Philippians · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Philippians 1 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Pablo y Timoteo, siervos de Jesucristo, a todos los santos en Cristo Jesús que están en Filipos, junto con los supervisores y diáconos:
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
2 Gracia y paz a ustedes de parte de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Doy gracias a mi Dios cada vez que me acuerdo de ustedes.
3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
4 Siempre, en todas mis oraciones por todos ustedes, oro con alegría,
4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
5 por su participación en el evangelio desde el primer día hasta ahora.
5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
6 Estoy seguro de esto: que Dios, quien comenzó en ustedes la buena obra, la completará hasta el día de Jesucristo.
6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
7 Es justo que yo piense así de todos ustedes, porque los llevo en mi corazón. Tanto en mis cadenas como en la defensa y confirmación del evangelio, todos ustedes participan conmigo de la gracia.
7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
8 Dios es mi testigo de cuánto los amo a todos con el profundo amor de Cristo Jesús.
8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
9 Y esto pido en oración: que su amor abunde cada vez más en conocimiento y en todo discernimiento,
9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
10 para que aprueben lo mejor, y sean sinceros y sin tropiezo hasta el día de Cristo,
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
11 llenos del fruto de justicia que viene por medio de Jesucristo, para gloria y alabanza de Dios.
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
12 Hermanos, quiero que sepan que las cosas que me han sucedido han servido más bien para el avance del evangelio.
12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,
13 Así se ha hecho claro en todo el pretorio y entre todos los demás que estoy preso por causa de Cristo.
13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
14 Y la mayoría de los hermanos, al tomar ánimo en el Señor por mis cadenas, se atreven mucho más a hablar la palabra sin temor.
14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
15 Algunos, en verdad, predican a Cristo por envidia y rivalidad; pero otros lo hacen de buena voluntad.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
16 Estos últimos lo hacen por amor, sabiendo que estoy puesto para defender el evangelio.
16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
17 Los otros anuncian a Cristo por ambición, no con sinceridad, pensando añadir aflicción a mis cadenas.
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
18 ¿Qué importa? De todos modos, sea con pretexto o con verdad, Cristo es anunciado. Y en esto me gozo, y me seguiré gozando.
18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
19 Porque sé que esto resultará en mi liberación, por las oraciones de ustedes y por la ayuda del Espíritu de Jesucristo.
19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 Conforme a mi firme esperanza, en nada seré avergonzado. Más bien, con toda valentía, como siempre, ahora también Cristo será glorificado en mi cuerpo, ya sea por vida o por muerte.
20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
21 Porque para mí, vivir es Cristo, y morir es ganancia.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 Pero si vivir en la carne significa fruto para mi trabajo, entonces no sé qué escoger.
22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.
23 Estoy presionado por los dos lados: deseo partir y estar con Cristo, lo cual es muchísimo mejor.
23 But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
24 Pero quedarme en la carne es más necesario por causa de ustedes.
24 Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
25 Convencido de esto, sé que permaneceré y seguiré con todos ustedes, para su progreso y gozo en la fe,
25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
26 para que, por mi regreso a ustedes, abunde su orgullo en Cristo Jesús por causa de mí.
26 that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
27 Solamente compórtense de una manera digna del evangelio de Cristo, para que, sea que vaya a verlos o que esté ausente, oiga de ustedes que están firmes en un mismo espíritu, luchando juntos con una misma alma por la fe del evangelio.
27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
28 No se asusten en nada por los que se oponen. Esto es para ellos señal de destrucción, pero para ustedes señal de salvación, y esto viene de Dios.
