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Filippense 1

1 Ek, Paulus, ’n tdienaar van Christus Jesus, skryf hierdie brief vir julle almal wat God se mense is in Filippi, almal wat aan Christus Jesus behoort. Ek skryf ook vir julle, touderlinge en tdiakens. Timoteus, ook ’n dienaar van Christus Jesus, skryf die brief saam met my.

2 Ek bid dat God ons Vader en die Here tgenadig sal wees vir julle en dat Hy vir julle vrede sal gee.

Paulus dink aan die gelowiges in Filippi en hy bid vir hulle


3 Elke maal wanneer ek aan julle dink, dan sê ek vir my God dankie. 4 Elke maal wanneer ek vir julle almal bid, dan word ek bly,

5 want vandat julle die goeie boodskap die eerste maal gehoor het, tot nou toe, help julle my om daardie boodskap na ander mense toe te bring.
6 God het begin om ’n goeie ding in julle harte te doen. Ek is baie seker dat Hy dit sal klaarmaak op die dag wanneer Christus Jesus weer kom. 7 Dit is heeltemal reg dat ek so oor julle dink, want julle is lief vir my. Julle almal dink altyd aan my en julle weet hoe goed God vir my is terwyl ek nou ’n tgevangene is en hier kan vertel dat die goeie boodskap reg en waar is.

8 God weet hoe baie ek na julle verlang. Hy weet ek is so lief vir julle soos Christus Jesus lief is vir julle.
9 Ek bid dat julle liefde meer en meer sal word sodat julle alles beter sal verstaan en sal weet 10 watter dinge is die regte dinge om te doen. Dan sal julle harte heeltemal skoon wees wanneer Christus weer kom, en niemand sal kan sê dat julle vir hom probleme gegee het nie.

11 Ja, Jesus Christus sal julle help om baie goeie dinge te doen, en so sal julle vir almal wys dat julle God prys en dien.

Paulus is ’n gevangene


12 Vriende, ek wil hê julle moet weet dat al die dinge wat met my gebeur het, gehelp het dat meer mense die goeie boodskap hoor. 13 Want al die mense van die tkeiser wat my hier oppas en ook die ander mense weet nou dat ek ’n tgevangene is omdat ek aan Christus behoort.

14 Die meeste mense hier wat in die Here glo, glo nou nog meer vas dat die Here sal doen wat Hy gesê het, omdat hulle gehoor het dat ek ’n gevangene is. Hulle word nou meer en meer dapper, hulle is nie bang om die boodskap van die Here vir ander mense te bring nie.
15 Party van die mense hier preek oor Christus omdat hulle jaloers is en daarvan hou om te stry. Maar ander mense preek oor Christus omdat hulle goed wil doen. 16 Hulle preek omdat hulle lief is vir Christus en hulle weet ek is ’n gevangene omdat ek vertel dat die goeie boodskap oor Christus reg is.

17 Maar die ander mense preek omdat hulle selfsugtig is. Ja, hulle is vals. Hulle wil hê dat ek nou nog swaarder moet kry terwyl ek ’n gevangene is.
18 Party mense is vals wanneer hulle preek, en party mense wil goed doen wanneer hulle preek. Maar dit maak nie vir my saak hoekom hulle preek nie. Hulle preek almal oor Christus, en daaroor is ek bly. En ek sal aanhou om bly te wees, 19 want julle bid vir my, en die Gees van Jesus Christus help my. Daarom weet ek dat God alles wat gebeur, sal gebruik om my te red.

20 Ek hoop en ek weet seker dat God my sal help en dat Hy my nie sal los nie. Ja, ek wil altyd, soos voorheen, graag wys dat Christus die belangrikste is. Daarom maak dit nie saak of ek sal lewe en of ek sal sterf nie.
21 As ek lewe, dan lewe ek vir Christus, en as ek sterf, dan is dit vir my nog beter. 22 Ek weet nie wat ek moet kies nie. As ek aanhou lewe, dan kan ek goeie werk doen, 23 maar ek wil graag sterf om by Christus te wees, want dit is die beste. En dit is vir my regtig baie moeilik om te kies of ek moet aanhou lewe en of ek moet sterf. 24 Maar vir julle is dit belangriker dat ek sal aanhou lewe. 25 Ja, ek is seker daarvan. Daarom weet ek dat ek sal aanhou lewe en nog saam met julle almal sal wees, sodat julle geloof kan groei en sodat dit julle bly kan maak.

26 Wanneer ek weer by julle is, dan sal julle nie ophou om Christus Jesus te prys oor my nie.

Hoe moet Christene lewe?


27 Die belangrikste van alles is dat julle só moet lewe dat julle lewens pas by die goeie boodskap oor Christus. Julle moet saamwerk en dieselfde dinge dink en glo. Julle moet almal saam hard werk sodat ander mense die goeie boodskap kan glo. Julle moet dit doen wanneer ek na julle toe kom en vir julle sien, maar ook wanneer ek nie kom nie en by ander mense hoor wat julle doen.

28 Julle moet glad nie bang wees vir julle vyande nie. As julle nie vir hulle bang is nie, dan sal dit vir hulle wys dat God hulle sal straf, maar dat Hy julle sal red.
29 God is goed vir julle, Hy laat julle glo in Christus, en meer nog, Hy laat julle ook swaarkry. Julle kry swaar omdat julle aan Christus behoort. 30 Julle het gesien en julle hoor nou nog hoe swaar ek kry. Nou kry julle saam met my swaar.

Philippians 1

1 From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus —t
To all God's people in Philippi who are in union with Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and helpers:

2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Paul's Prayer for his Readers


3 I thank my God for you every time I think of you; 4 and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy 5 because of the way in which you have helped me in the work of the gospel from the very first day until now. 6 And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus. 7 You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.

8 God is my witness that I am telling the truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart of Christ Jesus himself.
9 I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgement, 10 so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.

11 Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

To Live is Christ


12 I want you to know, my brothers and sisters, that the things that have happened to me have really helped the progress of the gospel. 13 As a result, the whole palace guard and all the others here know that I am in prison because I am a servant of Christ.t

14 And my being in prison has given most of the brothers and sisters more confidence in the Lord, so that they grow bolder all the time to preach the messaget fearlessly.
15 Of course some of them preach Christ because they are jealous and quarrelsome, but others from genuine goodwill. 16 These do so from love, because they know that God has given me the work of defending the gospel.

17 The others do not proclaim Christ sincerely, but from a spirit of selfish ambition; they think that they will make more trouble for me while I am in prison.
18 It does not matter! I am happy about it — so long as Christ is preached in every way possible, whether from wrong or right motives. And I will continue to be happy, 19 because I know that by means of your prayers and the help which comes from the Spirit of Jesus Christ I shall be set free. 20 My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially just now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honour to Christ, whether I live or die. 21 For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more. 22 But if by continuing to live I can do more worthwhile work, then I am not sure which I should choose. 23 I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing; 24 but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive. 25 I am sure of this, and so I know that I will stay. I will stay on with you all, to add to your progress and joy in the faith,

26 so that when I am with you again, you will have even more reason to be proud of me in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
27 Now, the important thing is that your way of life should be as the gospel of Christ requires, so that, whether or not I am able to go and see you, I will hear that you are standing firm with one common purpose and that with only one desire you are fighting together for the faith of the gospel. 28 Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose and that you will win, because it is God who gives you the victory. 29 For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by believing in him, but also by suffering for him. 30 Now you can take part with me in the battle. It is the same battle you saw me fighting in the past, and as you hear, the one I am fighting still.t