11:1PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy the brother, to the beloved. Philemon and our fellow-laborer,1:2and to the beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly at your house.1:3Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
21:4I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,1:5hearing of your love and faith which you have for the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,1:6that your participation of the faith may be made effectual by a knowledge of all the good which we have in Christ Jesus.1:7For I have great joy and comfort in your love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother.1:8Wherefore, having great boldness to command you what is fit,1:9on account of love I rather request; being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus,1:10I request you for my son Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds,1:11who was formerly not useful to you but is now most useful to you and me,1:12whom I have sent back. And do you receive him, that is, my soul,1:13whom I should like to retain for myself, that he might serve me for you in the bonds of the gospel,1:14but without your consent I will do nothing, that your service may not be compulsory but voluntary;1:15for perhaps he has been separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever,1:16no longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.1:17If therefore you regard me as a friend receive him as myself.1:18If he injured you, or owes you any thing, set it to my account.1:19I, Paul, have written with my hand; I will pay; not to tell you that you owe yourself to me.1:20Yes, brother, let me be profited by you in the Lord; refresh my soul in Christ.
31:21I have written to you, having confidence in your obedience, knowing that you will do even more than I say.1:22But at the same time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.1:23Epaphras, who is my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,1:24Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-laborers, salute you.1:25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
11:1PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,1:2to the saints in Colosse and the faithful brothers in Christ. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father.
21:3We thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,1:4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints,1:5on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel1:6which is present with you as also in all the world, and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;1:7as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,1:8and who made known to us your love in the Spirit.
31:9Therefore we also, from the day that we heard, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,1:10that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;1:11being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious power, for all patience and long suffering with joy;1:12giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,1:13who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,1:14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins,1:15who is the likeness of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation,1:16for by him were all things created which are in heaven and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and for him,1:17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist,1:18and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,1:19for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell,1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens.1:21And you, formerly alienated and enemies in mind by evil works, he has now reconciled1:22by the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame and without fault before him,1:23if indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
41:24Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,1:25of which I was made a minister according to the dispensation of God given me for you, to complete the word of God,1:26the mystery concealed from ages and from generations, but now it has been manifested to his saints,1:27to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,1:28whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;1:29for which I also labor, striving with his power which operates in me with power.
52:1For I wish you to know what a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,2:2that your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and [raised] to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God,2:3in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.2:4But I say this that no one may mislead you with persuasive words.2:5For if I am absent in the flesh, still I am present in spirit with you, rejoicing and beholding your order and the strength of your faith in Christ.2:6As therefore you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,2:7founded and built up in him, and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
62:8See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,2:9for in him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily2:10and you are made perfect in him, who is the head of all principality and power,2:11in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ,2:12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;2:13and you being dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made you alive with him, having forgiven us all sins,2:14having blotted out what was written by the hand in ordinances which was against us, and has taken it away from between [us], having nailed it to the cross;2:15[and] having subjugated principalities and powers, he made a public exhibition of them, leading them in triumph by it.
72:16Let no man therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect to a feast, or new moon, or sabbath,2:17which are a shadow of things that were to come; but the body is Christ's.2:18Let no one wishing [it] deprive you of your reward by humility and a worship of angels, intruding into what he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind,2:19and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.2:20If therefore you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do you practice ordinances as living in the world,—2:21you shall not touch, you shall not taste, you shall not feel,—2:22all which are to perish in the using—according to the commandments and instructions of men?2:23Which have an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship and humiliation, and in a rigorous treatment of the body, [which is held] in no respect for the surfeiting of the flesh.
13:1IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God;3:2employ your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.3:3For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God;3:4when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.
23:5Put to death, therefore, your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry,3:6for which comes the wrath of God.3:7In which also you walked formerly when you lived in them;3:8but now do you put away also all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, vile conversation out of your mouth;3:9lie not one to another; put off the old man with his doings,3:10and put on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the likeness of him that created him,3:11where there are not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, servant, freeman, but Christ is all things and in all.
33:12Put on, therefore, as elect and beloved saints of God, hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering,3:13forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any one has a charge against any, as Christ forgave you, so [do] you also,3:14and in addition to all these [put on] love, which is the bond of perfection.3:15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for which you have been called in one body; and be thankful.3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God,3:17and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him.
43:18Wives, be subject to the husbands, as is fit in the Lord.3:19Husbands, love the wives and be not bitter to them.3:20Children, obey [your] parents in all things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord.3:21Fathers, be not fault-finding with your children, that they be not discouraged.3:22Servants, obey in all things masters according to the flesh, not with eye service, as those pleasing men, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.3:23And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men;3:24knowing that you will receive from the Lord the recompense of the inheritance. You serve Christ the Lord;3:25for he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no respect of persons.4:1Masters, render to your servants what is just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.
54:2Be constant in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,4:3praying also at the same time for us, that God will open to us a door of utterance to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am bound,4:4that I may declare it plainly, as I ought to speak.4:5Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming the time.4:6Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.
