King James Version · Under Rome
Philippians 1
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and , the servants of , to all in Christ which are at , with the bishops and deacons: be unto you, and peace, from , and from . I thank my upon every remembrance of you, Always in every of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of : Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in ; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of , ye all are partakers of my . For is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of . And this I , that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all ; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of , which are by , unto the and of . But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of ; So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; And many of the brethren in , waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of . What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. For I know that this shall turn to my through your , and the supply of of , According to my earnest and my , that in nothing I shall be , but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by . For to me to live is Christ, and to is gain. But if I live in , this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to in is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of ; That your rejoicing may be more abundant in for me by my coming to you again. Only let your conversation be as it becometh of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand in one , with one striving together for the of ; And in nothing terrified by your : which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of , and that of . For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to on him, but also to suffer for his sake; Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
Christians read this chapter differently
- What happens to a person between death and the resurrection? · Philippians 1:23
Every view at its strongest, with who holds it and what it has to answer for.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.