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{\MTB This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi. We call this book

\par }{\MT Philippians



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Philippians 1:1-2
\par }
{\SH I, Paul, write this letter to all of you who are God’s people at Philippi. May God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord bless you.
\par }
{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{I}}, Paul, and Timothy,
{\ADD{who is with me, are}} men who serve Christ Jesus. I
{\ADD{am writing this letter}} to all
{\ADD{of you who are}} pastors and deacons in Philippi
{\ADD{city}} and to the rest of God’s people
{\ADD{there who have a close relationship}} with Christ Jesus.

\VS{2}{\ADD{We both}} (OR,
{\ADD{I}})
{\ADD{pray that}} God,
{\ADD{who is}} our Father, and Jesus Christ,
{\ADD{who is our}} Lord,
{\ADD{will continue to}} be kind to you and
{\ADD{will continue to}} cause you to have
{\ADD{inner}} peace.


\par }{\SH I thank God and rejoice because you have been working together with me to make known the good message from when you first believed until now.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:3-8

\par }{\PP \VS{3}I thank my God whenever I think about you.

\VS{4}Every time [DOU] I pray
{\ADD{for you}}, I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.

\VS{5}I
{\ADD{thank God and rejoice}} because you have been
{\ADD{working}} together with me in order to
{\ADD{make known}} the good message about Christ.
{\ADD{You started doing that}} when you first [MTY]
{\ADD{believed it, and you have continued doing it}} until now.

\VS{6}I am completely confident that
{\ADD{God}}, who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since
{\ADD{God}} has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY]
{\ADD{returns}}.

\VS{7}During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed
{\ADD{to others}} that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work
{\ADD{that God}} kindly gave
{\ADD{to me to do. So}} indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.

\VS{8}God
{\ADD{can}} verify that Christ Jesus causes me to
{\ADD{love and}} long for all of you very much,
{\ADD{just like}} Christ loves
{\ADD{you}}.


\par }{\SH I pray that God will enable you to know how to love one another more and more appropriately and to completely understand how you should believe and act.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:9-11

\par }{\PP \VS{9}And what I pray
{\ADD{for you}} is that
{\ADD{God will enable}} you to truly know and learn how to love
{\ADD{one another}} more and more in every situation.

\VS{10}{\ADD{And I pray that he will enable}} you to completely understand
{\ADD{how you should believe and act}}. I
{\ADD{pray this}} in order that you might be
{\ADD{spiritually}} pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ
{\ADD{returns}} [MTY],

\VS{11}{\ADD{and in order that}} you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ
{\ADD{enabling you to do so}}, in order that
{\ADD{people will}} honor God and praise him (OR,
{\ADD{people will}} praise God very much [DOU]).


\par }{\SH I want you to realize that as a result of my imprisonment many more people have heard the good message about Christ.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:12-14

\par }{\PP \VS{12}My fellow believers, I want you to know that the
{\ADD{troubles}} I have experienced
{\ADD{have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead}},
{\ADD{these things that I have experienced}} have enabled even more people to hear the good message
{\ADD{about Christ}}.

\VS{13}{\ADD{Specifically}}, all the military guards who are stationed
{\ADD{here in Rome}} and many other [HYP]
{\ADD{people in this city}} [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I
{\ADD{proclaim the good news}} about Christ.

\VS{14}Also, most of the believers
{\ADD{here now}} proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly
{\ADD{because}} they trust the Lord
{\ADD{more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more}} because
{\ADD{they have seen how the Lord has helped me}} while I have been a prisoner [MTY]
{\ADD{here}}.


\par }{\SH Even though some believers proclaim the message about Christ because they are antagonistic toward me, at least they are proclaiming Christ, and so I rejoice.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:15-18a

\par }{\PP \VS{15-16}Some people proclaim
{\ADD{the message about Christ as I do}} because they are happy
{\ADD{with my work}}. They proclaim
{\ADD{the message about}} Christ because they love
{\ADD{me and because}} they know that
{\ADD{God}} has placed me
{\ADD{here}} to defend the message about Christ [CHI].

