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The Letter to the Philippians from the twentieth century New Testament.
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by J. A. Carter www
dot authentic light dot org. The twentieth Century New Testament
(00:26):
by a company of about twenty scholars. The Letter to
the Philippians introduction in chapters one through four. Introduction Saint
Paul's Letter to the Christians at Philippi, written probably during
his imprisonment at Rome about sixty two a d. Philippi
was a Roman military station in Macedonia and the first
(00:49):
place in Europe at which Saint Paul is known to
have preached Acts sixteen, verse twelve. The Apostle gained many
converts there, but his stay was cut short by persecution. Subsequently,
he twice revisited the town Acts Chapter twenty, verses two
and six. The Philippian Christians appeared to have cherished especially
warm affection for the Apostle, although their own means were
(01:10):
but slender, They repeatedly contributed to his support with great generosity.
Philippians Chapter four, verses fifteen and sixteen. Upon hearing of
his imprisonment at Rome, they sent Epaphroditis to carry their
gifts to him and assure him of their heartfelt sympathy. Philippians,
Chapter two, verse twenty five. While in Rome, Epaphroditis fell ill.
(01:31):
Upon his recovery, Saint Paul sent this letter by him
to Philippi, expressing to the members of the church there
his gratitude for their kindness and urging them to unity
and humility. The letter expresses warm personal affection and contains
counsel and warning to the apostles converts, mingled with kindly
messages and encouragement. It was written at a time when
(01:51):
his trial before the Emperor Nero was drawing to an end,
and when Saint Paul was daily awaiting the issue. His
friends had deserted him, death stared him in the face,
and yet the letter sounds a note of confidence and joy.
Chapter one. To all Christ's people at Philippi, with the
presiding officers and assistants from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ,
(02:15):
Jesus May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
bless you and give you peace. Every recollection that I
have of you is a cause of thankfulness to God
always in every prayer that I offer for you all,
And my prayers are full of joy because of the
share that you have had in spreading the good News
from the first day that you received it until now.
(02:35):
For of this I am confident that He who began
a good work in you will complete it in readiness
for the day of Jesus Christ. And indeed I am
justified in feeling thus about you all, because you have
a warm place in my heart, you who all, both
in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and
establishing the good News, shared my privilege with me. God
(02:57):
will bear me witness how I yearn over you all
with the tens of Christ Jesus. And what I pray
for is this, that your love may grow yet stronger
and stronger with increasing knowledge and all discernment, until you
are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray
too that you may be kept pure and blameless against
the day of Christ, bearing a rich harvest of that
(03:19):
righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and
praise of God. Brothers, I want you to realize that
what has happened to me has actually served to forward
the good news. It has even become evident not only
to all the Imperial God, but to everyone else, that
it is for Christ's sake that I am in chains.
And besides this, most of our brothers have gained confidence
(03:42):
in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with
far greater freedom to speak of God's message fearlessly. It
is true that some do proclaim the Christ out of
jealousy and opposition, but there are others who proclaim him
from good will. The latter do it from love for me,
knowing that I have been appoint to plead the cause
of the good news. The former spread the news of
(04:03):
the Christ in a factious spirit, and not sincerely thinking
to add to the pain of my chains. But what
of that, only that in some way or other, either
with assumed or with real earnestness, Christ is being made known.
And at that I rejoice, Yes, and I will rejoice,
for I know that through your prayers and through a
rich supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ, all this
(04:26):
will make for my salvation, and this will fulfill my
earnest expectation and hope that I shall have no cause
for shame. But that with unfailing courage, now as hitherto,
Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my
life or by my death. For to me life is
Christ and death is Gain. But what if the life
(04:47):
here in the body, if this brings me fruit from
my labors, then wish to choose? I cannot tell. I
am sorely perplexed either way. My own desire is to
depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.
