NowI wantyou to know,brethren,that my circumstanceshave turnedout for the greaterprogressof the gospel,
Now in the twelfthmonth(that is, the monthAdar),on the thirteenthdaywhenthe king'scommandand edictwere about to be executed,on the daywhenthe enemiesof the Jewshopedto gainthe masteryoverthem, it was turnedto the contrary so that the Jewsthemselvesgainedthe masteryoverthose who hatedthem.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
"NowI knowthat the LORDis greaterthanallthe gods;indeed,it was provenwhenthey dealtproudlyagainstthe people."
"It will leadto an opportunity for your testimony.
Therefore,thosewho had been scatteredwent aboutpreachingthe word.
And we knowthat Godcausesall thingsto work togetherfor goodto thosewho loveGod,to thosewho are calledaccordingto [His] purpose.
But in allthese thingswe overwhelmingly conquerthroughHim who lovedus.
in viewof your participationin the gospelfrom the firstdayuntilnow.
For it is onlyrightfor me to feelthis wayaboutyou all,becauseI haveyou in my heart,since bothin my imprisonmentand in the defenseand confirmationof the gospel,you allare partakersof gracewith me.
But you knowof his proven worth,that he servedwith me in the furtherance of the gospellikea child[serving] his father.
You yourselvesalsoknow,Philippians,that at the firstpreaching of the gospel,afterI leftMacedonia,nochurchsharedwith me in the matterof givingand receivingbut you alone;
Indeed,true companion,I askyou alsoto helpthesewomenwhohave shared my strugglein [the cause of] the gospel,togetherwith Clementalsoand the restof my fellow workers,whosenamesare in the bookof life.
ThereforeI wantthe menin everyplaceto pray,liftingup holyhands,withoutwrathand dissension.
for whichI suffer hardshipevento imprisonmentas a criminal;but the wordof Godis not imprisoned.
But the Lordstoodwith me and strengthenedme, sothat throughme the proclamationmight be fully accomplished,and that allthe Gentilesmight hear;and I was rescuedout of the lion'smouth.
