¹From Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers, ²grace to you and peace from God our father and Lord, Jesus Christ. ³I give thanks to my God at every mention of you, ⁴always, in every request of mine, making the request for all of you with joy, ⁵for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day up to now, ⁶confident of this very thing, that he who started a good work in you will be completing it until the day of Christ Jesus, ⁷and it is right for me to think this of all of you like this, because I have you in my heart, in both my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all being fellow sharers of my grace. ⁸For God is my witness how I long for all of you in the compassion of Jesus Christ, ⁹and I pray for this, that your love may abound still more and more in acknowledgment and every insight, ¹⁰so that you scrutinize the things that differ, in order that you may be sincere and inoffensive up to the day of Christ, ¹¹having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. ¹²But I wish you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have rather led to progress of the gospel, ¹³so that my bonds on account of Christ have become well-known in all the governmental offices and all the other places, ¹⁴and so that most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord, because of my bonds, dare more than ever to speak the word fearlessly. ¹⁵Some, however, preach Christ through envy and rivalry, but others also through goodwill. ¹⁶Some proclaim Christ out of self-interest, not with pure motives, thinking to bring affliction on top of my bonds, ¹⁷whereas others do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defence of the gospel. ¹⁸So what? As long as, in one way or another, whether by pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice, and not only so, but I will rejoice. ¹⁹For I am aware that this, you know, will turn out to salvation through your supplication and the support of the spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall not be ashamed of anything, but that in all frankness, now as always, Christ will be magnified by my body whether through life or through death. ²¹Because for me to live means Christ, and to die is gain. ²²But if to live in the flesh means I have the fruit of my work, then what I will choose, I cannot tell. ²³But I am squeezed by the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better, ²⁴but to remain in the flesh is the more necessary on your account, ²⁵and being convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and stay along with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶so that your exultation may abound in Christ Jesus because of me through my presence again with you. ²⁷Only conduct yourselves as citizens worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or whether I am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you are standing in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸and not being alarmed by anything done by your adversaries, which is an indication to them of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. ²⁹For it is granted to you concerning Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake, ³⁰having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear is in me.