But for your sakes it may be more needful that
I should still remain here in the body. Yes, I
am confident that this is so, and therefore I am
(05:08):
sure that I shall stay and stay near you all
to promote your progress and joy in the faith, so
that when you once more have me among you, you
and your union with Christ Jesus, may find in me
fresh cause for exaltation. Under all circumstances, Let your lives
be worthy of the good news of the Christ, so
that whether I come and see you, or whether I
(05:28):
hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know
that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit and
joining with one heart and a common struggle for the
faith taught by the good News. Without ever shirking from
your opponents. To them, this will be a sign of
their destruction and of your salvation, a sign from God.
For on behalf of Christ you have had the privilege
(05:49):
granted you not only of trusting in Him, but also
of suffering. On his behalf, you will be engaged in
the same hard struggle as that which you once saw
me waging, and which you hear that I am waging
still Chapter two. If then any encouragement comes through union
with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love,
(06:09):
if there is any communion with the spirit, if there
is any tenderness or pity, I entreat you to make
my happiness complete. Live together, animated by the same spirit,
and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one spirit.
Nothing should be done in a factious spirit or from vanity.
But each of you should, with all humility, regard others
(06:30):
as of more account than himself, and one and all
should consider not only their own interests, but also the
interests of others. Let the Spirit of Jesus Christ be
yours also. Though the divine nature was his from the beginning,
yet he did not look upon equality with God as
above all things to be clung to but impoverished himself
(06:52):
by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like men.
He appeared among us as a man, and still further
humbled himself by submitting even to death, to death on
a cross. And that is why God raised him to
the very highest place and gave him the name which
stands above all other names, so that in adoration of
(07:12):
the name of Jesus, every knee should bend in heaven,
on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue
should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord to the glory of
God the Father. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have
always been obedient in the past, so now work out
your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I
(07:32):
am with you, but all the more now that I
am absent. Remember it is God who, in his kindness,
is at work within you, enabling you both to will
and to work. In all that you do. Avoid murmuring
and dissension, so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent,
faultless children of God in the midst of an evil
disposed and perverse generation, in which you are seen shining
(07:55):
like stars in a dark world, offering to mend the
message of life, and then I shall be able at
the day of Christ to boast that I did not
run my course for nothing or toil for nothing. And
yet even if when your faith is offered as a
sacrifice to God, my life blood must be poured out
in addition, still I shall rejoice and share the joy
(08:17):
of you all. And do you also rejoice and share
my joy? I hope, however, as one who trusts in
the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long,
so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news
of you. For I have no one but Him to send,
no one of kindred spirit who would take the same
genuine interest in your welfare. They are all pursuing their
(08:38):
own aims and not those of Christ Jesus. But you
know what Timothy has proved himself to be, and how
like a child working for his father, he worked hard
with me in spreading the good news. It is Timothy, then,
whom I hope to send as soon as ever I
can foresee how it will go with me. And I
am confident, as one who trust in the Lord Jesus,
that before long I myself shall follow. Still I think
(09:00):
it necessary to send Epaphroditis to you now, for he
is my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and he
was also your messenger to help me in my need.
For he has been longing to see you all, and
has been distressed because you heard of his illness. And
I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal.
But God had pity on him, and not on him only,
but also on me, that I might not have sorrow
(09:23):
upon sorrow. I am all the more ready therefore to
send him, so that the sight of him may revive
your spirits and my own sorrow be lightened. Give him, then,
the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in
great honor, for it was owing to his devotion to
the Master's work that he was at the point of death,
having risked his own life and the effort to supply
(09:43):
what was wanting in the help that you sent me.
Chapter three. In conclusion, my brothers, all joy be yours
and your union with the Lord. To repeat what I
have already said does not weary me, and is the
safe course for you. Beware of those dogs, Beware of
those misas chievous workers, Beware of the men who mutilate themselves.
