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Epistle to the Philippians, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Philippians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Paul and Timothy, slaves1 of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in union with Christ Jesus who are in Phi·lipʹpi,2 along with overseers[a] and ministerial servants:[b]3
  2. ¶ May YOU have undeserved kindness and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.4
  3. ¶ I thank my God always upon every remembrance of YOU5
  4. in every supplication of mine for all of YOU,6 as I offer my supplication with joy,
  5. because of the contribution7 YOU have made to the good news from the first day until this moment.
  6. For I am confident of this very thing, that he who started a good work in YOU will carry it to completion8 until the day9 of Jesus Christ.
  7. It is altogether right for me to think this regarding all of YOU, on account of my having YOU in my heart,10 all of YOU being sharers11 with me in the undeserved kindness, both in my [prison]12 bonds and in the defending13 and legally14 establishing of the good news.
  8. ¶ For God is my witness of how I am yearning for all of YOU in such tender affection15 as Christ Jesus has.
  9. And this is what I continue praying, that YOUR love may abound16 yet more and more with accurate knowledge[c]17 and full discernment;[d]18
  10. that YOU may make sure of the more important things,19 so that YOU may be flawless20 and not be stumbling21 others up to the day of Christ,
  11. and may be filled with righteous fruit,22 which is through Jesus Christ, to God’s glory and praise.23
  12. ¶ Now I desire YOU to know, brothers, that my affairs have turned out for the advancement of the good news24 rather than otherwise,
  13. so that my bonds25 have become public knowledge26 in association with Christ among all the Prae·toʹri·an Guard[e] and all the rest;27
  14. and most of the brothers in [the] Lord, feeling confidence by reason of my [prison] bonds, are showing all the more courage to speak the word of God fearlessly.28
  15. ¶ True, some are preaching the Christ through envy and rivalry,29 but others also through goodwill.30
  16. The latter are publicizing the Christ out of love, for they know I am set here for the defense31 of the good news;
  17. but the former do it out of contentiousness,32 not with a pure motive, for they are supposing to stir up tribulation33 [for me] in my [prison] bonds.
  18. What then? [Nothing,] except that in every way, whether in pretense34 or in truth, Christ is being publicized,35 and in this I rejoice. In fact, I will also keep on rejoicing,
  19. for I know this will result in my salvation[f] through YOUR supplication36 and a supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ,37
  20. in harmony with my eager expectation38 and hope39 that I shall not be ashamed40 in any respect, but that in all freeness of speech41 Christ will, as always before, so now be magnified by means of my body,42 whether through life or through death.43
  21. ¶ For in my case to live is Christ,44 and to die,45 gain.
  22. Now if it be to live on in the flesh, this is a fruitage of my work46—and yet which thing to select I do not make known.[g]
  23. I am under pressure from these two things;47 but what I do desire is the releasing[h] and the being with Christ,48 for this, to be sure, is far better.49
  24. However, for me to remain in the flesh is more necessary on YOUR account.50
  25. So, being confident of this, I know I shall remain51 and shall abide with all of YOU for YOUR advancement52 and the joy that belongs to [YOUR] faith,
  26. so that YOUR exultation may overflow in Christ Jesus by reason of me through my presence[i] again with YOU.
  27. ¶ Only behave[j] in a manner worthy53 of the good news about the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see YOU or be absent, I may hear about the things which concern YOU, that YOU are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul[k]54 striving side by side for the faith of the good news,
  28. and in no respect being frightened by YOUR opponents.55 This very thing is a proof of destruction for them, but of salvation for YOU;56 and this [indication] is from God,
  29. because to YOU the privilege was given in behalf of Christ, not only to put YOUR faith57 in him, but also to suffer58 in his behalf.
  30. For YOU have the same struggle as YOU saw in my case59 and as YOU now hear about in my case.60

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Overseers.” Gr., e·pi·skoʹpois, dative, pl.; J17(Heb.), hap·peqi·dhimʹ, “the overseers.”
  2. ^ Or, “deacons.” Gr., di·a·koʹnois, dative, pl.; Lat., di·aʹco·nis.
  3. ^ Lit., “in accurate knowledge.” Gr., en e·pi·gnoʹsei; Lat., in sci·enʹti·a.
  4. ^ Lit., “sense perception.” Gr., ai·stheʹsei; Lat., senʹsu.
  5. ^ The bodyguard of the Roman emperor.
  6. ^ Or, “my being released.”
  7. ^ Or, “thing to choose I do not know.”
  8. ^ For a discussion of “the releasing,” see App 5D.
  9. ^ See App 5B.
  10. ^ Or, “carry on as citizens.”
  11. ^ Or, “as one man.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 7:22
  2. ^ Ac 16:12
  3. ^ 1Ti 3:1, 8
  4. ^ Eph 1:2
  5. ^ Ro 1:8
  6. ^ 1Th 1:2
  7. ^ Pp 1:27
  8. ^ Pp 2:13
  9. ^ 1Co 1:8
  10. ^ 2Co 3:2
  11. ^ Pp 4:14
  12. ^ Eph 3:1; Pp 1:13; Col 4:18; 2Ti 1:8; Pm 13
  13. ^ Ac 24:10, 14; Pp 1:16
  14. ^ Ac 25:11
  15. ^ Col 3:12
  16. ^ 1Th 3:12
  17. ^ Jn 17:3; 2Pe 3:18
  18. ^ 1Co 10:15; Heb 5:14
  19. ^ Ro 12:2; Eph 5:10
  20. ^ Pp 2:15
  21. ^ Ro 14:13, 21
  22. ^ Jn 15:5; Jm 3:18
  23. ^ Eph 1:14
  24. ^ Pp 1:14
  25. ^ Eph 3:1
  26. ^ Ac 28:31
  27. ^ Pp 4:22
  28. ^ 2Ti 2:9
  29. ^ Mt 7:22; 2Co 12:20
  30. ^ 1Co 9:17; 13:2
  31. ^ Pp 1:7
  32. ^ Jm 3:14
  33. ^ 2Co 11:28
  34. ^ Ga 2:4
  35. ^ Lu 9:50
  36. ^ 2Co 1:11
  37. ^ Jn 15:26; 1Pe 1:11
  38. ^ Ro 8:19
  39. ^ Ro 5:5
  40. ^ Ps 119:46; Ro 1:16; 2Ti 1:8
  41. ^ Eph 6:20
  42. ^ 2Co 4:10; Col 1:24
  43. ^ Ro 14:8; 1Pe 4:16
  44. ^ Ga 2:20; 6:14
  45. ^ 1Th 4:14; 2Ti 4:8; Re 14:13
  46. ^ Jn 15:16
  47. ^ 2Co 5:6
  48. ^ 2Ti 4:6
  49. ^ 1Co 15:42; 2Co 5:8
  50. ^ Ac 9:15; 20:29
  51. ^ Pm 22
  52. ^ Ro 1:11; Eph 4:12; 1Ti 4:15
  53. ^ Eph 4:1; Col 1:10
  54. ^ Ac 4:32; Ro 15:6; 1Co 1:10; Eph 4:3
  55. ^ 1Co 16:9
  56. ^ Lu 21:19; 2Th 1:5
  57. ^ Eph 2:8
  58. ^ Ac 5:41; Ro 5:3
  59. ^ Ac 16:22; 1Th 2:2; 2Ti 3:12
  60. ^ Col 1:24

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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