腓 立 比 書 1
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
1 我，保罗和提摩太，耶稣基督的仆人，写信给所有住在腓立比在耶稣基督里的子民，以及长老 [a]和执事 [b]们。
2 愿来自上帝、我们的父和我们的主耶稣基督的恩典与和平属于你们。
保罗的祈祷
3 每逢想起你们，我就感谢上帝。 4 我总是怀着喜悦的心情，为你们所有的人祈祷， 5 因为从开始到现在，你们始终对传福音做出了贡献。 6 我坚信，在你们中间开始这项美好事业的上帝，一定会继续这项工作，直到耶稣基督重返那天，并把它完成。
7 我这么认为你们所有的人是对的，因为我心中有你们，不论我在狱中，还是为福音做辩护和见证时，你们都分享了上帝赐给我的恩赐。 8 上帝是我的证人，我怀着耶稣基督的爱心，渴望见到你们。
9 这就是我为你们的祈祷：
你们的爱心随着知识和理解，
会不断增长，与日俱增。
10 我祈祷你们拥有这些品德，
使你们能够识别什么是最好的，
因而，在基督来临的那天，
你们会是纯洁无暇，无可指摘的。
11 通过基督，你们将结满道义的硕果，
给上帝带来荣耀和赞美。
保罗的患难有助于主的事业
12 兄弟们，我想让你们知道，我的遭遇推动了福音的进一步传播。 13 我因为跟随基督而入监。结果，王宫的警卫和其它所有的人，都得知我为此而受到监禁。 14 不但如此，我的监禁使主内的很多兄弟受到了鼓励，他们在传福音时，变得更加勇敢、无所畏惧。
15 不错，有些人宣传基督是出于嫉妒和好争，但是，也有一些人宣传基督是出于好的愿望， 16 他们这样做是出于爱，因为他们知道上帝派我来为福音辩护。 17 其他人宣讲基督则是出于自私的野心，不是真诚的。他们以为趁我在狱中时，就可以给我制造麻烦。
18 可是这有什么关系呢？重要的是，无论动机好与不好，基督得到了宣扬，这就使我很高兴，我还会继续为此高兴的。 19 因为我知道通过你们的祈祷和耶稣基督圣灵的帮助，我会获得自由的。 20 这和我热切的期待和希望是一致的，因此我坚信任何事情都不会让我失望。就像往常一样，我勇气十足。不论我是生还是死，基督都会在我的身体里得到荣誉。 21 因为对于我来说，活着意味着基督，死意味着有所得。 22 但是，如果我继续活在这个躯体里，就意味着我将享受我的工作成果，所以我不知道该选择什么。 23 我在这两种选择之间，左右为难。我有要离开这个生命的愿望，去与基督同在，这是再好不过了。 24 但是，为了你们的缘故，我活在自己的身体里，更有必要。 25 既然我坚信这点，我知道我会呆在这里，继续和你们在一起，帮助你们在信仰上更有长进，更快乐， 26 因此，当我和你们重逢时，你们更有理由在基督里为我感到骄傲了。
27 但是，你们的生活方式一定要符合耶稣的福音要求，这样，无论我是来探望你们还是远离你们，我都能听到你们的消息，并得知你们抱着共同的目标，坚定不移地为所信的福音共同奋斗。 28 不要害怕反对你们的人，你们身上的勇气表明他们必定被摧毁，而你们必定会得拯救，这是上帝的作为。 29 上帝不但赐给了你们相信基督的荣誉，而且还赐给了你们为他受苦的荣誉， 30 当我和你们在一起时，你们就知道我与反对福音的人所作的斗争。现在你们听说我仍然进行着这斗争，并且也加入了这场斗争。
Footnotes
- 腓 立 比 書 1:1 长老： 被选来领导教会，也称监督者和牧师，他们做照顾上帝子民的工作。《使徒传》20:28；《以弗所书》4:11；《提多书》1:7，9。
- 腓 立 比 書 1:1 执事： 特殊助手。希腊字意为“仆人”。他们被选为教会做特别的服务。
Philippians 1
King James Version
1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
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;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
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