<vn='1'><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s>, the <sn="1401">servants</s> of <sn="5547">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, to <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> which <sn="5607">are</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="5375">Philippi</s>, <sn="4862">with</s> the <sn="1985">bishops</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1249">deacons</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="5485">Grace</s> be unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="575">from</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>I <sn="2168">thank</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="3417">remembrance</s> of <sn="5216">you</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3842">Always</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="1162">prayer</s> of <sn="3450">mine</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4160">making</s><sn="1162">request</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="5479">joy</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1909">For</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2842">fellowship</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="4413">first</s><sn="2250">day</s><sn="891">until</s><sn="3568">now</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>Being <sn="3982">confident</s> of this very <sn="5124 848">thing</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> he which hath <sn="1728">begun</s> a <sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">work</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s> will <sn="2005">perform</s> it <sn="891">until</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>Even <sn="2531">as</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1342">meet</s> for <sn="1698">me</s> to <sn="5426">think</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="5228">of</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="3956">all</s>, because <sn="3165">I</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">in</s> my <sn="2588">heart</s>; inasmuch as <sn="5037">both</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1199">bonds</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="627">defense</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="951">confirmation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, <sn="5209">ye</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5607">are</s><sn="4791">partakers</s> of <sn="3450">my</s><sn="5485">grace</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3144">record</s>, <sn="5613">how</s> greatly I long <sn="1971">after</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4698">bowels</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="4336">pray</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="26">love</s> may <sn="4052">abound</s><sn="2089">yet</s><sn="3123">more</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3123">more</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1922">knowledge</s><sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3956">all</s><sn="144">judgment</s>; </v>
<vn='10'>That <sn="5209">ye</s> may <sn="1381">approve</s> things that are <sn="1308">excellent</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> ye may <sn="5600">be</s><sn="1506">sincere</s><sn="2532">and</s> without <sn="677">offense</s><sn="1519">till</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>Being <sn="4137">filled</s> with the <sn="2590">fruits</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> are <sn="1223">by</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="1519">unto</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1868">praise</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="1014">would</s><sn="5209">ye</s> should <sn="1097">understand</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> which happened <sn="2596">unto</s><sn="1691">me</s> have fallen <sn="2064">out</s><sn="3123">rather</s><sn="1519">unto</s> the <sn="4297">furtherance</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="5620">that</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1199">bonds</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1096">are</s><sn="5318">manifest</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4232">palace</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3062">other</s> places; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4119">many</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, waxing <sn="3982">confident</s> by <sn="3450">my</s><sn="1199">bonds</s>, are much more <sn="5111 4056">bold</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> without <sn="870">fear</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="5100">Some</s><sn="3303">indeed</s><sn="2784">preach</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="1223">of</s><sn="5355">envy</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2054">strife</s>; <sn="1161">and</s><sn="5100">some</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1223">of</s> good <sn="2107">will</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="3588 3303">one</s><sn="2605">preach</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2052">contention</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="55">sincerely</s>, <sn="3633">supposing</s> to <sn="2018">add</s><sn="2347">affliction</s> to <sn="3450">my</s><sn="1199">bonds</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">But</s> the <sn="3588">other</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="26">love</s>, <sn="1492">knowing</s><sn="3754">that</s> I am <sn="2749">set</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="627">defense</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="5101">What</s><sn="1063">then</s>? <sn="4133">notwithstanding</s>, <sn="3956">every</s><sn="5158">way</s>, <sn="1535">whether</s> in <sn="4392">pretense</s>, <sn="1535">or</s> in <sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="5547">Christ</s> is <sn="2605">preached</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> I <sn="1722 5129">therein</s> do <sn="5463">rejoice</s>, <sn="235">yea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will <sn="5463">rejoice</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="5124">this</s> shall <sn="576">turn</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3427">my</s><sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="1162">prayer</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="2024">supply</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2596">According</s> to <sn="3450">my</s> earnest <sn="603">expectation</s><sn="2532">and</s> my <sn="1680">hope</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3762">nothing</s> I shall be <sn="153">ashamed</s>, <sn="235">but</s> that <sn="1722">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3954">boldness</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3842">always</s>, so <sn="3568">now</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> shall be <sn="3170">magnified</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="1535">whether</s> it be <sn="1223">by</s><sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="1535">or</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2288">death</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s> to <sn="1698">me</s> to <sn="2198">live</s> is <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="599">die</s> is <sn="2771">gain</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s> I <sn="2198">live</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="5124">this</s> is the <sn="2590">fruit</s> of <sn="3427">my</s><sn="2041">labor</s>: <sn="2532">yet</s><sn="5101">what</s> I shall <sn="138">choose</s> I <sn="1107">wot</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1063">For</s> I am in a <sn="4912">strait</s><sn="1537">between</s><sn="1417">two</s>, <sn="2192">having</s> a <sn="1939">desire</s> to <sn="360">depart</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="1511">be</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>; which is <sn="4183 3123">far</s><sn="2909">better</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">Nevertheless</s> to <sn="1961">abide</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> is more <sn="316">needful</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2532">And</s> having this <sn="3982 5124">confidence</s>, I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> I shall <sn="3306">abide</s><sn="2532">and</s> continue <sn="4839">with</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="4297">furtherance</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5479">joy</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s>; </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2745">rejoicing</s> may be more <sn="4052">abundant</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1722">for</s><sn="1698">me</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="1699">my</s><sn="3952">coming</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3825">again</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3440">Only</s> let your conversation <sn="4176">be</s> as it <sn="516">becometh</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>: <sn="2443">that</s><sn="1535">whether</s> I <sn="2064">come</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="5209">you</s>, or <sn="1535">else</s> be <sn="548">absent</s>, I may <sn="191">hear</s> of your <sn="5216 4012">affairs</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> ye stand <sn="4739">fast</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1520">one</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, with <sn="3391">one</s><sn="5590">mind</s> striving <sn="4866">together</s> for <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>; </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3367">nothing</s><sn="4426 3361">terrified</s><sn="5259">by</s> your <sn="480">adversaries</s>: <sn="3748">which</s><sn="2076">is</s> to <sn="846">them</s><sn="*3303">an</s> evident <sn="1732">token</s> of <sn="684">perdition</s>, <sn="1161">but</s> to <sn="5213">you</s> of <sn="4991">salvation</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5124">that</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="3754">For</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s> it is <sn="5483">given</s> in the <sn="5228">behalf</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s> to <sn="4100">believe</s><sn="1519">on</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s> to <sn="3958">suffer</s> for his <sn="5228 846">sake</s>; </v>
<vn='30'><sn="2192">Having</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="73">conflict</s><sn="3634">which</s> ye <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="191">hear</s> to be <sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>. </v>