¹ Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the holy-ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together-with the overseers and deacons {1Ti 3, Tit 1} :

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

³ I am giving-thanks to my God upon every remembrance of you°,

⁴ always in my every supplication on behalf of all of you°, making$ the supplication with joy,

⁵ upon your° fellowship in the good-news from the first day till now.

⁶ I have confidence of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you° will be completing it till the day of Jesus Christ;

⁷ just-as it is a righteous thing for me to be mindful of this on behalf of all of you°, because I have you° in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the good-news, all of you° being fellow partners with me of the grace.

⁸ For$ God is my witness, how I am longing-for all of you° in the affections$ of Christ Jesus.

⁹ And I am praying for this: in-order-that your° love$ may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all your° senses;

¹⁰ $that$ you° may approve the things which are carrying more-value; in-order-that you° may be sincere and guilt-free in the day of Christ;

¹¹ and have been filled with fruits of righteousness, the ones which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹² Now brethren, I am planning for you° to know, that the things against me have come rather $for the progress of the good-news;

¹³ so-then my bonds became apparent in Christ in the whole palace guard and to all the rest;

¹⁴ and the most {i.e., majority} of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, even-more so to dare to speak fearlessly the word of God.

¹⁵ Some indeed are preaching the Christ even because of envy and strife, but some also through their delight.

¹⁶ The ones are indeed proclaiming the Christ out-of selfish ambition, not purely, assuming to bring more affliction upon my bonds.

¹⁷ But the latter ones do it out-of love$, knowing that I am reserved $for the defense of the good-news.

¹⁸ For$ what then? Other-than Christ is proclaimed in every manner: whether in pretext or in truth. And I am rejoicing in this, but also, I will be rejoicing again.

¹⁹ For$ I know that this will be transpiring $for my salvation, through your° supplication and the supplying of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²⁰ according-to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will be shamed in nothing, but as always, now Christ will also be magnified in my body in all boldness, whether through life or through death.

²¹ For$ to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²² But if to live in the flesh, this is the fruit of work to me, and what will I select for myself? I do not know.

²³ Now I am very troubled from the two ends, having the desire, $that$ I should vacate and be together-with Christ, which is much better, even more.

²⁴ But to remain in the flesh is necessary because of you°.

²⁵ And I have confidence of this, I know that I will remain, and I will be abiding together-with you° all, $for your° progress and joy in the faith,

²⁶ in-order-that your° boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me, through my presence with you° again.

²⁷ Only behave-as° citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ, in-order-that, if I came and saw you° or even being absent, I may hear about the things concerning you°, that you° are standing-firm in one spirit, with one soul contending together-with us in the faith of the good-news,

²⁸ and being terrified in nothing by the ones who are laying in opposition to you° (which to them indeed is an example of destruction, but to you° is an example of salvation and this thing is from God,

²⁹ because it was granted to you° on behalf of Christ, not only to believe into him, but also to suffer on his behalf),

³⁰ having the same struggle such-as you° saw in me, and now are hearing to be in me.