Philippians 1

J.B. Phillips New Testament

1 ^1-2Paul and Timothy, true servants of Jesus Christ, to the bishops, deacons and all true Christians at Philippi, grace and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ the Lord!

I have the most pleasant memories of you

^3-6I thank God for you Christians at Philippi whenever I think of you. My constant prayers for you are a real joy, for they bring back to my mind how we have worked together for the Gospel from the earliest days until now. I feel sure that the one who has begun his good work in you will go on developing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

^7-11It is only natural that I should feel like this about you all—you are very dear to me. For during the time I was in prison as well as when I was out defending and demonstrating the power of the Gospel we shared together the grace of God. God knows how much I long, with the deepest Christian love and affection, for your companionship. My prayer for you is that you may have still more love—a love that is full of knowledge and wise insight. I want you to be able always to recognise the highest and the best, and to live sincere and blameless lives until the day of Jesus Christ. I want to see your lives full of true goodness, produced by the power that Jesus Christ gives you to the praise and glory of God.

My imprisonment has turned out to be no bad thing

^12-18aNow, concerning myself, I want you to know, my brothers, that what has happened to me has, in effect, turned out to the advantage of the Gospel. For, first of all, my imprisonment means a personal witness for Christ before the palace guards not to mention others who come and go. Then, it means that most of our brothers, somehow taking fresh heart in the Lord from the very fact that I am a prisoner for Christ’s sake, have shown far more courage in boldly proclaiming the Word of God. I know that some are preaching Christ out of jealousy, in order to annoy me, but some are preaching him in good faith. These latter are preaching out of their love for me. For they know that God has set me here in prison to defend our right to preach the Gospel. The motive of the former is questionable—they preach in a partisan spirit, hoping to make my chains even more galling than they would otherwise be. But what does it matter? However they may look at it, the fact remains that Christ is being preached, whether sincerely or not, and that fact makes me very happy.

^18b-26Yes, and I shall go on being very happy, for I know that what is happening will be for the good of my own soul, thanks to your prayers and the resources of the spirit of Jesus Christ. It all accords with my own earnest wishes and hopes, which are that I should never be in any way ashamed, but that now, as always, I should honour Christ with the utmost boldness by the way I live, whether that means I am to face death or to go on living. For living to me means simply “Christ”, and if I die I should merely gain more of him. I realise, of course, that the work which I have started may make it necessary for me to go on living in this world, I should find it very hard to make a choice. I am torn in two directions—on the one hand I long to leave this world and live with Christ, and that is obviously the best thing for me. Yet, on the other hand, it is probably more necessary for you that I should stay here on earth. That is why I feel pretty well convinced that I shall not leave this world yet, but shall be able to stand by you, to help you forward in Christian living and to find increasing joy in your faith. So you can look forward to making much of me as your minister in Christ when I come to see you again!

^27-30But whatever happens, make sure that your everyday life is worthy of the Gospel of Christ. So that whether I do come and see you, or merely hear about you from a distance, I may know that you are standing fast in a united spirit, battling with a single mind for the faith of the Gospel and not caring two straws for your enemies. The very fact that they are your enemies is plain proof that they are lost to God, while the fact that you have such men as enemies is plain proof that you yourselves are being saved by God. You are given, in this battle, the privilege not merely of believing in Christ but also of suffering for his sake. It is now your turn to take part in that battle you once saw me engaged in, and which, in point of fact, I am still fighting.

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Ketab El Hayat

1 مِنْ بُولُسَ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسَ، عَبْدَي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، إِلَى جَمِيعِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ فِيلِبِّي، بِمَنْ فِيهِمْ مِنْ رُعَاةٍ وَمُدَبِّرِينَ. ²لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