(10:04):
For it is we who are the circumcised, we whose
worship is prompted by the spirit of God, who exalt
in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges,
though I if any man have cause to rely even
upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon
external privileges, far more can I. I was circumcised when
eight days old. I am an Israelite by birth, and
(10:26):
of the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew and
the child of Hebrews. As to the law, I was
a pharisee. As to zeal, I was a persecutor of
the church. As to such righteousness as is due to
the law, I prove myself blameless. But all the things
which I once held to be gains I have now
for the Christ's sake, come to count as lass. More
(10:47):
than that, I count everything as lass for the sake
of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything
and counted as refuse. If I may but gain Christ
and be found in union with Him, any righteousness that
I have being not the righteousness that results from law,
but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ, the
(11:08):
righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
Then indeed I shall know Christ and the power of
his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
and the hope that if I become like him and
his death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from
the dead. Not that I have already laid hold of it,
or that I am already made perfect. But I press
(11:31):
on in the hope of actually laying hold of that
for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
For I, brothers, do not regard myself as having yet
laid hold of it. But this one thing I do
forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that
which lies in front, I press on to the goal
to gain the prize of that heavenward call which God
(11:54):
gave me through Christ Jesus. Let all of us, then,
whose faith is mature, think thus. Then if on any
matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain
to you. Only we are bound to order our lives
by what we have already attained. Brothers, unite in following
my example, and fix your eyes on those who are
(12:14):
living by the pattern which we have set you. For
there are many of whom I have often told you,
and now tell you even with tears, who are living
in enmity to the cross of the Christ. The end
of such men is ruin, for their appetites are their God,
and they glory in their shame. Their minds are given
up to earthly things. But the state of which we
are citizens is in heaven, and it is from heaven
(12:38):
that we are eagerly looking for a savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ, who by the exercise of his power to
bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body
that we have in our humiliation like to that body
which he has in his glory. Chapter four. So, then,
my dear brothers, whom I am longing to see you,
who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in
(13:01):
union with the Lord. Dear friends, I entreat Euodea, and
I entreat Sentickie to live in harmony in union with
the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true comrade,
to help them, remembering that they toiled by my side
and spreading the good news. And so did Clement and
my other fellow workers whose names are in the book
of life. All joy be yours at all time, and
(13:24):
our union with the Lord. Again, I repeat, all joy
be yours. Let your forbearing spirit be plain to every one.
The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything,
but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty, joined with thanksgiving,
make your needs known to God. Then the peace of God,
(13:45):
which is beyond all human understanding, will stand guard over
your hearts and thoughts through your union with Christ Jesus.
In conclusion, brothers, wherever you find anything true or honorable, righteous,
or pure, lovable, or praiseworthy, or if virtue and honor
have any meaning there, let your thoughts dwell. All that
(14:05):
you learned and received and heard and saw in me,
put into practice continually, and then God, the giver of peace,
will be with you. It was a matter of great
joy to me, as one in union with the Lord,
that at length your interest in me had revived the
interest indeed you had, but not the opportunity. Do not
think that I am saying this under the pressure of want.
(14:27):
For I, however, I am placed, have learnt to be
independent of circumstances. I know how to face humble circumstances,
and I know how to face prosperity into all and
every human experience. I have been initiated into plenty and hunger,
into prosperity and want. I can do everything in the
strength of Him who makes me strong. Yet you have
(14:49):
acted nobly in sharing my troubles, and you at philipp
I know as well as I that in the early
days of the Good News, at the time when I
had just left Macedonia, no church would one exception of yourselves,
had anything to do with me as far as giving
and receiving are concerned. Indeed, even while I was still
in Thessalonika, you sent more than once to receive my wants.
(15:11):
It is not that I am anxious for your gifts,
but I am anxious to see the abundant return that
will be placed to your account. I have enough of
everything and to spare. My wants are fully satisfied now
that I have received from Apaphroditis the gifts which you
sent me the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and
pleasing to God, and my God, out of the greatness
(15:33):
of his wealth, will in glory fully satisfy your every
need through your union with Christ Jesus. To Him our God,
and Father be ascribed all glory forever and ever. Amen,
give my greeting to every one of the people of Christ.
Jesus the brothers who are with me send you their greetings.
(15:53):
All christ people here, and especially those who belong to
the Emperor's households, send theirs. May the blessing of the
Lord Jesus Christ rest on your souls. End of the
letter to the Philippians.
