Philippians 1:3-11

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

³I thank my God every time I remember you.^(A) ⁴In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray^(B) with joy ⁵because of your partnership^(C) in the gospel from the first day^(D) until now, ⁶being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion^(E) until the day of Christ Jesus.^(F)

⁷It is right^(G) for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart^(H) and, whether I am in chains^(I) or defending^(J) and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. ⁸God can testify^(K) how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

⁹And this is my prayer: that your love^(L) may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,^(M) ¹⁰so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,^(N) ¹¹filled with the fruit of righteousness^(O) that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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Psalm 116

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Psalm 116

¹I love the Lord,^(A) for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry^(B) for mercy.^(C)
²Because he turned his ear^(D) to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

³The cords of death^(E) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴Then I called on the name^(F) of the Lord:
    “Lord, save me!^(G)”

⁵The Lord is gracious and righteous;^(H)
our God is full of compassion.^(I)
⁶The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low,^(J) he saved me.^(K)

⁷Return to your rest,^(L) my soul,
for the Lord has been good^(M) to you.

⁸For you, Lord, have delivered me^(N) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
⁹that I may walk before the Lord^(O)
    in the land of the living.^(P)

¹⁰I trusted^(Q) in the Lord when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;^(R)
¹¹in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”^(S)

¹²What shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness^(T) to me?

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name^(U) of the Lord.
¹⁴I will fulfill my vows^(V) to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight^(W) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.^(X)
¹⁶Truly I am your servant, Lord;^(Y)
    I serve you just as my mother did;^(Z)
    you have freed me from my chains.^(AA)

¹⁷I will sacrifice a thank offering^(AB) to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will fulfill my vows^(AC) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹in the courts^(AD) of the house of the Lord—
    in your midst, Jerusalem.^(AE)

Praise the Lord.^[a]

Footnotes

Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Psalm 40:2

New International Version

²He lifted me out of the slimy pit,^(A)
out of the mud^(B) and mire;^(C)
he set my feet^(D) on a rock^(E)
and gave me a firm place to stand.

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Revelation 4:11

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¹¹“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,^(A)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”^(B)

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1 Peter 1:7

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⁷These have come so that the proven genuineness^(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire^(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor^(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.^(D)

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