¶ Paul¹ and Timotheus², the servants³ of Jesus Christ, to all the saints⁴ in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi⁵, with the bishops⁶ and deacons⁷:

⁸Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

¶ I thank⁹ my God upon¹⁰ every remembrance¹¹ of you,

Always in¹² every prayer of mine for you all making request with¹⁴ joy,

¹⁵For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

Being confident¹⁶ of this very thing, that he which hath begun¹⁷ a good work in you will¹⁸ perform it¹⁹ until the day²⁰ of Jesus Christ:

¶ Even as it is²² meet for me to think this of you all, because²³ I have you in my heart²⁴; inasmuch as²⁵ both in my bonds, and in²⁶ the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my²⁷ grace.

For God²⁸ is my record, how²⁹ greatly I long after you all in³⁰ the bowels of Jesus Christ.

¶ And this³¹ I pray, that your³² love may abound yet more and more in knowledge³³ and in all judgment³⁴;

¶ That ye³⁵ may approve things that are excellent³⁶; that ye may be³⁷ sincere and without³⁸ offence till³⁹ the day of Christ;

Being filled⁴⁰ with the fruits of righteousness, which are⁴¹ by Jesus Christ, unto⁴² the glory and praise of God.

¶ But I would ye should understand, brethren, that⁴³ the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather⁴⁴ unto the furtherance of the gospel;

⁴⁵So that my bonds in Christ⁴⁶ are manifest in all the palace⁴⁷, and in all other places⁴⁸;

And many of the brethren⁴⁹ in the Lord, waxing⁵⁰ confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without⁵¹ fear.

Some indeed preach⁵² Christ even⁵³ of envy and⁵⁴ strife; and some also of good will:

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely⁵⁵, supposing⁵⁶ to add affliction to my bonds:

But the other of love, knowing that⁵⁷ I am set for the defence of the gospel.

What⁵⁸ then? notwithstanding, every way, whether⁵⁹ in pretence, or in truth, Christ⁶⁰ is preached; and I⁶¹ therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

For I know⁶² that this shall turn to my salvation through⁶³ your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit⁶⁴ of Jesus Christ,

¶ According to my earnest⁶⁵ expectation and my hope, that in nothing⁶⁶ I shall be ashamed, but that with⁶⁷ all boldness, as always, so now also Christ⁶⁸ shall be magnified in my body, whether⁶⁹ it be by life, or by death.

¶ For to me to live⁷⁰ is Christ, and to die⁷¹ is gain.

But if I live⁷² in the flesh, this⁷³ is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot⁷⁴ not.

For I am in⁷⁵ a strait betwixt two, having a desire⁷⁶ to depart, and to be with⁷⁷ Christ; which is far⁷⁸ better:

⁷⁹Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

And having this confidence⁸⁰, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for⁸¹ your furtherance and joy⁸² of faith;

⁸³That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

¶ Only let⁸⁴ your conversation be as it becometh the gospel⁸⁵ of Christ: that whether⁸⁶ I come and see you, or else be absent, I may⁸⁷ hear of your affairs, that ye⁸⁸ stand fast in one⁸⁹ spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith⁹⁰ of the gospel;

And in⁹¹ nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an⁹² evident token of perdition, but⁹³ to you of salvation, and that⁹⁴ of God.

For unto you it is⁹⁵ given in the behalf of Christ, not⁹⁶ only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

¶ Having the same⁹⁷ conflict which⁹⁸ ye saw in me, and now⁹⁹ hear to be in me.