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Filipperne 1

1 Paulus og Timotheus, Jesu Christi Tjenere, til alle de Hellige i Christus Jesus, som ere i Philippe, men Forstandere og Hjælpere:2 Naade være med Eder og Fred fra Gud vor Fader og den Herre Jesus Christus!3 Jeg takker min Gud, saa ofte jeg tænker paa Eder,4 idet jeg altid, i hver min Bøn beder for Eder alle med Glæde,5 for Eders Deeltagelse i Evangelium, fra den første Dag indtil nu;6 fuldeligen forsikkret, at han, som begyndte det gode Værk i Eder, vil fuldføre det indtil Jesu Christi Dag;7 saaledes bør jeg og mene om Eder alle, efterdi jeg har Eder i Hjertet, baade under mine Lænker og Evangeliums Forsvar og Stadfæstelse, Eder alle, som ere deelagtige med mig i Naaden.8 Thi Gud er mit Vidne, hvorledes jeg længes efter Eder alle i Jesu Christi inderlige Kjærlighed.9 Og derom beder jeg, at Eders Kjærlighed maa fremdeles mere og mere forøges, tilligemed Kundskab og al Skjønsomhed,10 saa I kunne vælge, hvad som bedst er, paa det I maa være rene og uden Anstød indtil Christi Dag,11 fyldte med Retfærdigheds Frugter, som virkes ved Jesus Christus, Gud til Ære og Lov.12 Men jeg vil, I skulle vide, Brødre! at hvad mig er vederfaret, har mere tjent til EvangeliumsFremme,13 saa at mine Lænker for Christi Skyld ere blevne bekjendte i det ganske Palads og for alle de Øvrige,14 og at de Frelse af Brødrene i Herren fik Mod ved mine Baand og bleve des mere dristige til at tale uden Frygt.15 Nogle prædike vel og Christus for Avinds og Kivs Skyld, men Nogle ogsaa af en god Mening.16 Hine, som søge Trætte, forkynde Christus ikke reent, men i den Tanke at føie Trængsel til mine Lænker;17 men disse gjøre det af Kjærlighed, vidende, at jeg er sat til at forsvare Evangelium.18 Men hvad? Christus forkyndes dog paa enhver Maade, være sig paa Skrømt eller i Sandhed; og derover glæder jeg mig, ja vil og glæde mig.19 Thi jeg veed, at det skal geraade mig til Frelse, formedelst Eders Bøn Jesu Christi Aands Bistand,20 efter min Forlængsel og mit Haab, at jeg i Intet skal beskæmmes, men at Christus skal med al Frimodighed, som altid, saa og nu, forherliges i mit Legeme, være sig ved Liv eller ved Død.21 Thi det at leve er mig Christus og at døe en Vinding.22 Men dersom det at leve i Kjødet skaffer mig Frugt af min Gjerning, saa veed jeg ikke, hvad jeg skal vælge.23 Thi jeg staaer beknyttet imellem tvende Ting, idet jeg har Lyst til at vandre herfra og være med Christus; thi dette var saare meget bedre;24 men at forblive i Kjødet er mere fornødent for Eders Skyld.25 Og dette veed jeg og er forsikkret om, at jeg skal blive og forblive hos Eder alle til Eders Forfremmelse og Glæde i Troen,26 at Eders Roes kan tiltage i Christus Jesus ved mig, naar jeg atter er tilstede iblandt Eder.27 Kun at I vandre værdigen Christi Evangelium, saa at, hvad enten jeg kommer og seer Eder eller er fraværende, jeg dog kan høre om Eder, at I staae faste i een Aand og stride med mig af eens Sjæl for Evangeliums Tro28 og ikke lade Eder forfærde i nogen Ting af Modstanderne, hvilket er dem et Tegn paa Undergang, men Eder paa Frelse, og dette fra Gud.29 Thi Eder er det forundt for Christi Skyld ikke alene at troe paa ham, men og at lide for hans Skyld,30 idet I have den samme Kamp, som I have seet paa mig og nu høre om mig.

Philippians 1

Salutation

1 From Pault and Timothy, slavests of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi,s with the overseerss and deacons.

2 Grace and peace to yout from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Prayer for the Church

3 I thank my God every time I remember you.t4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you5 because of your participations in the gospel from the first day until now.t6 For I am sure of this very thing,t that the onet who began a good work int you will perfect itt until the day of Christ Jesus.7 Fort it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart,t since both in my imprisonmentt and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s gracet together with me.8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Ministry as a Prisoner

12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,t that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:t13 Thet whole imperial guards and everyone else knowst that I am in prisont for the sake of Christ,

14 and most of the brothers and sisters,t having confidence in the Lordt because of my imprisonment, now more than evert dare to speak the words fearlessly.
15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.t

18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.
Yes,t and I will continue to rejoice,19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverancets through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.20 My confident hopet is that I will in no way be ashamedt but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.t21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.22 Now if I am to go on living in the body,t this will mean productive workt for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:ts23 I feel torn between the two,t because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,24 but it is more vital for your sake that I remaint in the body.t25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progresst and joy in the faith,s

26 so that what you can be proud of may increaset because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.t
27 Only conduct yourselvests 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 thatt you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,t28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This ists a sign of theirts destruction, but of your salvation – a sign whicht is from God.29 For it has been granted to yout not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

30 since you are encounteringt the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.t