Philippians 1

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.	2 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God whenever I think of you,	3 I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you,
4 and every time I pray for you al , I always pray with joy	4 praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,
5 for your partnership in the gospel from the very first day up to the present.	5 because of your partnership for the gospel 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 I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until 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 It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, you who are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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 for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 it is my prayer that your love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge andcomplete understanding	9 And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception,
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 to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for 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 righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for 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 I want you to know, brothers, that my situation has turned out rather to advance 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 imprisonment has become well known in Christ throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest,
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 so that the majority of the brothers, having taken encouragement in the Lord from my imprisonment, dare more than ever to proclaim the word fearlessly.
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 Of course, some preach Christ from envy and rivalry, others from good will.
16 some are doing it out of love, knowing that I remain firm in my defence of the gospel.	16 The latter act out of love, aware that I am here for the defense 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 the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not from pure motives, thinking that they will cause me trouble in my imprisonment.
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 What difference does it make, as long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I rejoice. Indeed I shall continue to 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 will result in deliverance for me through your prayers and support from 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 My eager expectation and hope is that I shall not be put to shame in any way, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether 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 life is Christ, and death 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 If I go on living in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. And I do not know which I shall choose.
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 I am caught between the two. I long to depart this life and be with Christ, (for) that is far better.
24 and yet for your sake to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need.	24 Yet that I remain (in) the flesh is more necessary for your benefit.
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 this I know with confidence, that I shall remain and continue in the service of all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
26 so that my return to be among you may increase to overflowing your pride in Jesus Christ on myaccount.	26 so that your boasting in Christ Jesus may abound on account of me when I come 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, conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear news of you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind struggling 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 not intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is proof to them of destruction, but of your salvation. And this is God's doing.
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 to you has been granted, for the sake of 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 Yours is the same struggle as you saw in me and now hear about me.