Greeting
1Paul and Timothy, servants1 of Christ Jesus,
To all the asaints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the boverseers2 and cdeacons:3
2dGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3eI thank my God fin all my remembrance of you, 4always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5gbecause of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6And I am sure of this, that he who began ha good work in you iwill bring it to completion at jthe day of Jesus Christ. 7It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you kin my heart, for you are all lpartakers with me of grace,4 both min my imprisonment and in nthe defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8For oGod is my witness, phow I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9And it is my prayer that qyour love may abound more and more, rwith knowledge and all discernment, 10so that you may approve what is excellent, sand so be pure and blameless tfor the day of Christ, 11filled uwith the fruit of righteousness that comes vthrough Jesus Christ, wto the glory and praise of God.
The Advance of the Gospel
12I want you to know, brothers,5 that what has happened to me has really xserved to advance the gospel, 13so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard6 and yto all the rest that zmy imprisonment is for Christ. 14And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold ato speak the word7 without fear.
15bSome indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16The latter do it out of love, cknowing that I am put here for dthe defense of the gospel. 17The former proclaim Christ eout of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.
To Live Is Christ
Yes, and I will rejoice,
Footnotes
- 1 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
- 2 1:1 Or bishops; Greek episkopoi
- 3 1:1 Or servants, or ministers; Greek diakonoi
- 4 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace
- 5 1:12 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 14
- 6 1:13 Greek in the whole praetorium
- 7 1:14 Some manuscripts add of God
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Philippians 1:7 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 46:00 • ID: 2039
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Philippians 1:12 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 25:14 • ID: 2040
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A Study in Philippians, Volume 1
Shining Lights in a Darkened World Philippians 1:1–2:30 Series • ID: 15001Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.