*; \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w intends|strong="H3190"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* [DOU]. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w try|strong="H0974"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \add \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G5547"\+w*\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \add \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3739"\+w*\add*. 

My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I \add am like a runner. A runner does not look backward\add* [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal \add in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly\add*, I do not think about what I have already done.

My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I am like a runner. A runner does not look backward [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly, I do not think about what I have already done.

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Instead, I concentrate only on \add continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life\add* [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him \add in heaven\add*.

Instead, I concentrate only on continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him in heaven.

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So, all of us who are \add spiritually\add* mature should think this \add same way\add*. If any \add of you\add* do not think this same way regarding what I \add have written here\add*, God will reveal that to you.

So, all of us who are spiritually mature should think this same way. If any of you do not think this same way regarding what I have written here, God will reveal that to you.

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What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what \add God has already revealed to\add* us.

What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what God has already revealed to us.

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Imitate me and those who live as I do. Remember that there are many people who are bad examples, as shown by their lustful behavior, wanting to do what their bodies desire. But as for us, Christ will transform our weak bodies to be like his glorious heavenly body.

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My fellow believers, \add all of\add* you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, \add in order that you may imitate them also\add*.

My fellow believers, all of you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, in order that you may imitate them also.

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\add Keep in mind that\add* there are many people \add who say that they believe in Christ, but\add* who act \add in such a way that shows\add* that they are opposed to \add the teaching about\add* Christ \add dying on\add* the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times \add before\add*, and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you \add about them again\add*.

Keep in mind that there are many people who say that they believe in Christ, but who act in such a way that shows that they are opposed to the teaching about Christ dying on the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times before, and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you about them again.

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\add God\add* will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become \add like\add* gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.

God will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become like gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.

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\add But remember\add* that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, \add to return\add* from there.

But remember that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to return from there.

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By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.

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On the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord Jesus Christ according to what I have just taught you, and act accordingly.

On the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord Jesus Christ according to what I have just taught you, and act accordingly. 

My fellow believers, I love you, and I long for you. You make me happy [MTY], and I am ◄proud of/pleased with► you. Dear friends, on the basis \add of all that I have told you\add*, continue to believe firmly in the Lord doing what I have just taught you.

My fellow believers, I love you, and I long for you. You make me happy [MTY], and I am ◄proud of/pleased with► you. Dear friends, on the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord doing what I have just taught you.

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I urge Euodia and Syntyche to be reconciled with each other; help them in this since they have both proclaimed the good news faithfully together with me and my other fellow workers.

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I urge \add you(sg)\add*, Euodia, and I urge \add you(sg)\add*, Syntyche, to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, \add because you both have a relationship with\add* the Lord.

I urge you(sg), Euodia, and I urge you(sg), Syntyche, to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, because you both have a relationship with the Lord.

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And, my faithful comrade/partner, I request that you \add (sg)\add* help them \add to again have a peaceful relationship with each other\add*, because they have \add faithfully proclaimed\add* the message \add about Christ\add* together with me, \add even though many people\add* have opposed us \add (exc)\add*. They have faithfully proclaimed that message together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names \add are\add* in the book \add in which God has written the names of all those people who will\add* live \add forever\add*.

And, my faithful comrade/partner, I request that you (sg) help them to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, because they have faithfully proclaimed the message about Christ together with me, even though many people have opposed us (exc). They have faithfully proclaimed that message together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book in which God has written the names of all those people who will live forever.

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The Lord is coming soon. Always rejoice, be gentle to everyone. Do not worry about anything, but pray to God instead. As a result, God will grant you profound peace.

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\add Because you have a relationship with\add* the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice!

Because you have a relationship with the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice!

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\add Act in such a way that\add* everyone can know that you are gentle. The Lord is coming soon.

Act in such a way that everyone can know that you are gentle. The Lord is coming soon.

\add \+w Act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*\add* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w gentle|strong="G1933"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w soon|strong="H3512"\w*. 

Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation, pray \add to God\add*, tell him what you need, and ask him \add to help you\add* [DOU]. Also thank \add him for what he does for you\add*.

Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation, pray to God, tell him what you need, and ask him to help you [DOU]. Also thank him for what he does for you.

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As a result, God will enable you not to worry \add about anything\add* [MTY] (OR, God will protect your minds \add in every way\add*) [PRS]. \add That is\add*, he will cause you to have \add inner\add* peace \add because you have a relationship with\add* Christ Jesus. You will not be able to understand [PRS] \add how you can be so peaceful in such difficult circumstances!\add*!

As a result, God will enable you not to worry about anything [MTY] (OR, God will protect your minds in every way) [PRS]. That is, he will cause you to have inner peace because you have a relationship with Christ Jesus. You will not be able to understand [PRS] how you can be so peaceful in such difficult circumstances!!

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Continually think about everything that is good and praiseworthy. Continually practice whatever you have learned from me. As a result, God will be with you and give you inner peace.

\w Continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praiseworthy. \w Continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="H6903"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. 

My fellow believers, there is one more thing I \add want you to do\add*. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever \add deserves\add* praise, those are the things that you should continually think about.

My fellow believers, there is one more thing I want you to do. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever deserves praise, those are the things that you should continually think about.

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Those things that I have taught you and that you have learned from me, those things that you have heard me \add say\add* and that you have seen me \add do\add*, those are the things that you yourselves should continually do. As a result \add of your doing those things\add*, God, the one who \add causes us to\add* have \add inner\add* peace, will ◄be with/bless► you.

Those things that I have taught you and that you have learned from me, those things that you have heard me say and that you have seen me do, those are the things that you yourselves should continually do. As a result of your doing those things, God, the one who causes us to have inner peace, will ◄be with/bless► you.

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I rejoice greatly because you have once again demonstrated your concern for me by giving to meet my needs, though it is true that Christ enables me to be content in every situation.

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I rejoice greatly \add and thank\add* the Lord because now, after some time, \add by sending money to me\add* you have once again shown that you are concerned about me [EUP]. Indeed, you were concerned about me \add all the time\add*, but you had no opportunity \add to show that you were concerned about me\add*.

I rejoice greatly and thank the Lord because now, after some time, by sending money to me you have once again shown that you are concerned about me [EUP]. Indeed, you were concerned about me all the time, but you had no opportunity to show that you were concerned about me.

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I am saying this not because I \add am concerned that I\add* lack things \add that I need\add*. In fact, I have learned to be content in whatever \add situation\add* I am.

I am saying this not because I am concerned that I lack things that I need. In fact, I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am.

\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w concerned|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* \w lack|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \add \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5304"\+w*\add*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w content|strong="H2974"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \add \+w situation|strong="H4186"\+w*\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. 

\add Specifically\add*, I know how \add to be content when\add* I do not have what I need, and I know how \add to be content when\add* I have plenty. I have learned how \add to be content\add* in any and every \add situation\add* [DOU]. \add Specifically\add*, I have learned how \add to be content when\add* I have enough to eat, and I have learned how \add to be content when\add* I do not have enough to eat. I have learned how \add to be content when\add* I have plenty [DOU] \add of what I need\add*, and I have learned \add how to be content when\add* I lack \add things\add*.

Specifically, I know how to be content when I do not have what I need, and I know how to be content when I have plenty. I have learned how to be content in any and every situation [DOU]. Specifically, I have learned how to be content when I have enough to eat, and I have learned how to be content when I do not have enough to eat. I have learned how to be content when I have plenty [DOU] of what I need, and I have learned how to be content when I lack things.

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I am able ◄to cope with/to handle► every situation because \add Christ\add* gives me the strength to do that.

I am able ◄to cope with/to handle► every situation because Christ gives me the strength to do that.

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Nevertheless, you did very well by \add helping me\add* (OR, \add giving me money\add*) [EUP] while I have been suffering hardship.

