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Philippians 1:5

New International Reader's Version

I am happy because you have joined me in spreading the good news. You have done so from the first day until now.

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The believers studied what the apostles taught. They shared their lives together. They ate and prayed together.

Some of the natural branches have been broken off. You are a wild olive branch. But you have been joined to the tree with the other branches. Now you enjoy the life-giving sap of the olive tree root.

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes.

The believers in Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to take an offering. It was for those who were poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.

God is faithful. He has chosen you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given to the churches in Macedonia.

Here is the mystery. Because of the good news, God’s promises are for Gentiles as well as for Jews. Both groups are parts of one body. They share in the promise. It belongs to them because they belong to Christ Jesus.

Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. What has happened to me has actually helped to spread the good news.

The last group acts out of love. They know I have been put here to be a witness for the good news.

No matter what happens, live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ. Then I will know that you remain strong together in the one Spirit. I will know this if I come and see you or only hear about you. I will know that you work together as one person. I will know that you work to spread the teachings about the good news.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you. I love you with all my heart. I may be held by chains, or I may be standing up for the truth of the good news. Either way, all of you share in God’s grace together with me.

My dear friends, you have always obeyed God. You obeyed while I was with you. And you have obeyed even more while I am not with you. So continue to work out your own salvation. Do it with fear and trembling.

But you know that Timothy has proved himself. He has served with me like a son with his father in spreading the good news.

My true companion, here is what I ask you to do. Help these women, because they have served at my side. They have worked with me to spread the good news. So have Clement and the rest of those who have worked together with me. Their names are all written in the book of life.

Do you think of me as a believer who works together with you? Then welcome Onesimus as you would welcome me.

We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end.

I, Simon Peter, am writing this letter. I serve Jesus Christ. I am his apostle. I am sending this letter to you. You are those who have received a faith as valuable as ours. You received it because our God and Savior Jesus Christ does what is right.

We announce to you what we have seen and heard. We do it so you can share life together with us. And we share life with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

But suppose we walk in the light, just as he is in the light. Then we share life with one another. And the blood of Jesus, his Son, makes us pure from all sin.




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