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Philippians 1:1

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  • Research Guide

    Organized, p. 53

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 564-565

  • Publications Index

    od 53; it-2 564-565; om 55;

    w81 3/15 14; w74 407-408; w73 469; w72 19, 21, 692; or 61; yb72 27, 30; w71 690; w63 147; w62 630; w59 128; w44 313, 325

Philippians 1:2

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  • Publications Index

    g65 3/8 7

Philippians 1:3

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  • Publications Index

    g61 11/22 28

Philippians 1:4

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  • Publications Index

    g61 11/22 28

Philippians 1:5

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  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 285

  • Publications Index

    it-2 285;

    w77 370-371; ad 1088

Philippians 1:7

Footnotes

  • *

    1:7 Lit. have you at heart

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,

    7/2023, p. 3

    Bearing Witness, pp. 131-132

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 21

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 273

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/2015, pp. 22-23

    8/15/1999, pp. 21-22

    12/1/1998, p. 18

    Proclaimers, pp. 678, 696

    “All Scripture,” p. 94

  • Publications Index

    mwb23.07 3; bt 131-132; lff lesson 21; it-1 273; w15 2/15 22-23; w99 8/15 21-22; w98 12/1 18; jv 678, 696; si 94;

    g78 2/22 27; yb75 172-173; w62 711; w57 762; w54 724; w52 411; w50 393

Philippians 1:8

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  • *

    1:8 Or in Christ Jesus’s heart

Philippians 1:9

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  • *

    1:9 Lit. in insight and every sense

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    8/2022, p. 3

    The Watchtower (Study),

    8/2019, pp. 9-10

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/1997, pp. 16-17

    6/15/1995, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w22.08 3; w19.08 9-10; w97 3/15 16-17; w95 6/15 20;

    g72 2/8 4; w71 266-267; w66 23; yb66 38; w64 467, 492; w60 108; w59 460

Philippians 1:10

Footnotes

  • *

    1:10 Lit. be unalloyed and snagless

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 12

    Awake!,

    No. 1 2020 p. 12

    2/22/1987, pp. 6-9

    The Watchtower (Study),

    8/2019, pp. 10-12

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2008, p. 24

    3/15/1997, pp. 16-17

  • Publications Index

    lff lessons 12, 53; g20.1 12; w19.08 10-12; w08 11/15 24; w97 3/15 16-17; g87 2/22 6-9;

    w80 8/1 21; w78 3/15 16; w73 128; w71 266-267; w66 295; w64 448, 640; w63 36; w62 81, 678; w59 460; w57 379

Philippians 1:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    8/2019, p. 12

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/2007, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w19.08 12; w07 4/15 24;

    w65 338

Philippians 1:12

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  • Publications Index

    g78 2/22 27

Philippians 1:13

Footnotes

  • *

    1:13 Lit. well known in Christ

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  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 383, 1011

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 666

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/2013, pp. 14-16

    New World Translation, p. 1707

  • Publications Index

    it-1 383, 1011; it-2 666; w13 2/15 14-16; nwt 1707;

    ad 273, 697, 1329; li 277; w62 17; yb62 26

Philippians 1:14

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  • Publications Index

    yb84 260-261; w83 12/15 18, 25-26; w62 17; yb62 26; g62 11/8 19

Philippians 1:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 730, 988-989

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/1991, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    it-1 730, 988-989; w91 10/1 21;

    w78 1/1 20; w76 296-297; w76 542; ad 678; w64 335, 697; w39 52

Philippians 1:16

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  • Publications Index

    w64 335, 697

Philippians 1:17

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  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 730

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1040

  • Publications Index

    it-1 730; it-2 1040;

    w76 296-297; ad 1557; w64 335

Philippians 1:18

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  • Publications Index

    w76 299-300; w39 52

Philippians 1:19

Footnotes

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    1:19 Or your petitions and the supply of Jesus Christ’s spirit that you furnish