\VS{17}Others proclaim
{\ADD{the message about}} Christ because they envy
{\ADD{me}} and oppose
{\ADD{me}}. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They
{\ADD{wrongly}} assume
{\ADD{that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result}}, I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY]
{\ADD{here}}.

\VS{18}But it does not matter whether
{\ADD{people proclaim the message about Christ}} because they have wrong motives, or whether
{\ADD{people proclaim the message about Christ}} because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that
{\ADD{the message about}} Christ is being proclaimed $\{$people are proclaiming
{\ADD{the message about}} Christ$\}$. And because of that I rejoice!

\par }{\SH I will continue to rejoice because I know that I will remain completely victorious spiritually. I earnestly expect to boldly honor Christ whether I live or die.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:18b-26

\par }{\PP Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,

\VS{19}because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves
{\ADD{of what I have done}} (OR, that
{\ADD{the Roman authorities}} will set me free).
{\ADD{This will happen}} as a result of your praying for me, and
{\ADD{as a result}} of
{\ADD{God’s}} Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.

\VS{20}I
{\ADD{know that this will happen}} because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always
{\ADD{have done}}, Christ will be greatly honored $\{$I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ$\}$ by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by
{\ADD{the way I}} live or
{\ADD{by the way I}} die.


\par }{\PP \VS{21}As for me, I live
{\ADD{in order to honor}} Christ. But if I die, it will be better
{\ADD{for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him}}.

\VS{22}On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve
{\ADD{Christ}} effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.

\VS{23}That is, I am not sure which of those two I
{\ADD{prefer}}. I long to leave
{\ADD{this world}} and
{\ADD{go to}} be with Christ, because that will be very much better
{\ADD{for me}}.

\VS{24}Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive
{\ADD{than that I go to be with Christ because}} you still need
{\ADD{me to help you}}.

\VS{25}Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain
{\ADD{alive}} and that I will
{\ADD{go/come to}} be with you all.
{\ADD{As a result}}, you will believe
{\ADD{in Christ}} more firmly, and
{\ADD{as a result of that}}, you will rejoice.

\VS{26}{\ADD{That is}}, you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus
{\ADD{bringing}} me
{\ADD{to be with you again}}.


\par }{\SH Conduct yourselves just like you learned in the message about Christ, unitedly and fearlessly resisting those who oppose you and the gospel, since God is helping you in all your struggles.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 1:27-30

\par }{\PP \VS{27}Most importantly, as fellow
{\ADD{believers in Christ}}, conduct yourselves just like
{\ADD{you learned you should do when you heard}} the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether
{\ADD{I am away from you and}} people tell me about you,
{\ADD{what I hear or see will make me happy}}. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting
{\ADD{those who oppose the message about Christ}} (OR,
{\ADD{oppose you}}). I
{\ADD{will know}} that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel
{\ADD{about Christ}}.

\VS{28}And I
{\ADD{will know}} that you are not at all frightened by $\{$afraid of$\}$ the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that
{\ADD{God}} will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that
{\ADD{God}} will save you eternally. It is God who is doing
{\ADD{all}} this.

\VS{29}Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ,
{\ADD{he}} has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.

\VS{30}{\ADD{As a result}}, you are
{\ADD{having to}} resist
{\ADD{those who oppose the good message}}, just like you saw that I
{\ADD{had to}} resist
{\ADD{such people there in Philippi}}, and just like you hear that I
{\ADD{still have to resist such people here}} now.




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Since Christ loves and encourages us and the Holy Spirit fellowships with us, make me completely happy by agreeing with one another, loving one another, and humbly serving one another.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:1-4

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Since Christ encourages us, since he loves us and comforts us, since God’s Spirit fellowships with
{\ADD{us, and}} since
{\ADD{Christ}} is very merciful [DOU] to us,

\VS{2}make me completely happy
{\ADD{by doing the following things}}: Agree with one another, love one another, be closely united with one another, and
{\ADD{live}} harmoniously with one another [DOU].