28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
29 Porque a ustedes se les ha concedido, por causa de Cristo, no solo creer en él, sino también sufrir por él.
29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
30 Ustedes tienen la misma lucha que vieron en mí, y que ahora oyen que todavía tengo.
30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
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Philippi
A Roman colony on the Via Egnatia and the site of Paul's first European converts — a beloved church to which he later wrote from prison.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:12; Acts 16:25; Philippians 1:1
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 1:1; Acts 16:12–15; Romans 1:1; Colossians 1:1–2; Romans 1:7
- 2 Romans 1:7; 2 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2
- 3 1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3; Philemon 4–5; 2 Timothy 1:3; Ephesians 1:15–16
- 4 1 Thessalonians 1:2; Romans 1:9; 2 John 4; Philippians 2:2; Ephesians 1:14–23
- 5 Philippians 4:14–15; Hebrews 3:14; Philippians 1:7; Philemon 17; 2 Corinthians 8:1
- 6 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24; Philippians 2:13; Ephesians 4:12; Hebrews 13:20–21; Psalm 138:8
- 7 2 Corinthians 7:3; Philippians 1:5; Colossians 4:18; 2 Timothy 2:9; Philippians 4:14
- 8 Romans 1:9; Philippians 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; Romans 9:1
- 9 1 Thessalonians 3:12; Colossians 1:9; Philemon 6; 2 Peter 1:5–6; Colossians 3:10
- 10 Romans 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 2:18; Ephesians 5:10
- 11 Hebrews 12:11; John 15:8; John 15:4–5; Galatians 5:22–23; Colossians 1:10
- 12 2 Timothy 2:9; Romans 8:28; Acts 11:19–21; Romans 8:37; Acts 22:1–30
- 13 2 Timothy 2:9; Ephesians 3:1; Philippians 1:7; Philippians 4:22; Ephesians 6:20
- 14 Ephesians 6:19–20; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Luke 1:74; Colossians 4:4; Philippians 1:7
- 15 Romans 16:17–18; Philippians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 5:2–4; 2 Corinthians 11:13
- 16 2 Corinthians 4:1–2; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Philippians 1:10; Philippians 1:12; Psalm 69:26
- 17 Philippians 2:3; 2 Timothy 1:11–12; 1 Corinthians 9:16–17; 2 Timothy 4:6–7; Galatians 2:7–8
- 18 Luke 9:50; Mark 9:38–40; 1 Corinthians 15:11; Philippians 1:14–17; 1 Corinthians 14:15
- 19 Romans 8:28; Acts 16:7; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:9
- 20 1 Peter 4:16; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Isaiah 54:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Ephesians 6:19–20
- 21 Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Philippians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 5:6
- 22 1 Peter 4:2; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 10:3; Psalm 71:18
- 23 2 Corinthians 5:8; Psalm 17:15; Revelation 14:13; Luke 23:43; John 17:24
- 24 Philippians 1:25–26; Philippians 1:22; John 16:7; Acts 20:29–31
- 25 Philippians 2:24; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Ephesians 4:11–13; Romans 15:13; Romans 5:2
- 26 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 5:12; Philippians 4:4; Philippians 3:3; John 16:24
- 27 Ephesians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 16:13–14; 2 Peter 3:14; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 2:1–2
- 28 2 Timothy 1:7–8; 2 Thessalonians 1:5–6; Matthew 10:28; Isaiah 51:7; 2 Timothy 2:11–12
- 29 James 1:2; 1 Peter 4:13; Acts 5:41; Romans 5:3; Acts 14:22
- 30 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Acts 16:19–40; 2 Timothy 4:7; Romans 8:35–37; Hebrews 12:4
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Here, as writing to those of equal honor, he does not set down his rank of Teacher, but another, and that a great one. And what is that? He calls himself a "servant," and not an Apostle.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
But the apostle himself also, being one who had been formed in a womb, and had issued thence, wrote to us, and confessed in his Epistle to the Philippians that "to live in the flesh was the fruit of [his] work;" thus expressing himself.
The apostle "desires to depart, and to be with Christ." And, "My soul desired to long for Thy judgments;" or if it is more appropriate to say, "My soul longed to desire Thy judgments." And, "The desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom." Yet there has always obtained the usage of understanding desire and concupiscence in a bad sense if …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no child, be he never so virtuous, is so desirable and lovely to a father, as the having our portion in those good things, and "to depart and be with Christ." No doubt hell, and that punishment, is a thing not to be borne.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
He is called also the Spirit of Christ, as it is written, Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify; and again, Through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)