64:7Tychicus will inform you of all things relating to me, who is a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord,4:8whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that he may know your affairs and comfort your hearts,4:9with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you; they will tell you of all things here.
74:10Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the nephew of Barnabas,—concerning whom you received commandments, if he comes to you receive him,—4:11and Jesus called Justus, who are of the circumcision; these are the only co-laborers for the kingdom of God who have been a comfort to me.4:12Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.4:13For I bear him witness that he has great zeal for you and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.4:14Luke the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.4:15Salute the brothers in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly at his house.4:16And when this letter has been read with you, cause that it be also read by the church of the Laodiceans; and do you also read that from Laodicea.4:17And say to Archippus, Attend to your ministry which you received in the Lord, to perform it fully.4:18The salutation with my hand, Paul's. Remember my bonds. The grace be with you.
11:1PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in [Ephesus] and the faithful in Christ Jesus.1:2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
21:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in Christ,1:4as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him,1:5having predestinated us in love to an adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,1:6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he bestowed upon us in the beloved,1:7in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,1:8which he bestowed on us abundantly with all wisdom and knowledge1:9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself1:10in respect to the dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him1:11in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,1:12that we should be for a praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ;1:13in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,1:14which is a pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.
31:15Therefore, I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love to all the saints,1:16do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;1:18the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,1:19and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power,1:20which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],1:21above every principality and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this life but also in that to come,1:22and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church,1:23which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.
42:1And you being dead in trespasses and sins,—2:2in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,2:3among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others;2:4but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,—2:5even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,—by grace are you saved,2:6and raised us up and seated us together with Christ Jesus in the heavenly worlds,2:7that he might show in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace in goodness to us by Jesus Christ.2:8For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God;2:9not of works, that no one may boast;2:10for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.
52:11Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,2:12that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;2:13but now, in Christ Jesus you who were formerly far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ.2:14For he is our peace, who made both one and broke down the middle wall of partition,2:15the enmity, and abolished by his flesh the law of commandments [consisting] of ordinances, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, making peace,2:16and reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it.2:17And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far off, and peace to those nigh,2:18for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God,2:20being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,2:21by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,2:22in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.
63:1For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles,3:2if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you,3:3that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,—as I wrote before in a few words,3:4by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,—3:5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,3:6that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,3:7of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power.3:8To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,3:9and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,3:10that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God,3:11according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,3:12in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him.
73:13Wherefore I desire you not to faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.3:14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,3:15of whom all the family in heaven and on earth is named,3:16that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man,3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love,3:18that you may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height,3:19and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.3:20To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us,3:21to him be the glory in the church in Jesus Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen.
14:1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,4:2with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love,4:3using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.4:4There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;4:6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.4:7And to each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
24:8Wherefore he says, When he ascended on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.4:9But this, that he ascended, what is it but that he first descended into the lower parts of the earth?4:10He that descended is the same also that ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all [places].4:11And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,4:12for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ,4:13till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,4:14that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,4:15but speaking the truth with love we may grow to him in all things, who is the head, Christ;4:16by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.
34:17This I say then and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the other gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,4:18with their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts,4:19who being without feeling have given themselves up to lewdness, to commit every impurity with greediness.4:20But you have not so learned Christ,4:21if you have indeed heard him, and been instructed by him as the truth is in Jesus,4:22that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires,4:23and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,4:24and put on the new man, created after God in righteousness and true holiness.
44:25Wherefore, laying aside lying let every one speak the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.4:26Be angry and sin not; let not the sun go down on your wrath,4:27neither give place to the devil.4:28Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may have to give to him that needs.4:29Let no evil word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for useful edification, that it may afford benefit to those that hear.4:30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.4:32But be kind one to another, merciful, giving one to another, as God also in Christ gave to you.5:1Be therefore followers of God, as dear children,5:2and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.
55:3Let not fornication and any impurity or covetousness be named among you, as becomes saints,5:4nor indecorum and foolish talking, or jesting, things not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.5:5For you know this, that no fornicator, or impure, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.5:7Be not therefore partakers with them.5:8For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,—5:9for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,—5:10proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,5:11and be not partakers of the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.5:12For the things which are done by them in secret it is base even to mention;5:13but all things proved to be wrong are made manifest by the light; for every thing which makes manifest is light.5:14Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
65:15See then that you walk discreetly, not as unwise but as wise,5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.5:17Be not foolish therefore, but understand what the will of the Lord is.5:18And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,5:19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,5:20giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,5:21being subject one to another in the fear of Christ.5:22Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,5:23for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body.5:24But as the church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to husbands in every thing.5:25Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,5:26that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,5:27that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.5:28Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;5:29for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;5:30for we are members of his body.5:31For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.5:32This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.5:33But do you also, individually, each one so love his wife as himself, and the wife [see] that she reverences the husband.
76:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.6:2Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,6:3that it may be well with you, and you shall live long in the land.6:4And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
86:5Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ,6:6not with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,6:7performing service kindly as to the Lord and not to men,6:8knowing that whatever good each one does, for this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a freeman.6:9And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
96:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.6:11Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil;6:12for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds].6:13Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand.6:14Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness,6:15and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;6:16over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil.6:17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,6:18praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,6:19and for me, that a word may be given me at the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,6:20in behalf of which I perform an embassy in bonds, that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak.
106:21But that you may also know the things concerning me, how I do, Tichycus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will inform you of all things;6:22whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.6:23Peace and love be to the brothers with faith, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.6:24The grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with constancy.
11:1PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.1:2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
21:3I thank my God at every remembrance of you,1:4always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,1:5for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now,1:6having this same confidence, that he who has begun a good work in you will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ,1:7as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers of my grace.1:8For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,1:10that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
31:12But I wish you to know, brothers, that the things as to me have resulted in the advancement of the gospel,1:13so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Prætorium and in all other places,1:14and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear.1:15For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will;1:17those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel,1:16but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds.1:18What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice;1:19for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,1:20according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.1:21Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain.1:22But if to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall choose I know not.1:23But I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far better;1:24but to continue in the flesh is more necessary for you.1:25And fully believing this, I know that I shall continue, and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of the faith,1:26that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus by me through my coming again to you.
41:27Only conduct yourselves as citizens worthily of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand firm in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,1:28terrified in nothing by the adversaries, which is to them a token of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God;1:29because it was given to you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him but also to suffer for him,1:30having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear of in me.
52:1If therefore there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,2:2fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion.2:3Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,2:4and let each consider not his own interests, but also those of others.2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,2:6who being in the form of God thought it not a robbery to be equal with God;2:7but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man,2:8and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross.2:9Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name,2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth,2:11and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
62:12And so, my beloved, as you always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;2:13for God works in you both to will and to work of his good pleasure.2:14Do all things without complainings and disputations,2:15that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,2:16holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.2:17But if I am even poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate you all;2:18do you also rejoice with the same joy and congratulate me.
72:19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I may be refreshed when I know your affairs.2:20For I have no one like minded who really will care for your interests;2:21for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.2:22But you know his tried virtue, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.2:23Him therefore I hope to send to you as soon as I know how it will be with me;2:24and I hope in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
82:25But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother and my fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and servant of my need,2:26for he greatly desired you all and was anxious, because you heard that he was sick.2:27For indeed he was sick nigh to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him again you may rejoice and I be less sorrowful.2:29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in estimation,2:30because on account of the work he was nigh to death, not having consulted properly for his life, that he might fully supply your lack of service to me.
13:1FINALLY, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord; for to write the same things to you is not grievous to me, and is safe for you.3:2Beware of the dogs, beware of evil laborers, beware of the concision.3:3We are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and trust not in the flesh,3:4although I have ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other one thinks he may trust in the flesh, I [may] more;3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, as to the law a Pharisee,3:6as to zeal persecuting the church, as to righteousness by the law being blameless.3:7But whatever things were my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ.3:8But for the same reason also I consider all things to be a loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them worthless that I may gain Christ3:9and be found in him, not having my righteousness by the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by the faith,3:10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,3:11that I may attain the resurrection from the dead.3:12Not that I have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by Christ.3:13I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before,3:14I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.3:15Let us, as many as are perfect therefore, be of this mind; and if any one thinks at all otherwise, God shall also reveal this to you;3:16but in what we have attained, in this let us walk.
23:17Be followers of me, brothers, and observe those who walk so as you have us for an example.3:18For many walk, of whom I told you often and now also tell you weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ;3:19whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and their glory in their shame; who regard earthly things.3:20But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,3:21who will change our humble body, and make it like his glorious body, by the power by which he is able also to subject all things to himself.4:1So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.
34:2I beseech Euodias and I beseech Syntyche to have the same mind in the Lord.4:3Yes, I beseech you also, faithful yoke-fellow, help those women who strove in the gospel with me, with Clement and the rest of my co-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
44:4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.4:5Let your gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is near.4:6Be anxious for nothing, but with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.4:7And may the peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
54:8Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, consider these things;4:9and what you learned and received and heard and knew in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.
64:10But I rejoice greatly in the Lord, that now at length you began again to care for me, for whom also you did care, but had no opportunity [to serve me].4:11Not that I speak of want; for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am to be contented.4:12I know both how to be humbled, and I know how to abound; in every thing and in all conditions I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer want.4:13I endure all things with him that strengthens me.4:14But you did well to communicate with my affliction,4:15And you know also, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only;4:16for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent to my need.4:17Not that I desire a gift, but I desire the fruit which abounds to your account.4:18But I have all things and abound, I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a perfume of good odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.4:19And God shall fully supply all your need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.4:20To our God and Father be the glory forever and ever; amen.
74:21Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me salute you.4:22All the saints salute you, especially those of Cæsar's family.4:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits.