



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,

001:020 in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall
        never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect
        freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always,
        either by my life or by my death.

001:021 For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

001:022 But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies
        more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I
        am to choose I cannot tell.

001:023 I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be
        with Christ, for that is far, far better.

001:024 But for your sakes it is more important that I should still
        remain in the body.

001:025 I am convinced of this, and I know that I shall remain,
        and shall go on working side by side with you all, to promote
        your progress and joy in the faith;

001:026 so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for
        glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.

001:027 Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ,
        in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent,
        only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast
        in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder
        for the faith of the Good News.

001:028 Never for a moment quail before your antagonists.  Your fearlessness
        will be to them a sure token of impending destruction,
        but to you it will be a sure token of your salvation--
        a token coming from God.

001:029 For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--
        not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

001:030 maintaining, as you do, the same kind of conflict that you once
        saw in me and which you still hear that I am engaged in.

002:001 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ,
        if there is any persuasive power in love and any common
        sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness
        and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,

002:002 united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds
        to one and