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P H ILIP P I A N S 1
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As you travel through life, let Paul’s letter to the Philippians be your model for joy.
Learn to discern the difference between mere happiness (which is based on happenings) and real joy (which is based on a true perspective of life that comes only through
a relationship with Jesus Christ). Real joy never dims, no matter what life throws at you.
You are loved and chosen by God, and you will live with him forever in heaven. There is
no greater cause for celebration.
Key verses in Philippians
2:9 -11 Therefore, God elevated
him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all
other names, that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under
the earth, and every tongue
declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
3:8- 9 Yes, everything else is
worthless when compared with
the infinite value of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have
discarded everything else, counting Christ lives. And we are eagerly
it all as garbage, so that I could gain waiting for him to return as our
Christ and become one with him.
Savior. He will take our weak
mortal bodies and change them
3:13 -14 I focus on this one thing:
into glorious bodies like his own,
Forgetting the past and looking
using the same power with which
forward to what lies ahead, I press
he will bring everything under his
on to reach the end of the race
control.
and receive the heavenly prize for
which God, through Christ Jesus, is 4:4 Always be full of joy in the
Lord. I say it again—rejoice!
calling us.
3:20 -21 But we are citizens of
heaven, where the Lord Jesus
Greetings from Paul
This letter is from Paul and Timothy, slaves
of Christ Jesus.
I am writing to all of God’s holy people in
Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, including
the church leaders* and deacons.
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ give you grace and peace.
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— promises —
from God
And I am certain that God,
who began the good work
within you, will continue
his work until it is finally
finished on the day when
Christ Jesus returns.
P H I L I P P I A N S 1:6
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my
God. 4 Whenever I pray, I make my requests for
all of you with joy, 5 for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ
from the time you first heard it until now. 6 And
I am certain that God, who began the good
4:11 For I have learned how to be
content with whatever I have.
work within you, will continue his work until it
is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus
returns.
7 So it is right that I should feel as I do about
all of you, for you have a special place in my
heart. You share with me the special favor of
God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.
8 God knows how much I love you and long
for you with the tender compassion of Christ
Jesus.
9 I pray that your love will overflow more
and more, and that you will keep on growing
in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want
you to understand what really matters, so that
you may live pure and blameless lives until
the day of Christ’s return. 11 May you always be
filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus
Christ*—for this will bring much glory and
praise to God.
Paul’s Joy That Christ Is Preached
12 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and
sisters,* that everything that has happened to
me here has helped to spread the Good News.
13 For everyone here, including the whole
palace guard,* knows that I am in chains because of Christ. 14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers* here have gained
1:1 Or overseers, or bishops. 1:11 Greek with the fruit of
righteousness through Jesus Christ. 1:12 Greek brothers.
1:13 Greek including all the Praetorium. 1:14a Greek brothers
in the Lord.