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\v 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all those set apart in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
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\v 2 May grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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\v 3 I thank my God every time I remember you;
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\v 4 and always in every prayer for all of you, I pray with joy.
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\v 5 I give thanks for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.
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\v 6 I am confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
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\v 7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you because I have you in my heart. You all have been my partners in grace both in my imprisonment and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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\v 8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.
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\v 9 I am praying this: That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and all understanding.
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\v 10 I pray for this so that you may approve what is excellent, and so you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ.
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\v 11 I pray that you also will be filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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\v 12 Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.
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\v 13 As a result, my chains in Christ came to light throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else.
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\v 14 Most of the brothers have far more confidence in the Lord because of my chains, and they have courage to fearlessly speak the word.
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\v 15 Some indeed even proclaim Christ out of envy and strife, and also others out of good will.
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\v 16 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
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\v 17 But the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely. They think they will afflict me while I am in chains.
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\v 18 What then? Only that in every way—whether from false motives or from true—Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
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\v 19 for I know that this will result in my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
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\v 20 It is according to my eager expectation and certain hope that I will not be at all ashamed, and yet with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
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\v 21 For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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\v 22 But if I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which to choose? I do not know.
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\v 23 For I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, which is far better,
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\v 24 yet to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
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\v 25 Being convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
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\v 26 so that in me you may have increasing reasons to boast in Christ Jesus when I come to you again.
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\v 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come to see you or am absent, I may hear about you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.
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\v 28 Do not be frightened in any respect by those who are your opponents. This is a sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation—and this from God.
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\v 29 For it has been granted to you, for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,
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\v 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now you hear in me.
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