1:1   Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who dwell in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

1:2   Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3   I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

1:4   always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

1:5   in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

1:6   For I feel confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

1:7  For it seems only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all partake of grace with me.

1:8   For God has served as my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

1:9   And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

1:10   so that you may approve the things that prove excellent, in order to remain sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

1:11   having become filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1:12   Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

1:13   so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

1:14   and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

1:15   Some, surely, preach Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

1:16   the latter do it out of love, knowing that I have received appointment for the defense of the gospel;

1:17   the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

1:18   What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, someone has proclaimed Christ; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

1:19   for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

1:20  according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not have shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, receive exaltation in my body, whether by life or by death.

1:21   For to me, to live comes through Christ and to die leads to gain.

1:22  But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

1:23   But I feel hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and join Christ, for that seems very much better;

1:24   yet to remain on in the flesh seems more necessary for your sake.

1:25   Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

1:26   so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

1:27  Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

1:28   in no way alarmed by your opponents--which represents a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

1:29   For to you this has happened for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

1:30   experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to occur in me.