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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Greetings from Paul and Timothy
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{\R (Colossians 1:1–2; Philemon 1:1–3)

\par }{\MM \VerseOne{1}Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,

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{\MM To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:


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{\MM \VS{2}Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


\par }{\SH Thanksgiving and Prayer
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{\R (1 Corinthians 1:4–9; Colossians 1:3–14)

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{\MM \VS{3}I thank my God every time I remember you.

\VS{4}In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

\VS{5}because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

\VS{6}being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.


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{\MM \VS{7}It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

\VS{8}God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.


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{\MM \VS{9}And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

\VS{10}so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

\VS{11}filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.


\par }{\SH Paul’s Trials Advance the Gospel
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{\R (James 1:2–12)

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{\MM \VS{12}Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.

\VS{13}As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{Or all the Praetorium}}} and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

\VS{14}And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:14 }{\FT{NE and WH the word of God}}} without fear.


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{\MM \VS{15}It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

\VS{16}The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:16 }{\FT{BYZ and TR reverse the order of verses 16 and 17.}}}

\VS{17}The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.


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{\MM \VS{18}What then is the issue?\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:18 }{\FT{Literally What then?}}} Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

\VS{19}because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

\VS{20}I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.


\par }{\SH To Live Is Christ
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{\MM \VS{21}For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

\VS{22}But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

\VS{23}I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

\VS{24}But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.


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{\MM \VS{25}Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

\VS{26}so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.


\par }{\SH Worthy of the Gospel
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{\MM \VS{27}Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:27 }{\FT{Or striving together with one mind}}} for the faith of the gospel,

\VS{28}without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.

\VS{29}For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

\VS{30}since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH One in Christ
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{\R (Ephesians 2:11–18)

\par }{\MM \VerseOne{1}Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

\VS{2}then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.


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{\MM \VS{3}Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

\VS{4}Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.


\par }{\SH The Mind of Christ
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{\R (Isaiah 52:13–15)

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{\MM \VS{5}Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:


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{\Q \VS{6}Who, existing in the form of God,

\par }{\QB did not consider equality with God

\par }{\QB something to be grasped,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{Or something to be exploited}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{7}but emptied Himself,

\par }{\QB taking the form of a servant,

\par }{\QB being made in human likeness.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And being found in appearance as a man,

\par }{\QB He humbled Himself

\par }{\Q and became obedient to death—

\par }{\QB even death on a cross.


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{\Q \VS{9}Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place

\par }{\QB and gave Him the name above all names,


\par }{\Q \VS{10}that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

\par }{\QB in heaven and on earth and under the earth,


\par }{\Q \VS{11}and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

\par }{\QB to the glory of God the Father.


\par }{\SH Lights in the World
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{\R (Matthew 5:13–16)

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{\MM \VS{12}Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

\VS{13}For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.


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{\MM \VS{14}Do everything without complaining or arguing,

\VS{15}so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:15 }{\FT{Deuteronomy 32:5}}} in which you shine as lights in the world

\VS{16}as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.


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{\MM \VS{17}But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

\VS{18}So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.


\par }{\SH Timothy and Epaphroditus
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{\R (1 Corinthians 16:10–12)

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{\MM \VS{19}Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

\VS{20}I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

\VS{21}For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

\VS{22}But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

\VS{23}So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.

\VS{24}And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.


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{\MM \VS{25}But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

\VS{26}For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

\VS{27}He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.


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{\MM \VS{28}Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

\VS{29}Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

\VS{30}because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Righteousness through Faith in Christ
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{\R (Romans 3:21–31)

\par }{\MM \VerseOne{1}Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.


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{\MM \VS{2}Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

\VS{3}For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

\VS{4}though I myself could have such confidence.

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{\MM If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

\VS{5}circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

\VS{6}as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.


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{\MM \VS{7}But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

\VS{8}More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

\VS{9}and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:9 }{\FT{Or through the faithfulness of Christ}}} the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.


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{\MM \VS{10}I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

\VS{11}and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.


\par }{\SH Pressing on toward the Goal
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{\MM \VS{12}Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

\VS{13}Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

\VS{14}I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.


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{\MM \VS{15}All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

\VS{16}Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.


\par }{\SH Citizenship in Heaven
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{\MM \VS{17}Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

\VS{18}For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

\VS{19}Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.


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{\MM \VS{20}But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

\VS{21}who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Rejoice in the Lord
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{\MM \VerseOne{1}Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.


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{\MM \VS{2}I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.

\VS{3}Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:3 }{\FT{Or I ask you, loyal Syzygus}}} to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.


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{\MM \VS{4}Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

\VS{5}Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.


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{\MM \VS{6}Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

\VS{7}And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


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{\MM \VS{8}Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

\VS{9}Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.


\par }{\SH The Generosity of the Philippians
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{\R (2 Corinthians 8:1–15)

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{\MM \VS{10}Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

\VS{11}I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

\VS{12}I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.

\VS{13}I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:13 }{\FT{NA, SBL, NE, and WH in the One who gives me strength. BYZ and TR in Christ who gives me strength.}}}


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{\MM \VS{14}Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

\VS{15}And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

\VS{16}For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.


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{\MM \VS{17}Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.

\VS{18}I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.


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{\MM \VS{19}And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

\VS{20}To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.


\par }{\SH Final Greetings
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{\R (Ephesians 6:21–24; 2 Timothy 4:19–22)

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{\MM \VS{21}Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus.

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{\MM The brothers who are with me send you greetings.


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{\MM \VS{22}All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.


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{\MM \VS{23}The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:23 }{\FT{BYZ and TR include Amen.}}}

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