1PAUL and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the Holy in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with Bishops and Deacons: 2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3I thank my God for all your remembrance of me, 4always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy 5for your fellowship in spreading the good news from the first day until now, 6being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun the good work in you will carry it on to completion on the day of Christ Jesus. 7So it is right for me to think of you all, because you have me in your hearts, and in my chains and in my defense and in establishing the good news you are all sharers in my privilege. 8For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the affections of Christ Jesus. 9And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and all insight, 10so that you may discriminate between the things that differ, that you may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, 11filled with the fruit of knowledge through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. 12I wish you to know, brethren, that my affairs have turned out rather to the furtherance of the good news, 13so that my chains have become well known as for Christ to the whole Praetorian Guard and to all the rest, 14and the most of the brethren in the Lord, made confident by my chains, are unusually brave in speaking the message fearlessly. 15Some indeed proclaim Christ because of envy and rivalry, some also because of good will. 16Some announce Christ from love, knowing that I am placed for the defense of the good news, 17but others out of partisanship, thinking to add distress to my chains. 18What then? Still in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed and in that I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. 19For I know that this will make for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death. 21For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If it is to be life in the flesh, that means fruitful work for me. I know not which to choose. 23I am under pressure both ways, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better, 24yet that I should stay in the flesh is more needful on your account. 25And this I confidently know, that I shall stay and stay near you all for your advancement and joy of faith, 26that your exultation in Christ Jesus may overflow on my account, because of my presence again with you. 27Only exercise your citizenship in a manner worthy of the good news of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or in absence hear news of you, I may know that you are standing in one spirit, with one mind wrestling in the faith of the good news 28and not frightened in anything by your adversaries, which for them is a sign of ruin, but for you of salvation, and that from God; 29because it has been graciously allowed you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for his sake, 30and you have the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear of in me.