[Phil 1]
1:1 Paul and Timothy, ¹servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the ²bishops and deacons:

¹Gk. bondservants
²Or, overseers

1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
1:4 always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,
1:5 for your ³fellowship in furtherance of the ⁴gospel from the first day until now;

³Or, communion and in ch. 2:1, 3:10.
⁴Gk. Good tidings and so everywhere. See marginal note on Mt 4:23.

1:6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
1:7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because ⁵I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

⁵Or, ye have me in your heart,

1:8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
1:10 so that ye may ⁶approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

⁶Or, distinguish the things that differ;

1:11 being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
1:12 Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;
1:13 so that my bonds became manifest in Christ ⁷throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

⁷Gk. in the whole Praetorium,

1:14 and that most of the brethren in the Lord, ⁸being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word ⁹of God without fear.

⁸Gk. trusting in my bonds,
⁹So ÀBA 33 81 and nearly all versions. But p⁴⁶ 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. omit of God

1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
1:16 ¹⁰the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

¹⁰Or, they that are moved by love do it, knowing etc.

1:17 ¹¹but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

¹¹Or, they that are factious proclaim Christ, not etc.

1:18 What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
1:19 For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
1:22 ¹²But if to live in the flesh, - if ¹³this shall bring fruit from my work, then ¹⁴what I shall choose I know not.

¹²Or, But if to live in the flesh be my lot, this is the fruit of my work: and what I shall choose I know not.
¹³Gk. this is for me fruit of work,
¹⁴Or, what shall I choose?

1:23 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
1:24 yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yes, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy ¹⁵in the faith;

¹⁵Or, of faith;

1:26 that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
1:27 Only ¹⁶let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving ¹⁷for the faith of the gospel;

¹⁶Gk. behave worthily as citizens of the gospel Compare ch. 3:20.
¹⁷Gk. with

1:28 and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;
1:29 because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
1:30 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
[Phil 2]
2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any ¹⁸consolation of love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

¹⁸Or, persuasion

2:2 make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being ¹⁹of one accord, ²⁰of one mind;

¹⁹Lit. of one soul,
²⁰So p⁴⁶B 1739 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. But À*CA I 33 81 vg read of the same mind;

2:3 doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
2:4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
2:5 Have²¹ this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

²¹So ÀBCA 33 81 cop^sa,bo arm. p⁴⁶ 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg add then

2:6 who, existing ²²in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

²²Or, in the form of a god,

2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a ²³servant, ²⁴being made in the likeness of men;

²³Gk. bondservant,
²⁴Gk. becoming in the likeness

2:8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yes, the death of the cross.
2:9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
2:10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and ²⁵things under the earth,

²⁵Or possibly, things of the world below,

2:11 and that every tongue ²⁶should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

²⁶So p⁴⁶ÀB arm vg. But CA 1739 33 81 read shall

2:12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not ²⁷as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

²⁷B 33 cop^sa,bo arm almost alone omit as

2:13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
2:14 Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
2:15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as ²⁸lights in the world,

²⁸Gk. luminaries See Apocrypha Wisdom 13:2; compare Rv 21:11.

2:16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
2:17 Yes, and if I am ²⁹offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

²⁹Gk. poured out as a drink-offering upon

2:18 and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
2:19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know of your state.
2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care ³⁰truly for your state.

³⁰Gk. genuinely

2:21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
2:23 Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:
2:24 but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
2:25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your ³¹messenger and minister to my need;

³¹Gk. apostle

2:26 since he longed ³²after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was ³³sick:

³²So B 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa vg. But À*CA I^vid 33 81 cop^bo arm read to see you all,
³³Perhaps from malaria, commonplace in the marshes.

2:27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:
2:30 because for the work ³⁴of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his soul to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

³⁴So p⁴⁶B 1739 1175 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa vg. ÀA 33 (81) cop^bo arm read of the Lord C alone omits of Christ

[Phil 3]
3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe.
3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the ³⁵concision:

³⁵a contemptuous word for circumcision (₌ mutilation) See footnote in Marshall’s diaglott.

3:3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
3:4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man ³⁶thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

³⁶Or, seemeth

3:5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of ³⁷Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

³⁷Or, of Hebrew parents; See Marshall’s diaglott.

3:6 as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which cometh about in the law, found blameless.
3:7 Howbeit what things were ³⁸gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

³⁸Gk. gains

3:8 Yes truly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
3:9 and be found in him, ³⁹not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God ⁴⁰by faith:

³⁹Or, not having as my righteousness that which is of the law,
⁴⁰Gk. upon

3:10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the ⁴¹fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

⁴¹Or, communion or, joint participation

3:11 if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.
3:12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I ⁴²press on, if so be that I may ⁴³lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

⁴²Lit. pursue, And in vs. 14 (similarly in vs. 6, pursuing for persecuting).
⁴³Or, lay hold, seeing that also I was laid hold on

3:13 Brethren, I count not myself ⁴⁴ to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

⁴⁴So p⁴⁶B 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa arm vg. But p^16vid,61vidÀA 33 81 cop^bo add ^yet

3:14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the ⁴⁵high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

⁴⁵Or, upward

3:15 Let us therefore, as many as are ⁴⁶perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

⁴⁶Or, full-grown 1Co 2:6.

3:16 only, whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.
3:17 Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.
3:18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
3:19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, whose glory is in their shame, who mind the earthly things.
3:20 For our ⁴⁷place of citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

⁴⁷Or, commonwealth is

3:21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
[Phil 4]
4:1 Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
4:2 I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.
4:3 Yes, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
4:5 Let your ⁴⁸forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

⁴⁸Or, gentleness Compare 2Co 10:1.

4:6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are ⁴⁹honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are ⁵⁰of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, ⁵¹think on these things.

⁴⁹Gk. reverend,
⁵⁰Or, gracious;
⁵¹Gk. take account of these things.

4:9 The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
4:10 But I ⁵²rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; ⁵³wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.

⁵²Gk. rejoiced
⁵³Or, seeing that

4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be ⁵⁴content.

⁵⁴Or, self-sufficient.

4:12 I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.
4:13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
4:14 Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.
4:15 And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
4:16 for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again ⁵⁵unto my need.

⁵⁵So ÀB 1739 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., (cop^sa,bo) vg. p⁴⁶A 81 omit unto

4:17 Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
4:18 But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
4:19 And my God ⁵⁶shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁵⁶So p⁴⁶ÀBA and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo arm. 1739 33 81 1175 vg read has supplied

4:20 Now unto ⁵⁷our God and Father be the glory ⁵⁸for ever and ever. Amen.

⁵⁷Or, God and our Father
⁵⁸Gk. unto the ages of the ages.

4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you.
4:22 All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar’s household.
4:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.⁵⁹

⁵⁹So B 1739* 1881 G cop^sa. But p⁴⁶ÀA 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo arm vg. add Amen. (Compare vs. 20.)