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Philippians Chapter 1

Philippians
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Philippians

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The chapter opens with Paul and Timothy writing to the church in Philippi, thanking them for their support and sharing their hope in Christ. It emphasizes the importance of unity, gratitude, and the spread of the gospel. The tone is one of encouragement and divine favor.

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(1) Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Romans 1:1I Corinthians 1:1Acts 16:1Acts 16:2Acts 16:3I Corinthians 16:10II Corinthians 1:1Colossians 1:1I Thessalonians 1:1II Thessalonians 1:1I Timothy 1:2Hebrews 13:23

(2) Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 1:7II Corinthians 1:2I Peter 1:2

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10

(4) Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
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Philippians 1:9Philippians 1:10Philippians 1:11Romans 1:9Ephesians 1:14Ephesians 1:15Ephesians 1:16Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 1:18Ephesians 1:19Ephesians 1:20Ephesians 1:21

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Isaiah 9:3

(5) For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
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Philippians 1:7Philippians 4:14Acts 16:15Romans 11:17Romans 12:13Romans 15:26I Corinthians 1:9II Corinthians 8:1Ephesians 2:19Ephesians 2:20Ephesians 2:21Ephesians 2:22

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I Corinthians 9:18

(6) Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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II Corinthians 1:15II Corinthians 2:3II Corinthians 7:16II Corinthians 9:4Galatians 5:10II Thessalonians 3:4Philemon 1:21Hebrews 10:35Philippians 1:29Philippians 2:13John 6:29Acts 11:18

(7) Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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I Corinthians 13:7I Thessalonians 1:2I Thessalonians 1:3I Thessalonians 1:4I Thessalonians 1:5I Thessalonians 5:5Hebrews 6:9Hebrews 6:10II Corinthians 3:2II Corinthians 7:3Galatians 5:6I John 3:14

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Romans 11:6Romans 12:3I Corinthians 15:10I Corinthians 9:18

(8) For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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Romans 1:9Romans 9:1Galatians 1:20I Thessalonians 2:5Philippians 2:26Philippians 4:1II Corinthians 13:9Galatians 4:19Colossians 2:1I Thessalonians 2:8II Timothy 1:4Philippians 2:1

(9) And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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Philippians 3:15Philippians 3:16Job 17:9Proverbs 4:18Matthew 13:31Matthew 13:32Matthew 13:33II Corinthians 8:7I Thessalonians 3:12I Thessalonians 4:1I Thessalonians 4:9I Thessalonians 4:10

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II Corinthians 8:7Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(10) That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
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Isaiah 7:15Isaiah 7:16Amos 5:14Amos 5:15Micah 3:2John 3:20Romans 2:18Romans 7:16Romans 7:22Romans 8:7Romans 12:2Romans 12:9

(11) Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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Philippians 4:17Psalms 1:3Psalms 92:12Psalms 92:13Psalms 92:14Isaiah 5:2Luke 13:6Luke 13:7Luke 13:8Luke 13:9John 15:2John 15:8

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Psalms 7:17Romans 9:30Romans 10:3Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1

(12) But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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Acts 21:28Acts 21:29Acts 21:30Acts 21:31Acts 21:32Acts 21:33Acts 21:34Acts 21:35Acts 21:36Acts 22:1Acts 22:2Acts 22:3

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I Corinthians 9:18

(13) So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
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Acts 20:23Acts 20:24Acts 21:11Acts 21:12Acts 21:13Acts 26:29Acts 26:31Acts 28:17Acts 28:20Ephesians 3:1Ephesians 4:1Ephesians 6:20

(14) And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Philippians 4:1Colossians 4:7Acts 4:23Acts 4:24Acts 4:25Acts 4:26Acts 4:27Acts 4:28Acts 4:29Acts 4:30Acts 4:31II Corinthians 1:3

(15) Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
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Philippians 1:16Philippians 1:18Acts 5:42Acts 8:5Acts 8:35Acts 9:20Acts 10:36Acts 11:20I Corinthians 1:23II Corinthians 1:19II Corinthians 4:5I Timothy 3:16

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Ephesians 4:11II Samuel 17:9Matthew 13:8Matthew 13:23Mark 4:8Mark 4:20

