Philippians · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
Philippians 1 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
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1 παυλοσ και τιμοθεοσ δουλοι ιησου χριστου πασιν τοισ αγιοισ εν χριστω ιησου τοισ ουσιν εν φιλιπποισ συν επισκοποισ και διακονοισ
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
1 Παῦλος καὶ Τιμόθεος, δοῦλοι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Φιλίπποις σὺν ἐπισκόποις καὶ διακόνοις·
2 χαρισ υμιν και ειρηνη απο θεου πατροσ ημων και κυριου ιησου χριστου
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
3 ευχαριστω τω θεω μου επι παση τη μνεια υμων
3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
3 Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ μου ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ μνείᾳ ὑμῶν,
4 παντοτε εν παση δεησει μου υπερ παντων υμων μετα χαρασ την δεησιν ποιουμενοσ
4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
4 πάντοτε ἐν πάσῃ δεήσει μου ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν μετὰ χαρᾶς τὴν δέησιν ποιούμενος
5 επι τη κοινωνια υμων εισ το ευαγγελιον απο πρωτησ ημερασ αχρι του νυν
5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
5 ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν,
6 πεποιθωσ αυτο τουτο οτι ο εναρξαμενοσ εν υμιν εργον αγαθον επιτελεσει αχρι ημερασ χριστου ιησου
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.
6 πεποιθὼς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ὅτι ὁ ἐναρξάμενος ἐν ὑμῖν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελέσει ἄχρις ἡμέρας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
7 καθωσ εστιν δικαιον εμοι τουτο φρονειν υπερ παντων υμων δια το εχειν με εν τη καρδια υμασ εν τε τοισ δεσμοισ μου και εν τη απολογια και βεβαιωσει του ευαγγελιου συγκοινωνουσ μου τησ χαριτοσ παντασ υμασ οντασ
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.
7 καθώς ἐστι δίκαιον ἐμοὶ τοῦτο φρονεῖν ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν διὰ τὸ ἔχειν με ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμᾶς, ἔν τε τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ καὶ βεβαιώσει τοῦ εὐαγγελίου συγκοινωνούς μου τῆς χάριτος πάντας ὑμᾶς ὄντας.
8 μαρτυσ γαρ μου εστιν ο θεοσ ωσ επιποθω παντασ υμασ εν σπλαγχνοισ ιησου χριστου
8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
8 μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
9 και τουτο προσευχομαι ινα η αγαπη υμων ετι μαλλον και μαλλον περισσευη εν επιγνωσει και παση αισθησει
9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
9 καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει,
10 εισ το δοκιμαζειν υμασ τα διαφεροντα ινα ητε ειλικρινεισ και απροσκοποι εισ ημεραν χριστου
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
10 εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ,
11 πεπληρωμενοι καρπων δικαιοσυνησ των δια ιησου χριστου εισ δοξαν και επαινον θεου
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
11 πεπληρωμένοι καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης τῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς δόξαν καὶ ἔπαινον Θεοῦ.
12 γινωσκειν δε υμασ βουλομαι αδελφοι οτι τα κατ εμε μαλλον εισ προκοπην του ευαγγελιου εληλυθεν
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,
12 Γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι τὰ κατ᾽ ἐμὲ μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐλήλυθεν,
13 ωστε τουσ δεσμουσ μου φανερουσ εν χριστω γενεσθαι εν ολω τω πραιτωριω και τοισ λοιποισ πασιν
13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
13 ὥστε τοὺς δεσμούς μου φανεροὺς ἐν Χριστῷ γενέσθαι ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ πραιτωρίῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς πᾶσι,
14 και τουσ πλειονασ των αδελφων εν κυριω πεποιθοτασ τοισ δεσμοισ μου περισσοτερωσ τολμαν αφοβωσ τον λογον λαλειν
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.
14 καὶ τοὺς πλείονας τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐν Κυρίῳ πεποιθότας τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου περισσοτέρως τολμᾶν ἀφόβως τὸν λόγον λαλεῖν.
15 τινεσ μεν και δια φθονον και εριν τινεσ δε και δι ευδοκιαν τον χριστον κηρυσσουσιν
15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
15 τινὲς μὲν καὶ διὰ φθόνον καὶ ἔριν, τινὲς δὲ καὶ δι᾽ εὐδοκίαν τὸν Χριστὸν κηρύσσουσιν·
16 οι μεν εξ εριθειασ τον χριστον καταγγελλουσιν ουχ αγνωσ οιομενοι θλιψιν επιφερειν τοισ δεσμοισ μου
16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
16 οἱ μὲν ἐξ ἐριθείας τὸν Χριστὸν καταγγέλλουσιν, οὐχ ἁγνῶς, οἰόμενοι θλῖψιν ἐπιφέρειν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου·
17 οι δε εξ αγαπησ ειδοτεσ οτι εισ απολογιαν του ευαγγελιου κειμαι
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
17 οἱ δὲ ἐξ ἀγάπης, εἰδότες ὅτι εἰς ἀπολογίαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου κεῖμαι.