شكر وصلاة

³إِنِّي أَشْكُرُ إِلَهِي كُلَّمَا تَذَكَّرْتُكُمْ، ⁴إِذْ أَتَضَرَّعُ بِفَرَحٍ لأَجْلِكُمْ جَمِيعاً كُلَّ حِينٍ فِي جَمِيعِ صَلَوَاتِي، ⁵بِسَبَبِ مُسَاهَمَتِكُمْ فِي نَشْرِ الإِنْجِيلِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الآنَ. ⁶وَلِي ثِقَةٌ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ بِالذَّاتِ: أَنَّ الَّذِي بَدَأَ فِيكُمْ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً سَوْفَ يُتَمِّمُهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. ⁷كَمَا أَنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي هَذَا الشُّعُورُ تِجَاهَكُمْ جَمِيعاً، لأَنِّي أَحْتَفِظُ بِكُمْ فِي قَلْبِي، لِكَوْنِكُمْ جَمِيعاً شُرَكَاءَ لِي فِي النِّعْمَةِ، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ فِي قُيُودِي أَمْ فِي الدِّفَاعِ عَنِ الإِنْجِيلِ وَتَثْبِيتِهِ. ⁸فَإِنَّ اللهَ شَاهِدٌ لِي كَيْفَ أَحِنُّ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً بِعَوَاطِفِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. ⁹وَصَلاتِي لأَجْلِكُمْ هِيَ هَذِهِ: أَنْ تَزْدَادَ مَحَبَّتُكُمْ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ فِي تَمَامِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالإِدْرَاكِ، ¹⁰لِكَيْ تَسْتَحْسِنُوا الأُمُورَ الْمُمْتَازَةَ، حَتَّى تَكُونُوا طَاهِرِينَ وَخَالِينَ مِنَ الْعَثَرَاتِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْمَسِيحِ، ¹¹كَامِلِينَ فِي ثِمَارِ الْبِرِّ الآتِيَةِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، لِمَجْدِ اللهِ وَحَمْدِهِ.

سلاسل بولس تعمل على تقدم الإنجيل

¹²عَلَى أَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَعْلَمُوا، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنَّ أَحْوَالِي قَدْ أَدَّتْ فِي الْوَاقِعِ إِلَى انْتِشَارِ الإِنْجِيلِ بِنَجَاحٍ، ¹³حَتَّى إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ مَعْرُوفاً لَدَى الْحَرَسِ الإِمْبِرَاطُورِيِّ كُلِّهِ وَلَدَى الْبَاقِينَ جَمِيعاً أَنَّ قُيُودِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ لأَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ؛ ¹⁴كَمَا أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ الإِخْوَةِ، وَقَدْ صَارُوا وَاثِقِينَ بِالرَّبِّ بِسَبَبِ قُيُودِي، يَجْرُؤُونَ عَلَى التَّبْشِيرِ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ دُونَ خَوْفٍ. ¹⁵حَقّاً أَنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ يُبَشِّرُونَ بِالْمَسِيحِ عَنْ حَسَدٍ وَنِزَاعٍ؛ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَعَنْ حُسْنِ نِيَّةٍ. ¹⁶فَهَؤُلاءِ تَدْفَعُهُمُ الْمَحَبَّةُ، عَالِمِينَ أَنِّي قَدْ عُيِّنْتُ لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنِ الإِنْجِيلِ؛ ¹⁷وَأُولَئِكَ يَدْفَعُهُمُ التَّحَزُّبُ، فَيُنَادُونَ بِالْمَسِيحِ بِغَيْرِ إِخْلاصٍ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُثِيرُونَ عَلَيَّ الضِّيقَ إِضَافَةً إِلَى الْقُيُودِ.

