Philippians 1
World English Bible (WEB) • 30 verses
1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
Related2 Corinthians 1:1 · Acts 16:12-15 · Romans 1:1 · Colossians 1:1-2 · 2 Thessalonians 1:1 · 1 Timothy 3:8
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3I thank my God whenever I remember you,
Related1 Corinthians 1:4 · 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 · Philemon 1:4-5 · 2 Timothy 1:3 · Ephesians 1:15-16 · Colossians 1:3-4
4always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
Related1 Thessalonians 1:2 · Romans 1:9 · 2 John 1:4 · Philippians 2:2 · Ephesians 1:14-23 · Colossians 2:5
5for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
RelatedPhilippians 4:14-15 · Hebrews 3:14 · Philippians 1:7 · Philemon 1:17 · 2 Corinthians 8:1 · Ephesians 3:6
6being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Related1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 · Philippians 2:13 · Ephesians 4:12 · Hebrews 13:20-21 · Psalms 138:8 · 1 Peter 5:10
7It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Related2 Corinthians 7:3 · Philippians 1:5 · Colossians 4:18 · 2 Timothy 2:9 · Ephesians 3:1 · Philippians 4:14
8For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
RelatedRomans 1:9 · Philippians 4:1 · 1 Thessalonians 2:8 · 2 Timothy 1:4 · Romans 9:1 · Colossians 2:1
9This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Related1 Thessalonians 3:12 · Colossians 1:9 · Philemon 1:6 · 2 Peter 1:5-6 · Colossians 3:10 · 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
10so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
RelatedRomans 12:2 · 1 Thessalonians 3:13 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · Romans 2:18 · Ephesians 5:10 · 1 John 4:1
11being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
RelatedHebrews 12:11 · John 15:8 · John 15:4-5 · Colossians 1:10 · Galatians 5:22-23 · Philippians 4:17
12Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,
13so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
Related2 Timothy 2:9 · Ephesians 3:1 · Philippians 4:22 · Ephesians 6:20 · Philippians 1:7 · Acts 26:29
14and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
RelatedEphesians 6:19-20 · 1 Thessalonians 2:2 · Luke 1:74 · Colossians 4:4 · Philippians 1:7 · Colossians 4:7
15Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
RelatedRomans 16:17-18 · Philippians 2:3 · 2 Corinthians 11:13 · 2 Corinthians 4:5 · 1 Peter 5:2-4 · Philippians 1:16-18
16The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
Related2 Corinthians 2:17 · 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 · Job 6:14 · Philippians 1:12 · Psalms 69:26 · Philippians 1:10
17but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
Related2 Timothy 1:11-12 · Philippians 2:3 · 2 Timothy 4:6-7 · 1 Corinthians 9:16-17 · Philippians 1:7 · 2 Timothy 4:16
18What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
RelatedLuke 9:50 · Mark 9:38-40 · 1 Corinthians 15:11 · Philippians 1:14-17 · 1 Corinthians 14:15 · Matthew 23:13
19For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
RelatedRomans 8:28 · Acts 16:7 · 2 Corinthians 1:11 · Galatians 4:6 · Romans 8:9 · Ephesians 6:18-19
20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
Related1 Peter 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 6:20 · Isaiah 54:4 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · 1 John 2:28 · Ephesians 6:19-20
21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
RelatedGalatians 2:20 · 2 Corinthians 5:8 · 2 Corinthians 5:1 · Philippians 1:23 · 2 Corinthians 5:6 · Philippians 1:20
22But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.
Related1 Peter 4:2 · Galatians 2:20 · Philippians 1:24 · 2 Corinthians 10:3 · Psalms 71:18 · Acts 3:17
23But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Related2 Corinthians 5:8 · Psalms 17:15 · Revelation 14:13 · Acts 7:59 · Revelation 7:14-17 · John 17:24
24Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
25Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
RelatedPhilippians 2:24 · 2 Corinthians 1:24 · Ephesians 4:11-13 · Romans 1:11-12 · Romans 15:13 · Romans 5:2
26that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Related2 Corinthians 1:14 · 2 Corinthians 5:12 · Philippians 4:4 · Philippians 3:3 · Philippians 3:1 · 2 Corinthians 7:6
27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
RelatedEphesians 4:1 · 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 · 2 Peter 3:14 · 1 Corinthians 1:10 · Philippians 2:1-2 · Colossians 1:10
28and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
Related2 Timothy 1:7-8 · 2 Thessalonians 1:5-6 · Matthew 10:28 · Isaiah 51:7 · 2 Timothy 2:11-12 · 1 Peter 4:12-14
29Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
30having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
Related1 Thessalonians 2:2 · Acts 16:19-40 · 2 Timothy 4:7 · Romans 8:35-37 · Hebrews 12:4 · 2 Timothy 2:10-12
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