philippians

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

¹⁹And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁶I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

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

¹²And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling.

⁶Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. ⁷And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

¹And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved.

¹And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved. ²I ask Euodia, and I beg Syntyche, to have the same understanding in the Lord. ³And I also ask you, as my genuine companion, to assist those women who have labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement and the rest of my assistants, whose names are in the Book of Life. ⁴Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice. ⁵Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near. ⁶Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

⁸Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. ²Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³I give thanks to my God, with every remembrance of you, ⁴always, in all my prayers, making supplication for all of you with joy, ⁵because of your communion in the Gospel of Christ, from the first day even until now. ⁶I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

⁶Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

¹⁰so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell, ¹¹and so that every tongue would confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

²³For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,

²⁰And to God our Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration: ²complete my joy by having the same understanding, holding to the same charity, being of one mind, with the same sentiment. ³Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself. ⁴Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others. ⁵For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized.

¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, ¹⁴I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Therefore, as many of us as are being perfected, let us agree about this. And if in anything you disagree, God will reveal this to you also.

⁵Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near. ⁶Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

¹⁰so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,

¹Concerning other things, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary. ²Beware of dogs; beware of those who work evil; beware of those who are divisive. ³For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh. ⁴Nevertheless, I might have confidence also in the flesh, for if anyone else seems to have confidence in the flesh, more so do I. ⁵For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee; ⁶according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.

²⁷Only let your behavior be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I return and see you, or whether, being absent, I hear about you, still you may stand firm with one spirit, with one mind, laboring together for the faith of the Gospel.

²¹who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself.

⁴Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.