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Philippians Chapter 1

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus AnointedOne; To all the saints in AnointedOne Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: ²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus AnointedOne.

³I thank my God whenever I remember you, ⁴always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy, ⁵for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now; ⁶being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus AnointedOne.

⁷It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

⁸For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of AnointedOne Jesus.

⁹This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of the AnointedOne, ¹¹being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus AnointedOne, to the glory and praise of God.

¹²Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News, ¹³so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in the AnointedOne; ¹⁴and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

¹⁵Some indeed preach the AnointedOne even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

¹⁶The former insincerely preach the AnointedOne from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains; ¹⁷but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

¹⁸What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, the AnointedOne is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

¹⁹For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus AnointedOne, ²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also the AnointedOne will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

²¹For to me to live is the AnointedOne, and to die is gain.

²²But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose.

²³But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with the AnointedOne, which is far better.

²⁴Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

²⁵Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶that your rejoicing may abound in AnointedOne Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

²⁷Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of the AnointedOne, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News; ²⁸and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

²⁹Because it has been granted to you on behalf of the AnointedOne, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf, ³⁰having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.