The Letter to the Philippians from the twentieth century New Testament.
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by J. A. Carter www
dot authentic light dot org. The twentieth Century New Testament
(00:26):
by a company of about twenty scholars. The Letter to
the Philippians introduction in chapters one through four. Introduction Saint
Paul's Letter to the Christians at Philippi, written probably during
his imprisonment at Rome about sixty two a d. Philippi
was a Roman military station in Macedonia and the first
(00:49):
place in Europe at which Saint Paul is known to
have preached Acts sixteen, verse twelve. The Apostle gained many
converts there, but his stay was cut short by persecution. Subsequently,
he twice revisited the town Acts Chapter twenty, verses two
and six. The Philippian Christians appeared to have cherished especially
warm affection for the Apostle, although their own means were
(01:10):
but slender, They repeatedly contributed to his support with great generosity.
Philippians Chapter four, verses fifteen and sixteen. Upon hearing of
his imprisonment at Rome, they sent Epaphroditis to carry their
gifts to him and assure him of their heartfelt sympathy. Philippians,
Chapter two, verse twenty five. While in Rome, Epaphroditis fell ill.
(01:31):
Upon his recovery, Saint Paul sent this letter by him
to Philippi, expressing to the members of the church there
his gratitude for their kindness and urging them to unity
and humility. The letter expresses warm personal affection and contains
counsel and warning to the apostles converts, mingled with kindly
messages and encouragement. It was written at a time when
(01:51):
his trial before the Emperor Nero was drawing to an end,
and when Saint Paul was daily awaiting the issue. His
friends had deserted him, death stared him in the face,
and yet the letter sounds a note of confidence and joy.
Chapter one. To all Christ's people at Philippi, with the
presiding officers and assistants from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ,
(02:15):
Jesus May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
bless you and give you peace. Every recollection that I
have of you is a cause of thankfulness to God
always in every prayer that I offer for you all,
And my prayers are full of joy because of the
share that you have had in spreading the good News
from the first day that you received it until now.
(02:35):
For of this I am confident that He who began
a good work in you will complete it in readiness
for the day of Jesus Christ. And indeed I am
justified in feeling thus about you all, because you have
a warm place in my heart, you who all, both
in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and
establishing the good News, shared my privilege with me. God
(02:57):
will bear me witness how I yearn over you all
with the tens of Christ Jesus. And what I pray
for is this, that your love may grow yet stronger
and stronger with increasing knowledge and all discernment, until you
are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray
too that you may be kept pure and blameless against
the day of Christ, bearing a rich harvest of that
(03:19):
righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and
praise of God. Brothers, I want you to realize that
what has happened to me has actually served to forward
the good news. It has even become evident not only
to all the Imperial God, but to everyone else, that
it is for Christ's sake that I am in chains.
And besides this, most of our brothers have gained confidence
(03:42):
in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with
far greater freedom to speak of God's message fearlessly. It
is true that some do proclaim the Christ out of
jealousy and opposition, but there are others who proclaim him
from good will. The latter do it from love for me,
knowing that I have been appoint to plead the cause
of the good news. The former spread the news of
(04:03):
the Christ in a factious spirit, and not sincerely thinking
to add to the pain of my chains. But what
of that, only that in some way or other, either
with assumed or with real earnestness, Christ is being made known.
And at that I rejoice, Yes, and I will rejoice,
for I know that through your prayers and through a
rich supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ, all this
(04:26):
will make for my salvation, and this will fulfill my
earnest expectation and hope that I shall have no cause
for shame. But that with unfailing courage, now as hitherto,
Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my
life or by my death. For to me life is
Christ and death is Gain. But what if the life
(04:47):
here in the body, if this brings me fruit from
my labors, then wish to choose? I cannot tell. I
am sorely perplexed either way. My own desire is to
depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.