Nevertheless, you did very well by helping me (OR, giving me money) [EUP] while I have been suffering hardship.

\w Nevertheless|strong="G4133"\w*, \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w by|strong="G3588"\w* \add \+w helping|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \add \+w giving|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*\add*) [EUP] \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G4160"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w* \w hardship|strong="H8513"\w*. 

You Philippians know that in the early days of preaching the good news in your region you were the only congregation that sent me money. I do not say this because I desire your gifts, but I desire that God would abundantly bless you for aiding me.

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\add My friends there at Philippi\add*, you yourselves know that when I first \add proclaimed\add* the message about Christ \add to you\add*, and then left there to go to Macedonia \add province\add*, you were the only group of believers [LIT] who \add sent me\add* gifts [EUP] in order that I might \add proclaim that message\add* to others just like I did for you.

My friends there at Philippi, you yourselves know that when I first proclaimed the message about Christ to you, and then left there to go to Macedonia province, you were the only group of believers [LIT] who sent me gifts [EUP] in order that I might proclaim that message to others just like I did for you.

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Even \add when I was\add* in Thessalonica \add city\add*, you sent \add money\add* [EUP] to me two different times [IDM] in order to \add supply\add* what I needed.

Even when I was in Thessalonica city, you sent money [EUP] to me two different times [IDM] in order to supply what I needed.

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I say this, not because I desire that you give me money now. Instead, I desire that \add God\add* will abundantly bless [MET] you as a result of \add your helping me\add*.

I say this, not because I desire that you give me money now. Instead, I desire that God will abundantly bless [MET] you as a result of your helping me.

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I have received your very generous gift; God is very pleased with this gift, and he will abundantly supply your every need also. Let us praise him forever.

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But I have received a very generous \add gift\add* [EUP] \add from you\add*, and \add as a result\add*, I have plenty. I have an abundant supply \add of what I need because\add* I have received from Epaphroditus the money [EUP] that you \add sent to me\add*. God considers that your gift is very acceptable, and he is very pleased with it. \add Your gift is like\add* a nice-smelling sacrifice [MET].

But I have received a very generous gift [EUP] from you, and as a result, I have plenty. I have an abundant supply of what I need because I have received from Epaphroditus the money [EUP] that you sent to me. God considers that your gift is very acceptable, and he is very pleased with it. Your gift is like a nice-smelling sacrifice [MET].

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\add Moreover\add*, God, \add whom\add* I \add serve\add*, has an unlimited supply \add of everything that we(inc) need\add*. And as a result, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, he will completely supply everything that you need.

Moreover, God, whom I serve, has an unlimited supply of everything that we(inc) need. And as a result, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, he will completely supply everything that you need.

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\add \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*\add*, \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*! \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*! 

All of God’s people here, including those who serve God with me and those who work at the emperor’s palace, join me in greeting each one of God’s people there.

\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* emperor’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* greeting \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. 

Greet \add for me/us(exc)\add* all of God’s people \add there, that is, all those who have a relationship with\add* Christ Jesus. The fellow believers who \add serve God together\add* with me here send their greetings to you (OR, say they are thinking fondly of you).

Greet for me/us(exc) all of God’s people there, that is, all those who have a relationship with Christ Jesus. The fellow believers who serve God together with me here send their greetings to you (OR, say they are thinking fondly of you).

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All of God’s people \add here\add* send their greetings to you. Especially the \add fellow believers who work\add* in the palace of the emperor send their greetings to you.

All of God’s people here send their greetings to you. Especially the fellow believers who work in the palace of the emperor send their greetings to you.

\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add \+w here|strong="G3956"\+w*\add* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \add \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* believers \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w work|strong="G3956"\+w*\add* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* emperor \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 

\w May|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* Christ \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 

My desire is \add that our\add* Lord Jesus Christ \add will continue to\add* act kindly toward you all [SYN].

My desire is that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all [SYN].

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