The Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to the PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER ONE

PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus 
Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which 
are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ:
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance
of you. 
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all 
making request with joy. 
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the 
first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he 
which hath begun a good work in you, will perform 
it until the day of Jesus Christ: 
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you 
all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as 
both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation 
of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my 
grace.
8 For God is my record, how greatly I long 
after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.  
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound 
yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; 
that ye may be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ;
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and 
praise of God. 
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, 
that the things which happened unto me have fallen 
out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in 
all the palace, and in all other places;
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing 
confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak 
the word without fear. 
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and 
strife; and some also of good will. 
16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set 
for the defence of the gospel. 
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, 
whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; 
and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 
19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation 
through your prayer, and the supply of the 
Spirit of Jesus Christ. 
20 According to my earnest expectation, and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that
with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ 
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, 
or by death. 
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of 
my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a 
desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is  more 
needful for you. 
25 And having this confidence, I know that I 
shall abide and continue with you all for your 
furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant
in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. 
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh 
the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see 
you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind 
striving together for the faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: 
which is to them an evident token of perdition,
but to you of salvation, and that of God. 
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of 
Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer 
for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in 
me, and now hear to be in me.