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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.1.1"><span class="content">To all God&#8217;s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">The word </span><span class="fq">deacons </span><span class="ft">refers here to Christians designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Romans 16:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank my God every time I remember you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God&#8217;s grace with me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ&#8212;to the glory and praise of God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Chains Advance the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 14; and in 3:1, 13, 17; 4:1, 8, 21.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whole palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.1.18"><span class="content">Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">for I know that through your prayers and God&#8217;s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindication</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">salvation</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PHP.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life Worthy of the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PHP.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in one spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> striving together as one for the faith of the gospel </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PHP.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved&#8212;and that by God. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PHP.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PHP.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Imitating Christ&#8217;s Humility</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who, being in very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the form of</span></span></span><span class="content"> God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rather, he made himself nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">by taking the very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the form</span></span></span><span class="content"> of a servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">being made in human likeness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And being found in appearance as a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">he humbled himself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">by becoming obedient to death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">even death on a cross!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore God exalted him to the highest place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">and gave him the name that is above every name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">in heaven and on earth and under the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">to the glory of God the Father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Do Everything Without Grumbling</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed&#8212;not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence&#8212;continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything without grumbling or arguing, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so that you may become blameless and pure, &#8220;children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy and Epaphroditus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PHP.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PHP.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PHP.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PHP.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PHP.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No Confidence in the Flesh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">though I myself have reasons for such confidence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.3.4"><span class="content">If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ&#8212;the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I want to know Christ&#8212;yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Following Paul&#8217;s Example</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Only let us live up to what we have already attained.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Exhortations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable&#8212;if anything is excellent or praiseworthy&#8212;think about such things. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me&#8212;put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanks for Their Gifts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I can do all this through him who gives me strength.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Greet all God&#8217;s people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All God&#8217;s people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar&#8217;s household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:23 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">72</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 72</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of Solomon.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Endow the king with your justice, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="content">the royal son with your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May he judge your people in righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="content">your afflicted ones with justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="content">the hills the fruit of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May he defend the afflicted among the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">and save the children of the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">may he crush the oppressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May he endure</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:5 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">You will be feared</span></span></span><span class="content"> as long as the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="content">as long as the moon, through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May he be like rain falling on a mown field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="content">like showers watering the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In his days may the righteous flourish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="content">and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May he rule from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="content">and from the River</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May the desert tribes bow before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="content">and his enemies lick the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">bring tribute to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">May the kings of Sheba and Seba</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">present him gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May all kings bow down to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="content">and all nations serve him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For he will deliver the needy who cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="content">the afflicted who have no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will take pity on the weak and the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="content">and save the needy from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will rescue them from oppression and violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="content">for precious is their blood in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Long may he live!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">May gold from Sheba be given him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">May people ever pray for him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">and bless him all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May grain abound throughout the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">on the tops of the hills may it sway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">May the crops flourish like Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">and thrive</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:16 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lebanon, / from the city</span></span></span><span class="content"> like the grass of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May his name endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">may it continue as long as the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">Then all nations will be blessed through him,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will use his name in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see Gen. 48:20)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">and they will call him blessed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="content">who alone does marvelous deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to his glorious name forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">may the whole earth be filled with his glory.</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">Amen and Amen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.72.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.</span></span></div>
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