\VS{3}Never try to selfishly make yourselves more important than
{\ADD{others}} nor boast
{\ADD{about what you are doing}}. Instead, be humble,
{\ADD{and in particular}}, honor one another more than you honor yourselves.

\VS{4}Each one of you should not
{\ADD{only}} be concerned about your own affairs. Instead, each of you should also be concerned ◄that you help/about the needs of► one another.


\par }{\SH You should think just like Christ Jesus thought. He willingly gave up his divine privileges and humbled himself, willingly obeying God although it meant disgracefully dying on a cross. As a result, God exalted him to the highest position, to be acknowledged by the entire universe as the supreme Lord.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:5-11

\par }{\PP \VS{5}You should think/act just like Christ Jesus
{\ADD{thought/acted}}.

\VS{6}{\ADD{Although}} he has the same nature as God has, he did not insist on keeping all the privileges of being equal with God.

\VS{7}Instead, he
{\ADD{willingly}} gave up divine privileges.
{\ADD{Specifically}}, he became a human being and took the attitude of a servant. When he had become a human being,

\VS{8}he humbled himself
{\ADD{even more. Specifically}}, he obeyed
{\ADD{God}} even to the extent of
{\ADD{being willing to}} die.
{\ADD{He was even willing to}} be nailed to a cross,
{\ADD{to die as though he were a criminal}}.

\VS{9}As a result, God promoted him
{\ADD{to a}} rank
{\ADD{that}} is above every
{\ADD{other}} rank.

\VS{10}{\ADD{God did that}} in order that every being [SYN] in heaven and on earth and under the earth should worship [MTY] Jesus,

\VS{11}and in order that every person [SYN] should declare that Jesus Christ is Lord.
{\ADD{As a result of everyone doing that, they will}} honor God,
{\ADD{his}} Father.


\par }{\SH Since you have always obeyed God, continue to try to do those things which are appropriate for people whom God has saved, and he will enable you to do so.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:12-13

\par }{\PP \VS{12}My dear friends, as you consider this, since you have always obeyed
{\ADD{God}}, each of you should very reverentially [DOU] try to do those things
{\ADD{that are proper for people whom God has}} saved.
{\ADD{You should do those things}} not only when I am with you.
{\ADD{Instead, you should try}} even more
{\ADD{to do them}} now when I am not with you.

\VS{13}{\ADD{You are able to do these things}}, since God
{\ADD{himself}} causes you to desire to do what he wants you to do, and he also enables you to do what he wants you to do.


\par }{\SH Always obey God and your leaders, and never complain about them or argue with them, in order that you may be perfect children of God, witnessing by how you live and what you say to the ungodly people among whom you live.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:14-16

\par }{\PP \VS{14}Do everything
{\ADD{God or your leaders ask you to do}}. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them.

\VS{15}Behave like that in order that you may be completely faultless [DOU] and may be perfect children of God [DOU] while you live in the midst of people who are wicked and do very wicked things [DOU]. As you live among them, show them clearly [MET]
{\ADD{the way they ought to behave}}, just like the sun, moon, and stars
{\ADD{show the road clearly to us}} [SIM].

\VS{16}Tell them how
{\ADD{to}} have eternal life. I
{\ADD{ask that you do that}} in order that on the day Christ
{\ADD{returns}} I may be able to rejoice [MTY], that I did not labor [DOU] so hard among you in vain.


\par }{\SH Because you and I dedicate ourselves together to do God’s will, even if I am to be executed, I will rejoice, and you should also rejoice.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:17-18

\par }{\PP \VS{17}Perhaps
{\ADD{the Roman authorities}} will execute me,
{\ADD{and my blood will pour out}} [MET]
{\ADD{as the}} wine pours out when the priest offers it to God [MET].
{\ADD{For your part}}, you believe
{\ADD{in Christ firmly}}. As a result, you have given yourselves completely to God in order that you might do what he wills [MET],
{\ADD{just like a priest}} offers a sacrifice
{\ADD{completely to God}} [MET].
{\ADD{Because I dedicate myself wholly to God}} together with you, even if
{\ADD{they are about to execute me}}, I will greatly rejoice [DOU],
{\ADD{because I am giving myself wholly to God}}, and because you all
{\ADD{are giving yourselves wholly to God}}.