But for your sakes it may be more needful that
I should still remain here in the body. Yes, I
am confident that this is so, and therefore I am
(05:08):
sure that I shall stay and stay near you all
to promote your progress and joy in the faith, so
that when you once more have me among you, you
and your union with Christ Jesus, may find in me
fresh cause for exaltation. Under all circumstances, Let your lives
be worthy of the good news of the Christ, so
that whether I come and see you, or whether I
(05:28):
hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know
that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit and
joining with one heart and a common struggle for the
faith taught by the good News. Without ever shirking from
your opponents. To them, this will be a sign of
their destruction and of your salvation, a sign from God.
For on behalf of Christ you have had the privilege
(05:49):
granted you not only of trusting in Him, but also
of suffering. On his behalf, you will be engaged in
the same hard struggle as that which you once saw
me waging, and which you hear that I am waging
still Chapter two. If then any encouragement comes through union
with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love,
(06:09):
if there is any communion with the spirit, if there
is any tenderness or pity, I entreat you to make
my happiness complete. Live together, animated by the same spirit,
and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one spirit.
Nothing should be done in a factious spirit or from vanity.
But each of you should, with all humility, regard others
(06:30):
as of more account than himself, and one and all
should consider not only their own interests, but also the
interests of others. Let the Spirit of Jesus Christ be
yours also. Though the divine nature was his from the beginning,
yet he did not look upon equality with God as
above all things to be clung to but impoverished himself
(06:52):
by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like men.
He appeared among us as a man, and still further
humbled himself by submitting even to death, to death on
a cross. And that is why God raised him to
the very highest place and gave him the name which
stands above all other names, so that in adoration of
(07:12):
the name of Jesus, every knee should bend in heaven,
on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue
should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord to the glory of
God the Father. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have
always been obedient in the past, so now work out
your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I
(07:32):
am with you, but all the more now that I
am absent. Remember it is God who, in his kindness,
is at work within you, enabling you both to will
and to work. In all that you do. Avoid murmuring
and dissension, so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent,
faultless children of God in the midst of an evil
disposed and perverse generation, in which you are seen shining
(07:55):
like stars in a dark world, offering to mend the
message of life, and then I shall be able at
the day of Christ to boast that I did not
run my course for nothing or toil for nothing. And
yet even if when your faith is offered as a
sacrifice to God, my life blood must be poured out
in addition, still I shall rejoice and share the joy
(08:17):
of you all. And do you also rejoice and share
my joy? I hope, however, as one who trusts in
the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long,
so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news
of you. For I have no one but Him to send,
no one of kindred spirit who would take the same
genuine interest in your welfare. They are all pursuing their
(08:38):
own aims and not those of Christ Jesus. But you
know what Timothy has proved himself to be, and how
like a child working for his father, he worked hard
with me in spreading the good news. It is Timothy, then,
whom I hope to send as soon as ever I
can foresee how it will go with me. And I
am confident, as one who trust in the Lord Jesus,
that before long I myself shall follow. Still I think
(09:00):
it necessary to send Epaphroditis to you now, for he
is my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and he
was also your messenger to help me in my need.
For he has been longing to see you all, and
has been distressed because you heard of his illness. And
I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal.
But God had pity on him, and not on him only,
but also on me, that I might not have sorrow
(09:23):
upon sorrow. I am all the more ready therefore to
send him, so that the sight of him may revive
your spirits and my own sorrow be lightened. Give him, then,
the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in
great honor, for it was owing to his devotion to
the Master's work that he was at the point of death,
having risked his own life and the effort to supply
(09:43):
what was wanting in the help that you sent me.
Chapter three. In conclusion, my brothers, all joy be yours
and your union with the Lord. To repeat what I
have already said does not weary me, and is the
safe course for you. Beware of those dogs, Beware of
those misas chievous workers, Beware of the men who mutilate themselves.