18 τι γαρ πλην παντι τροπω ειτε προφασει ειτε αληθεια χριστοσ καταγγελλεται και εν τουτω χαιρω αλλα και χαρησομαι
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.
18 τί γάρ; πλὴν παντὶ τρόπῳ, εἴτε προφάσει εἴτε ἀληθείᾳ, Χριστὸς καταγγέλλεται. καὶ ἐν τούτῳ χαίρω, ἀλλὰ καὶ χαρήσομαι·
19 οιδα γαρ οτι τουτο μοι αποβησεται εισ σωτηριαν δια τησ υμων δεησεωσ και επιχορηγιασ του πνευματοσ ιησου χριστου
19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
19 οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν δεήσεως καὶ ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ Πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
20 κατα την αποκαραδοκιαν και ελπιδα μου οτι εν ουδενι αισχυνθησομαι αλλ εν παση παρρησια ωσ παντοτε και νυν μεγαλυνθησεται χριστοσ εν τω σωματι μου ειτε δια ζωησ ειτε δια θανατου
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.
20 κατὰ τὴν ἀποκαραδοκίαν καὶ ἐλπίδα μου ὅτι ἐν οὐδενὶ αἰσχυνθήσομαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν πάσῃ παρρησίᾳ, ὡς πάντοτε, καὶ νῦν μεγαλυνθήσεται Χριστὸς ἐν τῷ σώματί μου εἴτε διὰ ζωῆς εἴτε διὰ θανάτου.
21 εμοι γαρ το ζην χριστοσ και το αποθανειν κερδοσ
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
21 Ἐμοὶ γὰρ τὸ ζῆν Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος.
22 ει δε το ζην εν σαρκι τουτο μοι καρποσ εργου και τι αιρησομαι ου γνωριζω
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.
22 εἰ δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἐν σαρκί, τοῦτό μοι καρπὸς ἔργου, καὶ τί αἱρήσομαι οὐ γνωρίζω.
23 συνεχομαι δε εκ των δυο την επιθυμιαν εχων εισ το αναλυσαι και συν χριστω ειναι πολλω μαλλον κρεισσον
23 But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
23 συνέχομαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν δύο, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι· πολλῷ [γὰρ] μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον·
24 το δε επιμενειν εν τη σαρκι αναγκαιοτερον δι υμασ
24 Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
24 τὸ δὲ ἐπιμένειν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἀναγκαιότερον δι᾽ ὑμᾶς.
25 και τουτο πεποιθωσ οιδα οτι μενω και συμπαραμενω πασιν υμιν εισ την υμων προκοπην και χαραν τησ πιστεωσ
25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
25 καὶ τοῦτο πεποιθὼς οἶδα ὅτι μενῶ καὶ συμπαραμενῶ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν εἰς τὴν ὑμῶν προκοπὴν καὶ χαρὰν τῆς πίστεως,
26 ινα το καυχημα υμων περισσευη εν χριστω ιησου εν εμοι δια τησ εμησ παρουσιασ παλιν προσ υμασ
26 that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
26 ἵνα τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν περισσεύῃ ἐν Χριστῷ [Ἰησοῦ] ἐν ἐμοὶ διὰ τῆς ἐμῆς παρουσίας πάλιν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
27 μονον αξιωσ του ευαγγελιου του χριστου πολιτευεσθε ινα ειτε ελθων και ιδων υμασ ειτε απων ακουσω τα περι υμων οτι στηκετε εν ενι πνευματι μια ψυχη συναθλουντεσ τη πιστει του ευαγγελιου
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;
27 Μόνον ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τοῦ Χριστοῦ πολιτεύεσθε, ἵνα εἴτε ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδὼν ὑμᾶς εἴτε ἀπὼν ἀκούσω τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν, ὅτι στήκετε ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι, μιᾷ ψυχῇ συναθλοῦντες τῇ πίστει τοῦ εὐαγγελίου,
28 και μη πτυρομενοι εν μηδενι υπο των αντικειμενων ητισ αυτοισ μεν εστιν ενδειξισ απωλειασ υμιν δε σωτηριασ και τουτο απο θεου
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.
28 καὶ μὴ πτυρόμενοι ἐν μηδενὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντικειμένων, ἥτις αὐτοῖς μέν ἐστιν ἔνδειξις ἀπωλείας, ὑμῖν δὲ σωτηρίας, καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ Θεοῦ·
29 οτι υμιν εχαρισθη το υπερ χριστου ου μονον το εισ αυτον πιστευειν αλλα και το υπερ αυτου πασχειν
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,
29 ὅτι ὑμῖν ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, οὐ μόνον τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πάσχειν, —
30 τον αυτον αγωνα εχοντεσ οιον ειδετε εν εμοι και νυν ακουετε εν εμοι
30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
30 τὸν αὐτὸν ἀγῶνα ἔχοντες, οἷον εἴδετε ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ νῦν ἀκούετε ἐν ἐμοί.
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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
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- 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)