\VS{18}Similarly, you too should rejoice
{\ADD{because you are giving yourselves wholly to God}}, and you should rejoice because I
{\ADD{am giving myself wholly to God}}.


\par }{\SH I confidently expect that the Lord Jesus will enable me to send Timothy to you soon. He genuinely cares for your welfare, not his own interests. I am confident that the Lord will enable me also to come soon.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:19-24

\par }{\PP \VS{19}My relationship with the Lord Jesus
{\ADD{leads me}} to confidently expect that
{\ADD{he will enable me}} to send Timothy to you soon, in order that
{\ADD{his telling you the news about me will encourage you. But}} I also expect that
{\ADD{his returning to me and}} telling me the news about you will encourage me.

\VS{20}{\ADD{Keep in mind that}} I have no one
{\ADD{else}} like him who genuinely cares for you.

\VS{21}All the others
{\ADD{whom I have considered that I might send to you}} are concerned
{\ADD{only}} about their own matters. They are not concerned about what Jesus Christ
{\ADD{considers important}}.

\VS{22}But you know that Timothy has proved that he
{\ADD{serves the Lord and others faithfully. You know}} that he has served
{\ADD{the Lord closely together}} with me in
{\ADD{proclaiming to people}} the message about Christ as though he were [SIM] my son and I were his
{\ADD{own}} father.

\VS{23}So then he is the one I confidently expect to send
{\ADD{to you}} as soon as I know what will happen to me.

\VS{24}And I am confident that I will soon be released $\{${\ADD{the authorities will soon release me}}$\}$
{\ADD{so that}} the Lord will enable me also to come/go
{\ADD{to you}} soon.


\par }{\SH Since Epaphroditus longs to see you and is distressed, I am sending him back to you. So welcome him very joyfully. Since he nearly died while serving me on your behalf, honor him and all people like him.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 2:25-30

\par }{\PP \VS{25}I have concluded that it is
{\ADD{really}} necessary that I send Epaphroditus
{\ADD{back}} to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker, and he
{\ADD{endures difficulties together with me}} [MET],
{\ADD{just like}} soldiers
{\ADD{endure difficulties together}}. You sent him
{\ADD{to me}} in order that he might help me when I was needy [EUP].

\VS{26}{\ADD{But I have concluded that I must send him back to you}} because he has been longing to see you all. Furthermore, he has been
{\ADD{very}} distressed because
{\ADD{he knows that}} you heard that he had become sick.

\VS{27}Indeed, he was so sick that he almost died. However,
{\ADD{he did not die}}. Instead, God pitied him and he also pitied me,
{\ADD{and as a result he healed him. God pitied me}} because he did not want me to be even more sorrowful than I already was.

\VS{28}So, I am sending him
{\ADD{back to you}} as quickly as possible, in order that you may rejoice
{\ADD{when you see him again}} and in order that I may be less sorrowful
{\ADD{than I was}}.

\VS{29-30}Welcome him very joyfully
{\ADD{just like believers}} in
{\ADD{our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus should welcome one another. While he was}} working for Christ, he was helping me in place of you
{\ADD{because you were far away}}. He knew that he might die as a result of helping me, and
{\ADD{truly}} he nearly did die. So honor
{\ADD{him, and honor all}} those who are like him.




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH As for the other matters, continue to rejoice and know that it is not tiresome for me and it is safe for you to mention them again.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:1

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{Now there are}} other things
{\ADD{that I want to write about}}. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because
{\ADD{you belong to}} the Lord.
{\ADD{Though}} I will
{\ADD{now}} write to you about those same matters
{\ADD{that I mentioned to you before, this is}} not tiresome for me, and it will protect you
{\ADD{from those who would harm you spiritually}}.


\par }{\SH Beware of those unholy people who will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must be circumcised in order to become God’s people.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:2-4a

\par }{\PP \VS{2}Beware of those
{\ADD{people who are dangerous}} [MET]
{\ADD{like wild}} dogs. They are
{\ADD{dangerous}} evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them
{\ADD{since they are like people who}} cut
{\ADD{other people’s}} bodies [MET].
{\ADD{They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people}} [MTY, MET].

