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Philippians 1:7

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For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

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except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.

And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.




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