Chapter 1
1 Paul and Timothy , servants of Yeshua the Messiah , to all the holy ones in Messiah Yeshua who are at Philippi , with the overseers and servants :
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah .
3 I thank my God whenever I remember you ,
4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all , making my requests with joy ,
5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now ;
6 being confident of this very thing , that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Yeshua the Messiah .
7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you , because I have you in my heart , because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News , you all are partakers with me of grace .
8 For God is my witness , how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Messiah Yeshua.
9 This I pray , that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent , that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Messiah ,
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Yeshua the Messiah , to the glory and praise of God .
12 Now I desire to have you know , brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News ,
13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard , and to all the rest , that my bonds are in Messiah ,
14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord , being confident through my bonds , are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
15 Some indeed proclaim Messiah even out of envy and strife , and some also out of good will .
16 The former insincerely proclaim Messiah from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
18 What does it matter? Only that in every way , whether in pretense or in truth, Messiah is proclaimed . I rejoice in this , yes , and will rejoice .
19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Yeshua the Messiah ,
20 according to my earnest expectation and hope , that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness , as always , now also Messiah will be magnified in my body , whether by life or by death .
21 For to me to live is Messiah , and to die is gain .
22 But if I live on in the flesh , this will bring fruit from my work ; yet I don’ t know what I will choose.
23 But I am hard pressed between the two , having the desire to depart and be with Messiah , which is far better .
24 Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake .
25 Having this confidence , I know that I will remain , yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith ,
26 that your boasting may abound in Messiah Yeshua in me through my presence with you again .
27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Messiah , that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state , that you stand firm in one spirit , with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News ;
28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation , and that from God .
29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Messiah , not only to believe in him , but also to suffer on his behalf ,
30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me .