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Philippians 1:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

It is only natural for me to be thinking of you all in this way, for alike in my prison and as I defend and vindicate the gospel, I bear in mind how you all share with me in the grace divine.

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I am not saying this to condemn you. Condemn you? Why, I repeat, you are in my very heart, and you will be there in death and life alike.

for what you have contributed to the gospel from the very first day down to this moment;

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

This salutation is in my own hand, from Paul. 'Remember I am in prison. Grace be with you.'

But you were kind enough to take your share in my trouble.

for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should.

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles —

Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me.

We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

so long as I am in this tent, I deem it proper to stir you up by way of reminder,

You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.

Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;

So do not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, and do not be ashamed of a prisoner of the Lord like me; join me in bearing suffering for the gospel by the power of the God

you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody.

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

Why, you are my certificate yourselves, written on my heart, recognized and read by all men;

always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.

And I do it all for the sake of the gospel, to secure my own share in it.

Then the commander came up and seized him; he ordered him to be bound with a couple of chains, and asked "Who is he?" and "What has he done?"

Now I make this appeal to your presbyters (for I am a presbyter myself, I was a witness of what Christ suffered and I am to share the glory that will be revealed),

I would have you understand, my brothers, that my affairs have really tended to advance the gospel;

throughout the whole of the praetorian guard and everywhere else it is recognized that I am imprisoned on account of my connexion with Christ,

and my imprisonment has given the majority of the brotherhood greater confidence in the Lord to venture on speaking the word of God without being afraid.

But you know how he has stood the test, how he has served with me in the gospel, like a son helping his father.

And you, my true comrade, lend a hand to these women, I beg of you; they have fought at my side in the active service of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

You Philippians are well aware that in the early days of the gospel, when I had left Macedonia, no church but yourselves had any financial dealings with me;

I would have liked to keep him beside me, that as your deputy he might serve me during my imprisonment for the gospel;




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