The Letter to the Philippians - Verse by Verse

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Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

 

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Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

 

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Philippians 1:10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

 

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Philippians 1:11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

 

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Philippians 1:12 Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

 

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Philippians 1:13 so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

 

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Philippians 1:14 and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

 

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Philippians 1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

 

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Philippians 1:16 the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

 

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Philippians 1:17 the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

 

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Philippians 1:18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

 

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Philippians 1:19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

 

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Philippians 1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

 

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Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

 

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Philippians 1:22
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

 

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Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

 

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Philippians 1:24
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

 

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Philippians 1:25
And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

 

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Philippians 1:26
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

 

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Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;