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& For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

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Phil 1:8

& For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Phil 1:9

& And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

Phil 1:10

& so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

Phil 1:11

& having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which {comes} through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Phil 1:12

& Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

Phil 1:13

& so that my imprisonment in {the cause of} Christ has become well known throughout the whole (Or {governor's palace}) praetorian guard and to everyone else,

Phil 1:14

& and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

Phil 1:15

& Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

Phil 1:16

& the latter {do it} out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

Phil 1:17

& the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

Phil 1:18

& What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will rejoice,

Phil 1:19

& for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Phil 1:20

& according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but {that} with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Phil 1:21

& For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Phil 1:22

& But if {I am} to live {on} in the flesh, this {will mean} fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

Phil 1:23

& But I am hard-pressed from both {directions,} having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for {that} is very much better;

Phil 1:24

& yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

Phil 1:25

& Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

Phil 1:26

& so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

Phil 1:27

& Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Phil 1:28

& in no way alarmed by {your} opponents--which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that {too,} from God.

Phil 1:29

& For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,