Produced by Martin Ward Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Philippians Third Edition 1913 R. F. Weymouth Book 50 Philippians 001:001 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus: To all God's people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the ministers of the Church and their assistants. 001:002 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 001:003 I thank my God at my every remembrance of you-- 001:004 always when offering any prayer on behalf of you all, finding a joy in offering it. 001:005 I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now. 001:006 For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ. 001:007 And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself. 001:008 For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection. 001:009 And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ, 001:010 so that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ, 001:011 being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God. 001:012 Now I would have you know, brethren, that what I have gone through has turned out to the furtherance of the Good News rather than otherwise. 001:013 And thus it has become notorious among all the Imperial Guards, and everywhere, that it is for the sake of Christ that I am a prisoner; 001:014 and the greater part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, now speak of God's Message without fear, more boldly than ever. 001:015 Some indeed actually preach Christ out of envy and contentiousness but there are also others who do it from good will. 001:016 These latter preach Him from love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News; 001:017 while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment. 001:018 What does it matter, however? In any case Christ is preached-- either perversely or in honest truth; and in that I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. 001:019 For I know that it will result in my salvation through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,