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Philippians 1:7

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So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.

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except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.

Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.

The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.

I’m not saying this to condemn you. I said before that you are in our hearts, and we live or die together with you.

For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . .

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.

And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.

For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ.

And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear.

for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.

But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.

Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.

As you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this.

And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.

Here is my greeting in my own handwriting—Paul. Remember my chains. May God’s grace be with you.

Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.

For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News.

And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained.

I wanted to keep him here with me while I am in these chains for preaching the Good News, and he would have helped me on your behalf.

And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest.

Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.

And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:

And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.

If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.




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