\VS{3}{\ADD{Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them}}. But we,
{\ADD{not they}}, are
{\ADD{truly God’s people}} [MET],
{\ADD{whether or not someone has}} circumcised
{\ADD{us}}. God’s Spirit
{\ADD{enables us to}} [MTY] worship
{\ADD{God}}; we praise Christ Jesus
{\ADD{because he has enabled us to become the people of God}}. We do not believe
{\ADD{that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our}} bodies [MTY, SYN].

\VS{4}{\ADD{We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God}}, although I could very well do that
{\ADD{if it would be useful for me}}.

\par }{\SH Since I was circumcised properly and have a purely Hebrew ancestry, and since I kept the Jewish laws blamelessly, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am better than anyone else could, if it were beneficial for my salvation.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:4b-6

\par }{\PP {\ADD{In fact}},
{\ADD{if I could benefit from it for my salvation}}, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.

\VS{5}I
{\ADD{was circumcised}} $\{${\ADD{Someone}} circumcised me$\}$ when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way.
{\ADD{While I was}} a member of the Pharisee
{\ADD{sect}}, I
{\ADD{strictly obeyed}} the laws
{\ADD{that God gave Moses}}.

\VS{6}I was
{\ADD{so}} zealous
{\ADD{to make people obey those laws that}} I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer
{\ADD{because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed}}, as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no
{\ADD{one could}} have accused
{\ADD{me by}} saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.


\par }{\SH I now consider all these advantages that I once supposed would help me to be worthless, and I consider everything else as well to be worthless, because I want to know Christ, to be united with him, and to be made righteous through trusting in Christ alone.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:7-11

\par }{\PP \VS{7}Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to
{\ADD{consider to}} be useful to me, those
{\ADD{very}} things I now consider worthless, because I
{\ADD{want to know}} Christ (OR, in order that I
{\ADD{may know}} Christ).

\VS{8}More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I
{\ADD{want to know}} him
{\ADD{better}} (OR, In order that I
{\ADD{may know}} him
{\ADD{better}}), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them
{\ADD{as useless as}} [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have
{\ADD{a close relationship with}} Christ [MET],

\VS{9}and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of
{\ADD{my obeying}} the laws
{\ADD{he gave Moses}} that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ
{\ADD{that God}} has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously.
{\ADD{It is}} God
{\ADD{himself who}} has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously,
{\ADD{only}} because I have trusted
{\ADD{in Christ}}.

\VS{10}I
{\ADD{want}} to know Christ
{\ADD{better and better}}. Particularly, I
{\ADD{want}} to continually experience
{\ADD{his working}} powerfully in my life,
{\ADD{just like God worked powerfully when he}} caused Christ to become alive after he died. I
{\ADD{also want to be continually willing}} to suffer
{\ADD{in order that I may obey God}}, just like Christ suffered
{\ADD{in order that he might obey God. I also want}} to be completely willing to die for
{\ADD{Christ}}, even as he died for me,

\VS{11}{\ADD{because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness}}, he will cause me to live again after I have died.


\par }{\SH Since you desire to be perfected and since you have my example of not considering that I am already perfect, but of constantly striving to become more and more like Christ, follow my example.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:12-16

\par }{\PP \VS{12}I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become
{\ADD{more and more like Christ}}, because he chose me
{\ADD{in order that I might become like him}}.

\VS{13}My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I
{\ADD{am like a runner. A runner does not look backward}} [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal
{\ADD{in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly}}, I do not think about what I have already done.

\VS{14}Instead, I concentrate only on
{\ADD{continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life}} [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him
{\ADD{in heaven}}.

\VS{15}So, all of us who are
{\ADD{spiritually}} mature should think this
{\ADD{same way}}. If any
{\ADD{of you}} do not think this same way regarding what I
{\ADD{have written here}}, God will reveal that to you.

\VS{16}What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what
{\ADD{God has already revealed to}} us.


