Philippians 1

1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

PAULOS and Timotheus, servants of Jeshu the Meshiha, to all the saints who are in Jeshu Meshiha at Philipos, with the presbyters and deacons.

2 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be with you and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

I offer thanks unto Aloha upon the remembrance of you constantly,

4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

in all my prayers on your behalf; and while rejoicing,

5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

I pray, for your fellowship which is in the gospel from the first day until now;

6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun good workings in you will himself make perfect until the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

For so it is right for me to think concerning you all, because you are laid up in my heart; and in my bonds, and in the defence of the truth of the gospel, you are partakers with me in grace.

8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

For Aloha is my witness how I love you with the bowels of Jeshu Meshiha.

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;

And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding;

10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

that you may distinguish those things that are proper, and may be pure and without offence in the day of the Meshiha,

11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

and filled with the fruits of righteousness which are in Jeshu Meshiha, to the glory and the honour of Aloha.

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

BUT I wish you to know, my brethren, that my business tendeth the more to the forwarding of the gospel.

13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];

For so also my bonds are manifest for the Meshiha in the whole palace, and unto all besides.

14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

And a multitude of brethren who are in our Lord are strengthened on account of my bonds, and have dared the more fearlessly to speak the word of Aloha.

15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

Some preach from envy and contention, but some from good-will,

16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

and in the love of the Meshiha; for they know that for the defence of the gospel I am appointed.

17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

But those who preach the Meshiha from contention do it not sincerely, but think to add affliction to my bonds.

18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Yet in this I have rejoiced, and do rejoice, that in every way, if for an occasion, or if in truth, the Meshiha shall be preached.

19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For I know that these things shall be found unto my life by your prayers, and by the gift of the Spirit of Jeshu Meshiha;

20 According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.

even as I hope and expect, that in nothing I shall be confounded, but manifestly, as at all times, so also now, the Meshiha shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

21 For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

For my life is the Meshiha; and if I die, it is gain to me.

22 But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

But if in this life of the flesh there be also fruit to me from my works, I know not what to choose.

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

For these two straiten me. I desire to be set free, that I might be with the Meshiha, and this is greatly preferable to me;

24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.

but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.

25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

For I know this confidently, that I am to remain and tarry for your joy and for the increase of your faith:

26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

that when I come again to you, your glorying which is in Jeshu Meshiha alone shall abound in me.

27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

As it becometh the gospel of the Meshiha, so have your conversation; that if coming I see you, or absent, I may hear of you, that you stand in one spirit and in one soul, conquering together for the faith of the gospel;

28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

in nothing moved by them who stand against us, to the forthshowing of their perdition, and of our salvation,

29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer,

30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear [to be] in me.

and to sustain a conflict, as you have seen in me, and now hear concerning me.