Filipi 1:23

1:23 I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

Filipi 4:17

4:17 I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. ²  Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

Filipi 1:12

Ministry as a Prisoner

1:12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, ³  that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: ⁴ 

Filipi 3:10

3:10 My aim is to know him, ⁵  to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, ⁶  and to be like him in his death,

Filipi 2:13

2:13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Filipi 2:28

2:28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, ⁷  so that when you see him again you can rejoice ⁸  and I can be free from anxiety.

Filipi 3:12

Keep Going Forward

3:12 Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected – but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. ⁹ 

Filipi 4:6

4:6 Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

Filipi 1:8

1:8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Filipi 2:26

2:26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

Filipi 1:10

1:10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

Filipi 1:15

1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

Filipi 3:19

3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ¹⁰ 

Filipi 4:1

Christian Practices

4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, ¹¹  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Filipi 4:10

Appreciation for Support

4:10 I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.) ¹² 

Filipi 3:8

3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! ¹³  – that I may gain Christ,

Filipi 4:8

4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.

Filipi 1:20

1:20 My confident hope ¹⁵  is that I will in no way be ashamed ¹⁶  but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. ¹⁷ 

Filipi 1:27

1:27 Only conduct yourselves ¹⁸  in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that ¹⁹  you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, ²⁰ 

[1:23]  ¹ tn Grk “I am hard-pressed between the two.” Cf. L&N 30.18.

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “Not that I am seeking the gift.” The phrase “I do not say this…” has been supplied in the translation to complete the thought for the modern reader.

[1:12]  ³ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[1:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “for the advance of the gospel.” The genitive εὐαγγελίου (euangeliou) is taken as objective.

[3:10]  ⁵ tn The articular infinitive τοῦ γνῶναι (tou gnwnai, “to know”) here expresses purpose. The words “My aim is” have been supplied in the translation to emphasize this nuance and to begin a new sentence (shorter sentences are more appropriate for English style).

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “to know him, the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings.”

[2:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “I have sent him to you with earnestness.” But the epistolary aorist needs to be translated as a present tense with this adverb due to English stylistic considerations.

[2:28]  ⁸ tn Or “when you see him you can rejoice again.”

[3:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “that for which I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.” The passive has been translated as active in keeping with contemporary English style.

[3:19]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”

[4:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[4:10]  ¹² tn Grk “for you were even concerned, but you lacked opportunity.”

[3:8]  ¹³ tn The word here translated “dung” was often used in Greek as a vulgar term for fecal matter. As such it would most likely have had a certain shock value for the readers. This may well be Paul’s meaning here, especially since the context is about what the flesh produces.

[4:8]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[1:20]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “according to my eager expectation and hope.” The κατά (kata) phrase is taken as governing the following ὅτι (Joti) clause (“that I will not be ashamed…”); the idea could be expressed more verbally as “I confidently hope that I will not be ashamed…”

[1:20]  ¹⁶ tn Or possibly, “be intimidated, be put to shame.”

[1:20]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “whether by life or by death.”

[1:27]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “live as citizens.” The verb πολιτεύεσθε (politeuesqe) connotes the life of a freeman in a free Roman colony.

[1:27]  sn Conduct yourselves (Grk “live your lives as citizens”). The Philippians lived in a free Roman city, and thus understood from their own experience what it meant to live as citizens. Paul is here picking up on that motif and elevating it to the citizenship of heaven. Cf. 3:20 (our citizenship is in heaven).

[1:27]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the things concerning you, [namely,] that.” The ὅτι (Joti) clause is appositional to τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν (ta peri Jumwn) and therefore “the things concerning you” was not translated.

[1:27]  ²⁰ tn The phrase “the faith of the gospel” could mean one of three things: “the faith that is the gospel” (genitive of apposition), “the faith that originates from the gospel” (genitive of source), or “faith in the gospel” (objective genitive).