(16) The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
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Philippians 1:10II Corinthians 2:17II Corinthians 4:1II Corinthians 4:2Job 6:14Job 16:4Psalms 69:26

(17) But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
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Philippians 1:7Romans 1:13Romans 1:14Romans 1:15Romans 1:16Romans 1:17I Corinthians 9:16I Corinthians 9:17Galatians 2:7Galatians 2:8I Timothy 2:7II Timothy 1:11

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18I Corinthians 9:18

(18) What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
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Romans 3:9Romans 6:15I Corinthians 10:19I Corinthians 14:15Philippians 1:14Philippians 1:15Philippians 1:16Philippians 1:17Matthew 23:14Mark 12:40Mark 9:38Mark 9:39

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Luke 10:20Judges 9:19Psalms 68:3Isaiah 66:10Jeremiah 31:13Zechariah 10:7

(19) For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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Romans 8:28I Corinthians 4:17I Peter 1:7I Peter 1:8I Peter 1:9II Corinthians 1:11Ephesians 6:18Ephesians 6:19Romans 8:9Galatians 4:6I Peter 1:11

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Ezekiel 33:11

(20) According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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Psalms 62:5Proverbs 10:28Proverbs 23:18Romans 8:19Psalms 25:2Psalms 119:80Psalms 119:116Isaiah 45:17Isaiah 50:7Isaiah 54:4Romans 5:5Romans 9:33

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II Corinthians 12:2I Corinthians 15:44Romans 8:24II Corinthians 4:10Romans 14:8I Corinthians 12:13

(22) But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
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Philippians 1:24II Corinthians 10:3Galatians 2:20Colossians 2:1I Peter 4:2Psalms 71:18Isaiah 38:18Isaiah 38:19Genesis 21:26Genesis 39:8Exodus 32:1Acts 3:17

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33John 15:2

(23) For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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II Samuel 24:14I Thessalonians 2:1I Thessalonians 2:13Luke 12:50II Corinthians 6:12Luke 2:29Luke 2:30John 13:1II Corinthians 5:8II Timothy 4:6Job 19:26Job 19:27

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Romans 15:23Lamentations 4:15

(24) Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
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Philippians 1:22Philippians 1:25Philippians 1:26John 16:7Acts 20:29Acts 20:30Acts 20:31

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John 15:4

(25) And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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Philippians 2:24Acts 20:25Luke 22:32John 21:15John 21:16John 21:17Acts 11:23Acts 14:22Romans 1:11Romans 1:12Romans 15:18Romans 15:29

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II Corinthians 2:3Philippians 3:9I Timothy 1:19Hebrews 11:13John 15:4Romans 1:17

(26) That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
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Philippians 2:16Philippians 2:17Philippians 2:18Philippians 3:1Philippians 3:3Philippians 4:4Philippians 4:10Song of Solomon 5:1John 16:22John 16:24II Corinthians 1:14II Corinthians 5:12

(27) Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
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Philippians 3:18Philippians 3:19Philippians 3:20Philippians 3:21Ephesians 4:1Colossians 1:10I Thessalonians 2:11I Thessalonians 2:12I Thessalonians 4:1Titus 2:10II Peter 1:4II Peter 1:5

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I Corinthians 9:18Zechariah 8:19I Corinthians 9:14I Corinthians 9:16Galatians 2:7Job 34:33

(28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
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Isaiah 51:7Isaiah 51:12Matthew 10:28Luke 12:4Luke 12:5Luke 12:6Luke 12:7Luke 21:12Luke 21:13Luke 21:14Luke 21:15Luke 21:16

(29) For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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Acts 5:41Romans 5:3James 1:2I Peter 4:13Matthew 16:17John 1:12John 1:13John 6:44John 6:45Acts 13:39Acts 14:27Ephesians 2:8

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I Corinthians 14:22John 14:11John 10:38

(30) Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
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John 16:33Romans 8:35Romans 8:36Romans 8:37I Corinthians 4:9I Corinthians 4:10I Corinthians 4:11I Corinthians 4:12I Corinthians 4:13I Corinthians 4:14I Corinthians 15:30I Corinthians 15:31

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