(10:04):
For it is we who are the circumcised, we whose
worship is prompted by the spirit of God, who exalt
in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges,
though I if any man have cause to rely even
upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon
external privileges, far more can I. I was circumcised when
eight days old. I am an Israelite by birth, and
(10:26):
of the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew and
the child of Hebrews. As to the law, I was
a pharisee. As to zeal, I was a persecutor of
the church. As to such righteousness as is due to
the law, I prove myself blameless. But all the things
which I once held to be gains I have now
for the Christ's sake, come to count as lass. More
(10:47):
than that, I count everything as lass for the sake
of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything
and counted as refuse. If I may but gain Christ
and be found in union with Him, any righteousness that
I have being not the righteousness that results from law,
but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ, the
(11:08):
righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
Then indeed I shall know Christ and the power of
his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
and the hope that if I become like him and
his death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from
the dead. Not that I have already laid hold of it,
or that I am already made perfect. But I press
(11:31):
on in the hope of actually laying hold of that
for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
For I, brothers, do not regard myself as having yet
laid hold of it. But this one thing I do
forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that
which lies in front, I press on to the goal
to gain the prize of that heavenward call which God
(11:54):
gave me through Christ Jesus. Let all of us, then,
whose faith is mature, think thus. Then if on any
matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain
to you. Only we are bound to order our lives
by what we have already attained. Brothers, unite in following
my example, and fix your eyes on those who are
(12:14):
living by the pattern which we have set you. For
there are many of whom I have often told you,
and now tell you even with tears, who are living
in enmity to the cross of the Christ. The end
of such men is ruin, for their appetites are their God,
and they glory in their shame. Their minds are given
up to earthly things. But the state of which we
are citizens is in heaven, and it is from heaven
(12:38):
that we are eagerly looking for a savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ, who by the exercise of his power to
bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body
that we have in our humiliation like to that body
which he has in his glory. Chapter four. So, then,
my dear brothers, whom I am longing to see you,
who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in
(13:01):
union with the Lord. Dear friends, I entreat Euodea, and
I entreat Sentickie to live in harmony in union with
the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true comrade,
to help them, remembering that they toiled by my side
and spreading the good news. And so did Clement and
my other fellow workers whose names are in the book
of life. All joy be yours at all time, and
(13:24):
our union with the Lord. Again, I repeat, all joy
be yours. Let your forbearing spirit be plain to every one.
The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything,
but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty, joined with thanksgiving,
make your needs known to God. Then the peace of God,
(13:45):
which is beyond all human understanding, will stand guard over
your hearts and thoughts through your union with Christ Jesus.
In conclusion, brothers, wherever you find anything true or honorable, righteous,
or pure, lovable, or praiseworthy, or if virtue and honor
have any meaning there, let your thoughts dwell. All that
(14:05):
you learned and received and heard and saw in me,
put into practice continually, and then God, the giver of peace,
will be with you. It was a matter of great
joy to me, as one in union with the Lord,
that at length your interest in me had revived the
interest indeed you had, but not the opportunity. Do not
think that I am saying this under the pressure of want.
(14:27):
For I, however, I am placed, have learnt to be
independent of circumstances. I know how to face humble circumstances,
and I know how to face prosperity into all and
every human experience. I have been initiated into plenty and hunger,
into prosperity and want. I can do everything in the
strength of Him who makes me strong. Yet you have
(14:49):
acted nobly in sharing my troubles, and you at philipp
I know as well as I that in the early
days of the Good News, at the time when I
had just left Macedonia, no church would one exception of yourselves,
had anything to do with me as far as giving
and receiving are concerned. Indeed, even while I was still
in Thessalonika, you sent more than once to receive my wants.
(15:11):
It is not that I am anxious for your gifts,
but I am anxious to see the abundant return that
will be placed to your account. I have enough of
everything and to spare. My wants are fully satisfied now
that I have received from Apaphroditis the gifts which you
sent me the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and
pleasing to God, and my God, out of the greatness
(15:33):
of his wealth, will in glory fully satisfy your every
need through your union with Christ Jesus. To Him our God,
and Father be ascribed all glory forever and ever. Amen,
give my greeting to every one of the people of Christ.
Jesus the brothers who are with me send you their greetings.
(15:53):
All christ people here, and especially those who belong to
the Emperor's households, send theirs. May the blessing of the
Lord Jesus Christ rest on your souls. End of the
letter to the Philippians.
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