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\v 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the ones set apart in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
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\v 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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\v 3 I thank my God with every thought of you,
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\v 4 Every time I pray for you, it is always a prayer of 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 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 after you all in the depths of the love of Christ Jesus.
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\v 9 And I am praying that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and complete understanding.
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\v 10 I do this so that you may test and choose the things that are excellent in order that you may be sincere and without offense in the day of Christ,
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\v 11 and that you will be filled with the fruits of righteousness that come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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\v 12 Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things that happened to me have advanced the progress of the gospel.
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\v 13 This is because my imprisonment for the sake of Christ became known throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else.
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\v 14 Now most of the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident because of my imprisonment, speak the word of God with more boldness and without fear.
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\v 15 Some indeed even proclaim Christ out of envy and strife, and others also out of good will.
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\v 16 The ones who proclaim Christ out of love know that I have been assigned to defend the gospel.
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\v 17 But the others proclaim Christ out of selfish and insincere motives. They think they are adding to the affliction I suffer in my imprisonment.
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\v 18 So what? Either way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and I rejoice in that! Yes, I will rejoice.
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\v 19 For I know that this will lead to my deliverance because of your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
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\v 20 It is my confident expectation and certainty that I will not be ashamed. But with all courage, as always and especially right now, I will bring glory to Christ 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 to live in the flesh produces fruit from my labor, then I do not know which to choose.
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\v 23 For I am pulled by both of these choices. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is much, much 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 Since I am confident about this, I know that I will remain, yes, and that I will continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith.
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\v 26 As a result, you should be proud of me in Christ Jesus when I am present with you again.
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\v 27 Only conduct your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that, whether I come to see you or I am absent, I may hear about how you stand firmly in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel.
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\v 28 And do not be frightened by anything from those opposing you, which is for them a sign of their destruction but of your salvation, salvation that is from God.
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\v 29 Because to you it has been granted, for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
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\v 30 since you have to suffer the same conflict you saw in me, and now you have heard that it is in me.
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