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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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So that my 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 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 good will:
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The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
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But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
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For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the 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, 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.
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But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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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;
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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.
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For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
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If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;