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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the
Philippians, chapter 1.

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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus
Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus,

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which are at Philippi, with the bishops
and deacons, grace be unto you,

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and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I thank my God upon every remembrance of
you, always in every prayer of mine for

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you, all making request with joy,
for your fellowship in the gospel from the

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first day unto now, being confident of
this very thing, that he which hath begun

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a good work in you will perform it unto
the day of Jesus Christ.

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Even as it is meet for me to think this of
you all, because I have you in my heart,

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inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the
defense and confirmation of the gospel,

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ye all are partakers of my grace.

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For God is my record, how greatly I long
after you all in the bowels of Jesus

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Christ.

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And this I pray, that your love may abound
yet more and more in knowledge and in all

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judgment, that ye may approve things that
are excellent, that ye may be sincere and

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without offense to the day of Christ,
being filled with the fruits of

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righteousness which are by Jesus Christ
unto the glory and praise of God.

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But I would ye should understand,
brethren, that the things which happened

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unto me have fallen out rather unto the
furtherance of the gospel, so that my

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bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace and in all other places.

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And many of the brethren in the Lord,
waxing confident by my bonds, are much

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more bold to speak the word without fear.

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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and
strife, and some also of goodwill.

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The one preach Christ of contention not
sincerely, supposing to add affliction to

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my bonds, but the other of love,
knowing that I am set for the defense of

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the gospel.

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What then?

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Notwithstanding every way, whether in
pretense or in truth, Christ is preached,

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and I therein do rejoice, yea,
and will rejoice.

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For I know that this shall turn to my
salvation through your prayer and the

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supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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According to my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed,

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but that with all boldness, as always,
so now also Christ shall be magnified in

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my body, whether it be by life or by
death.

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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.

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But if I live in the flesh, this is the
fruit of my labor.

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Yet what I shall choose I ought not.

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For I am in a strait betwixt two,
having a desire to depart and to be with

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Christ, which is far better.

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Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is
more needful for you.

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And having this confidence, I know that I
shall abide and continue with you all for

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your furtherance and joy of faith,
that your rejoicing may be more abundant

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in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you
again.

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Only let your conversation be as it
becometh the gospel of Christ,

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that whether I come and see you,
or else be absent, I may hear of your

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affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit,
with one mind, striving together for the

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faith of the gospel, and in nothing
terrified by your adversaries,

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which is to them an evident token of
perdition, but to you of salvation and

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that of God.

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For unto you it is given in the behalf of
Christ not only to believe on him,

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but also to suffer for his sake,
having the same conflict which ye saw in

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me, and now hear to be in me.