\par }{\SH Imitate me and those who live as I do. Remember that there are many people who are bad examples, as shown by their lustful behavior, wanting to do what their bodies desire. But as for us, Christ will transform our weak bodies to be like his glorious heavenly body.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 3:17-21

\par }{\PP \VS{17}My fellow believers,
{\ADD{all of}} you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do,
{\ADD{in order that you may imitate them also}}.

\VS{18}{\ADD{Keep in mind that}} there are many people
{\ADD{who say that they believe in Christ, but}} who act
{\ADD{in such a way that shows}} that they are opposed to
{\ADD{the teaching about}} Christ
{\ADD{dying on}} the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times
{\ADD{before}}, and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you
{\ADD{about them again}}.

\VS{19}{\ADD{God}} will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become
{\ADD{like}} gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.

\VS{20}{\ADD{But remember}} that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
{\ADD{to return}} from there.

\VS{21}By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH On the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord Jesus Christ according to what I have just taught you, and act accordingly.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:1

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My fellow believers, I love you, and I long for you. You make me happy [MTY], and I am ◄proud of/pleased with► you. Dear friends, on the basis
{\ADD{of all that I have told you}}, continue to believe firmly in the Lord doing what I have just taught you.


\par }{\SH I urge Euodia and Syntyche to be reconciled with each other; help them in this since they have both proclaimed the good news faithfully together with me and my other fellow workers.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:2-3

\par }{\PP \VS{2}I urge
{\ADD{you(sg)}}, Euodia, and I urge
{\ADD{you(sg)}}, Syntyche, to again have a peaceful relationship with each other,
{\ADD{because you both have a relationship with}} the Lord.

\VS{3}And, my faithful comrade/partner, I request that you
{\ADD{(sg)}} help them
{\ADD{to again have a peaceful relationship with each other}}, because they have
{\ADD{faithfully proclaimed}} the message
{\ADD{about Christ}} together with me,
{\ADD{even though many people}} have opposed us
{\ADD{(exc)}}. They have faithfully proclaimed that message together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names
{\ADD{are}} in the book
{\ADD{in which God has written the names of all those people who will}} live
{\ADD{forever}}.


\par }{\SH The Lord is coming soon. Always rejoice, be gentle to everyone. Do not worry about anything, but pray to God instead. As a result, God will grant you profound peace.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:4-7

\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{Because you have a relationship with}} the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice!

\VS{5}{\ADD{Act in such a way that}} everyone can know that you are gentle. The Lord is coming soon.

\VS{6}Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation, pray
{\ADD{to God}}, tell him what you need, and ask him
{\ADD{to help you}} [DOU]. Also thank
{\ADD{him for what he does for you}}.

\VS{7}As a result, God will enable you not to worry
{\ADD{about anything}} [MTY] (OR, God will protect your minds
{\ADD{in every way}}) [PRS].
{\ADD{That is}}, he will cause you to have
{\ADD{inner}} peace
{\ADD{because you have a relationship with}} Christ Jesus. You will not be able to understand [PRS]
{\ADD{how you can be so peaceful in such difficult circumstances!}}!


\par }{\SH Continually think about everything that is good and praiseworthy. Continually practice whatever you have learned from me. As a result, God will be with you and give you inner peace.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:8-9

\par }{\PP \VS{8}My fellow believers, there is one more thing I
{\ADD{want you to do}}. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever
{\ADD{deserves}} praise, those are the things that you should continually think about.

\VS{9}Those things that I have taught you and that you have learned from me, those things that you have heard me
{\ADD{say}} and that you have seen me
{\ADD{do}}, those are the things that you yourselves should continually do. As a result
{\ADD{of your doing those things}}, God, the one who
{\ADD{causes us to}} have
{\ADD{inner}} peace, will ◄be with/bless► you.


\par }{\SH I rejoice greatly because you have once again demonstrated your concern for me by giving to meet my needs, though it is true that Christ enables me to be content in every situation.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:10-14

\par }{\PP \VS{10}I rejoice greatly
{\ADD{and thank}} the Lord because now, after some time,
{\ADD{by sending money to me}} you have once again shown that you are concerned about me [EUP]. Indeed, you were concerned about me
{\ADD{all the time}}, but you had no opportunity
{\ADD{to show that you were concerned about me}}.