¹⁸فَمَاذَا إِذَنْ؟ مَهْمَا يَكُنْ، وَفِي أَيِّ حَالٍ، فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ يُنَادَى بِهِ، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ بِذَرِيعَةٍ أَمْ بِحَقٍّ. وَبِهَذَا أَنَا أَفْرَحُ وَسَأَفْرَحُ بَعْدُ! ¹⁹فَإِنَّنِي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ سَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى خَلاصٍ، بِفَضْلِ صَلاتِكُمْ وَبِمَعُونَةِ رُوحِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛ ²⁰وَفْقاً لِمَا أَتَوَقَّعُهُ وَأَرْجُوهُ: أَنِّي لَنْ أَفْشَلَ فِي شَيْءٍ، بَلْ فِي كُلِّ جُرْأَةٍ وَكَمَا فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ فَكَذلِكَ الآنَ أَيْضاً، يَتَعَظَّمُ الْمَسِيحُ فِي جَسَدِي، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ بِالْحَيَاةِ أَمْ بِالْمَوْتِ. ²¹فَالْحَيَاةُ عِنْدِي هِيَ الْمَسِيحُ، وَالْمَوْتُ رِبْحٌ لِي. ²²وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ لِي أَنْ أَحْيَا فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَحَيَاتِي تُهَيِّئُ لِي عَمَلاً مُثْمِراً. وَلَسْتُ أَدْرِي أَيَّ الاثْنَيْنِ أَخْتَارُ! ²³فَأَنَا تَحْتَ ضَغْطٍ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا: إِذْ إِنِّي رَاغِبٌ فِي أَنْ أَرْحَلَ وَأُقِيمَ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ بِكَثِيرٍ جِدّاً؛ ²⁴وَلَكِنَّ بَقَائِي فِي الْجَسَدِ أَشَدُّ ضَرُورَةً مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ. ²⁵وَمَادَامَتْ لِي ثِقَةٌ بِهَذَا، أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي سَأَبْقَى وَأُقِيمُ مَعَكُمْ جَمِيعاً، لأَجْلِ تَقَدُّمِكُمْ فِي الإِيمَانِ وَفَرَحِكُمْ فِيهِ، ²⁶لِيَزْدَادَ بِسَبَبِي افْتِخَارُكُمْ بِالْمَسِيحِ بِحُضُورِي بَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

عيشة تليق بإنجيل المسيح

²⁷إِنَّمَا عِيشُوا عِيشَةً تَلِيقُ بِإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ وَشَاهَدْتُكُمْ أَوْ بَقَيْتُ غَائِباً عَنْكُمْ، أَسْمَعُ أَخْبَارَكُمْ وَأَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ ثَابِتُونَ فِي رُوحٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَبِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تُجَاهِدُونَ مَعاً لأَجْلِ الإِيمَانِ الْمُعْلَنِ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ، ²⁸غَيْرَ مُرْتَعِبِينَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُقَاوِمُونَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ فِي مُقَاوَمَتِهِمْ دَلِيلاً عَلَى هَلاكِهِمْ هُمْ وَعَلَى خَلاصِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ، وَذَلِكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ. ²⁹فَقَدْ وُهِبَ لَكُمْ، لأَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ، لَا أَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ أَيْضاً أَنْ تَتَأَلَّمُوا لأَجْلِهِ، ³⁰مُجَاهِدِينَ الْجِهَادَ عَيْنَهُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فِيَّ وَالَّذِي تَسْمَعُونَ الآنَ أَنَّهُ فِيَّ.

Philippians 1

New King James Version

Greeting

1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ,

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the ^[a]bishops and ^(A)deacons:

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thankfulness and Prayer

³^(B)I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, ⁴always in ^(C)every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, ⁵^(D)for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, ⁶being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun ^(E)a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; ⁷just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace. ⁸For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, ¹¹being filled with the fruits of righteousness ^(F)which are by Jesus Christ, ^(G)to the glory and praise of God.

Christ Is Preached

¹²But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, ¹³so that it has become evident ^(H)to the whole ^[b]palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; ¹⁴and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: ¹⁶^[c]The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains; ¹⁷but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. ¹⁸What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

To Live Is Christ

¹⁹For I know that ^(I)this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but ^(J)with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life ^(K)or by death. ²¹For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²²But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I ^[d]cannot tell. ²³^[e]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a ^(L)desire to depart and be with Christ, which is ^(M)far better. ²⁴Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. ²⁵And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith, ²⁶that ^(N)your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.

Striving and Suffering for Christ

²⁷Only ^(O)let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^(P)with one mind ^(Q)striving together for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but ^[f]to you of salvation, and that from God. ²⁹For to you ^(R)it has been granted on behalf of Christ, ^(S)not only to believe in Him, but also to ^(T)suffer for His sake, ³⁰^(U)having the same conflict ^(V)which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

Footnotes

Philippians 1:1 Lit. overseers
Philippians 1:13 Or Praetorium
Philippians 1:16 NU reverses vv. 16 and 17.
Philippians 1:22 do not know
Philippians 1:23 NU, M But
Philippians 1:28 NU of your salvation

J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)

Ketab El Hayat (NAV)

New King James Version (NKJV)

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