Philippians 1

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, togetherwith their presiding elders and the deacons.	1 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ; to all the saints in Christ Jesus, who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.	2 Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God whenever I think of you,	3 I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you,
4 and every time I pray for you al , I always pray with joy	4 Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all, with joy;
5 for your partnership in the gospel from the very first day up to the present.	5 For your communication in the gospel of Christ from the first day until now.
6 I am quite confident that the One who began a good work in you wil go on completing it until the Day ofJesus Christ comes.	6 Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.
7 It is only right that I should feel like this towards you all, because you have a place in my heart, sinceyou have all shared together in the grace that has been mine, both my chains and my work defending andestablishing the gospel.	7 As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
8 For God wil testify for me how much I long for you al with the warm longing of Christ Jesus;	8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
9 it is my prayer that your love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge andcomplete understanding	9 And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
10 that will help you to come to true discernment, so that you wil be innocent and free of any trace of guiltwhen the Day of Christ comes,	10 That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,
11 entirely fil ed with the fruits of uprightness through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.	11 Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
12 Now I want you to realise, brothers, that the circumstances of my present life are helping rather thanhindering the advance of the gospel.	12 Now, brethren, I desire you should know, that the things which have happened to me, have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel:
13 My chains in Christ have become wel known not only to al the Praetorium, but to everybody else,	13 So that my bands are made manifest in Christ, in all the court, and in all other places;
14 and so most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my chains and are getting moreand more daring in announcing the Message without any fear.	14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, growing confident by my bands, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
15 It is true that some of them are preaching Christ out of malice and rivalry; but there are many as welwhose intentions are good;	15 Some indeed, even out of envy and contention; but some also for good will preach Christ.
16 some are doing it out of love, knowing that I remain firm in my defence of the gospel.	16 Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
17 There are others who are proclaiming Christ out of jealousy, not in sincerity but meaning to add to theweight of my chains.	17 And some out of contention preach Christ not sincerely: supposing that they raise affliction to my bands.
18 But what does it matter? Only that in both ways, whether with false motives or true, Christ isproclaimed, and for that I am happy;	18 But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19 and I shal go on being happy, too, because I know that this is what wil save me, with your prayers andwith the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;	19 For I know that this shall fall out to me unto salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 al in accordance with my most confident hope and trust that I shal never have to admit defeat, but withcomplete fearlessness I shall go on, so that now, as always, Christ wil be glorified in my body, whether by mylife or my death.	20 According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded, but with all confidence, as always, so now also shall Christ be magnified in my body, wither it be by life, or by death.
21 Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would be a positive gain.	21 For to me, to live is Christ; and to die is gain.
22 On the other hand again, if to be alive in the body gives me an opportunity for fruitful work, I do notknow which I should choose.	22 And if to live in the flesh, that is to me the fruit of labour, and what I shall choose I know not.
23 I am caught in this dilemma: I want to be gone and to be with Christ, and this is by far the strongerdesire-	23 But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
24 and yet for your sake to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need.	24 But to abide still in the flesh, is needful for you.
25 This much I know for certain, that I shal stay and stand by you al , to encourage your advance andyour joy in the faith,	25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith:
26 so that my return to be among you may increase to overflowing your pride in Jesus Christ on myaccount.	26 That your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus for me, by my coming to you again.
27 But you must always behave in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come toyou and see for myself or whether I only hear al about you from a distance, I shall find that you are standing firmand united in spirit, battling, as a team with a single aim, for the faith of the gospel,	27 Only let your conversation be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you, or, being absent, may hear of you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind labouring together for the faith of the gospel.
28 undismayed by any of your opponents. This will be a clear sign, for them that they are to be lost, andfor you that you are to be saved.	28 And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God:
29 This comes from God, for you have been granted the privilege for Christ's sake not only of believing inhim but of suffering for him as wel ;	29 For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
30 you are fighting the same battle which you saw me fighting for him and which you hear I am fightingstill.	30 Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me.