CHAPTER 1
<<THE EPISTLE OF PA᷍UL THE APOSTLE TO THE PHĬ‑LĬP‑́PỊĂNS>> Pa᷍ul and Tī‑mŏth‑́ĕ‑ŭs, the servants of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, to all the saints in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs which are at Phĭ‑lĭp‑́pī, with the bishops and deacons:
2 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst.
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 Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst:
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 Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst.
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 C͟hrīst;
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, 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 C͟hrīst 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 C͟hrīst even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
16 The one preach C͟hrīst 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, C͟hrīst 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 Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst,
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 C͟hrīst shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live [is] C͟hrīst, 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 C͟hrīst; 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 Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst for me by my coming to you again.
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of C͟hrīst: 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 C͟hrīst, 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.
CHAPTER 2
If [there be] therefore any consolation in C͟hrīst, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like­minded, having the same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.
3 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vain­glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than them­selves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made him­self of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled him­self, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jē‑́ṡŭs every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.
14 Do all things with­out murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blame­less and harm­less, the sons of God, with­out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of C͟hrīst, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs to send Tī‑mŏth‑́ĕ‑ŭs shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no man like­minded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst’s.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Ĕp‑ăph‑rō‑dī‑́tŭs, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow­soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
30 Because for the work of C͟hrīst he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
CHAPTER 3
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed [is] not grievous, but for you [it is] safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, [of] the tribe of Bĕn‑́jă‑mĭn, an Hē‑́bre̅w̅ of the Hē‑́bre̅w̅ṡ; as touching the law, a Phăr‑́ĭ‑se᷍e;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blame­less.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for C͟hrīst.
8 Yea doubt­less, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win C͟hrīst,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of C͟hrīst, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be other­wise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of C͟hrīst:
19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto him­self.
CHAPTER 4
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
2 I beseech E᷍u‑ō‑́dĭ‑ăs, and beseech Sy̆n‑́ty̆‑c͟hē, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I intreat thee also, true yoke­fellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clĕm‑́ĕnt also, and [with] other my fellow­labourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanks­giving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all under­standing, shall keep your hearts and minds through C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs.
8 Finally, brethren, what­soever things are true, what­soever things [are] honest, what­soever things [are] just, what­soever things [are] pure, what­soever things [are] lovely, what­soever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in what­soever state I am, [there­with] to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through C͟hrīst which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwith­standing ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye Phĭ‑lĭp‑́pịăns know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Măc̣‑ē‑dō‑́nĭ‑ă, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thĕss‑ă‑lō‑nī‑́că ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Ĕp‑ăph‑rō‑dī‑́tŭs the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well­pleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs.
20 Now unto God and our Father [be] glory for ever and ever. Ä‑́mĕn.
21 Salute every saint in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs. The brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of C̣ǣ‑́ṡär’s house­hold.
23 The grace of our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst [be] with you all. Ä‑́mĕn. <¶ It was written to the Phĭ‑lĭp‑́pịăns from Rōme by Ĕp‑ăph‑rō‑dī‑́tŭs.>