\VS{11}I am saying this not because I
{\ADD{am concerned that I}} lack things
{\ADD{that I need}}. In fact, I have learned to be content in whatever
{\ADD{situation}} I am.

\VS{12}{\ADD{Specifically}}, I know how
{\ADD{to be content when}} I do not have what I need, and I know how
{\ADD{to be content when}} I have plenty. I have learned how
{\ADD{to be content}} in any and every
{\ADD{situation}} [DOU].
{\ADD{Specifically}}, I have learned how
{\ADD{to be content when}} I have enough to eat, and I have learned how
{\ADD{to be content when}} I do not have enough to eat. I have learned how
{\ADD{to be content when}} I have plenty [DOU]
{\ADD{of what I need}}, and I have learned
{\ADD{how to be content when}} I lack
{\ADD{things}}.

\VS{13}I am able ◄to cope with/to handle► every situation because
{\ADD{Christ}} gives me the strength to do that.

\VS{14}Nevertheless, you did very well by
{\ADD{helping me}} (OR,
{\ADD{giving me money}}) [EUP] while I have been suffering hardship.


\par }{\SH You Philippians know that in the early days of preaching the good news in your region you were the only congregation that sent me money. I do not say this because I desire your gifts, but I desire that God would abundantly bless you for aiding me.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:15-17

\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{My friends there at Philippi}}, you yourselves know that when I first
{\ADD{proclaimed}} the message about Christ
{\ADD{to you}}, and then left there to go to Macedonia
{\ADD{province}}, you were the only group of believers [LIT] who
{\ADD{sent me}} gifts [EUP] in order that I might
{\ADD{proclaim that message}} to others just like I did for you.

\VS{16}Even
{\ADD{when I was}} in Thessalonica
{\ADD{city}}, you sent
{\ADD{money}} [EUP] to me two different times [IDM] in order to
{\ADD{supply}} what I needed.

\VS{17}I say this, not because I desire that you give me money now. Instead, I desire that
{\ADD{God}} will abundantly bless [MET] you as a result of
{\ADD{your helping me}}.


\par }{\SH I have received your very generous gift; God is very pleased with this gift, and he will abundantly supply your every need also. Let us praise him forever.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:18-20

\par }{\PP \VS{18}But I have received a very generous
{\ADD{gift}} [EUP]
{\ADD{from you}}, and
{\ADD{as a result}}, I have plenty. I have an abundant supply
{\ADD{of what I need because}} I have received from Epaphroditus the money [EUP] that you
{\ADD{sent to me}}. God considers that your gift is very acceptable, and he is very pleased with it.
{\ADD{Your gift is like}} a nice-smelling sacrifice [MET].

\VS{19}{\ADD{Moreover}}, God,
{\ADD{whom}} I
{\ADD{serve}}, has an unlimited supply
{\ADD{of everything that we(inc) need}}. And as a result, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, he will completely supply everything that you need.

\VS{20}{\ADD{So}}, praise God our Father forever and ever! Amen!


\par }{\SH All of God’s people here, including those who serve God with me and those who work at the emperor’s palace, join me in greeting each one of God’s people there.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:21-22

\par }{\PP \VS{21}Greet
{\ADD{for me/us(exc)}} all of God’s people
{\ADD{there, that is, all those who have a relationship with}} Christ Jesus. The fellow believers who
{\ADD{serve God together}} with me here send their greetings to you (OR, say they are thinking fondly of you).

\VS{22}All of God’s people
{\ADD{here}} send their greetings to you. Especially the
{\ADD{fellow believers who work}} in the palace of the emperor send their greetings to you.


\par }{\SH May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you.
\par }
{\SR Philippians 4:23

\par }{\PP \VS{23}My desire is
{\ADD{that our}} Lord Jesus Christ
{\ADD{will continue to}} act kindly toward you all [SYN].


\par }