Philippians 1:20

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w72 415; w61 303

Philippians 1:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1995, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w95 3/1 30;

    w72 519

Philippians 1:22

Footnotes

  • *

    1:22 Lit. that is fruit

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g57 3/8 25; w46 122

Philippians 1:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2008, p. 28

    3/1/1995, pp. 30-31

  • Publications Index

    w08 8/15 28; w95 3/1 30-31;

    int 1151; Rbi8 1578; bi8-71 1364; int69 1162; bi8-63 3591; g57 3/8 25; bi7-50 780; w46 122

Philippians 1:24

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  • Publications Index

    w46 122

Philippians 1:26

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  • Publications Index

    w49 197

Philippians 1:27

Footnotes

  • *

    1:27 Lit. in one spirit, with one soul team-working with the faith of

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 473, 1008

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 629

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2012, pp. 11-12

    9/15/2010, pp. 13-14

  • Publications Index

    it-1 473, 1008; it-2 629; w12 8/15 11; w10 9/15 13-14;

    w85 11/15 29; int 1170; w77 401-402; w74 540; ad 695, 1303; li 278; w63 48; ln 22; w61 362, 369

Philippians 1:28

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  • Publications Index

    w82 4/15 24-25; w61 369; w52 157; w39 52

Philippians 1:29

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  • Publications Index

    w66 431; w52 563

Philippians 1:30

Footnotes

  • *

    1:30 Lit. having the same contest

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The Bible in Living English
Philippians 1:1-30

Philippians

Paul’s Letter to the Philippians

1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God’s people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with their visitors and deacons: 2 grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 I always thank my God at all recollection of you, 4 in all my petitions for you all making the petitions with joy 5 at your cooperativeness toward the missionary work from the first day till now, 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who has started a good work in you will carry it through till the day of Christ Jesus, 7* as it is right for me to be thus minded about you all because I have it at heart that both in my imprisonment and in the defending and guaranteeing of the gospel you are all of you my fellows in grace. 8* For God is my witness how I yearn over you all in Christ Jesus’s tenderness, 9* and pray for this, that your love may superabound yet more and more in insight and the use of every sense 10* so that you shall be judges of the things worth caring about, in order that you may be clear and untainted for Christ’s day, 11 filled with fruit of righteousness such as comes through Jesus Christ, to God’s praise and glory.

12 But I wish you to know, brothers, that my affairs have come into such shape as more to advance the gospel work, 13* so that my imprisonment has become well known in connection with Christ throughout the Praetorian Guard and to everybody else, 14 and so that most of the brothers, resting confident in the Lord, are venturing to speak God’s word all the more fearlessly for my imprisonment. 15 Some are preaching Christ for sheer enviousness and rivalry, and some for sheer goodwill; 16 the one group out of love, knowing that the defense of the gospel is what I exist for, 17 but the others are delivering the message of the Christ from motives of church politics, not honestly, thinking they are fomenting distress for my imprisonment. 18 What of it? anyhow, be it in pretense or in truth, the message of Christ is being delivered, and of that I am glad; and I will be glad too, 19* for I know this will turn out to be for my salvation through your petitions and the support of Jesus Christ’s spirit, 20 in accordance with my expectation and hope that in no respect shall I be put to shame, but with all straightforwardness Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death, now too as he always was. 21 For to me living is Christ and dying is profit-taking. 22* But if it is just living in flesh that means fruit of work for me, then I cannot tell what to choose; 23 but I am caught between the two things, having the desire for getting away and being with Christ—for it is a very long way better— 24 but staying in the flesh is more needful on your account; 25 and this I know with assurance, that I shall remain and stand by you all for your advancement and joy in the faith, 26 in order that you may in my case have the more to boast of in Christ Jesus through my arrival to be with you again.

27* Only lead a life worthy of the gospel of the Christ, in order that whether when I come and see you or while I am away I may hear of you that you are standing your ground in one spirit, united in wholesouled teamwork for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened as to anything by your opponents, which is an omen of perdition for them but of your salvation, and that from God, 29 because you have been given the grace that for Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for him, 30* facing the same contest such as you saw in my case and are now hearing of in my case.

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