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Philippians 1- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

October 11
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1 1Greetings from Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ. To all of God's holy
people* in Christ Jesus that live in Philippi. And to all your elders* and special
helpers.* 2Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.

Paul's Prayer
3I thank God every time I remember you. 4And I always pray for all of you with joy.
5I thank God for the help you gave me while I told people the Good News.* You helped
from the first day you believed until now. 6God began doing good things with you.
And God is continuing that work in you. God will finish that work in you when Jesus
Christ comes again. I am sure of that. 7And I know that I am right to think like
this about all of you. I am sure because I have you in my heart--I feel very close
to you. I feel close to you because all of you share in God's grace (kindness) with
me. You share in God's grace with me while I am in prison, while I am defending
the Good News,* and while I am proving the truth of the Good News. 8God knows that
I want to see you very much. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus. 9This
is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have
knowledge and understanding with your love; 10that you will see the difference
between good and bad and choose the good; that you will be pure and without wrong
for the coming of Christ; 11that you will do many good things with the help of Christ
to bring glory and praise to God.

Paul's Troubles Help the Lord's Work
12Brothers [and sisters], I want you to know that those bad things that happened
to me have helped to spread the Good News.* 13It is clear why I am in prison. I
am in prison because I am a believer in Christ. All the guards know this, and so
do all the other people. 14I am still in prison, but most of the believers feel
better about it now. And so they are much braver about telling people the message*
[about Christ]. 15Some people preach about Christ because they are jealous and bitter.
Other people preach about Christ because they want to help. 16These people preach
because they have love. They know that God gave me the work of defending the Good
News.* 17But those other people preach about Christ because they are selfish. Their
reason for preaching is wrong. They want to make trouble for me in prison. 18I don't
care if they make trouble for me. The important thing is that they are telling people
about Christ. I want them to tell people about Christ. They should do it for the
right reasons. But I am happy even if they do it for false and wrong reasons. I
am happy because they tell people about Christ, and I will continue to be happy.
19You are praying for me, and the Spirit* of Jesus Christ helps me. So I know that
this trouble will bring my freedom. 20The thing I want and hope for is that I will
not fail Christ in anything. I hope that I will have the courage now, like always,
to show the greatness of Christ in my life here on earth. I want to do that if I
die or if I live. 21I mean that to me the only important thing about living is
Christ. And even death would be profit for me.* 22If I continue living in the body,
then I will be able to work for the Lord. But what would I choose--living or dying?
I don't know. 23It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this
life and be with Christ. That is much better. 24But you people need me here in my
body. 25I know that you need me. And so I know that I will stay with you. I will
help you grow and have joy in your faith. 26You will be very happy in Christ Jesus
when I am with you again.

27Be sure that you live in a way that fits the Good News* of Christ. Then if I come
and visit you or if I am away from you, I will hear good things about you. I will
hear that you continue strong with the same purpose and work together like a team
for the faith (truth) that comes from the Good News. 28And you will not be afraid
of those people who are against you. All of these things are proof from God that
you are being saved and that your enemies will be lost. 29God gave you the honor
of believing in Christ. But that is not all. God also gave you the honor of suffering
for Christ. Both these things bring glory to Christ. 30When I was with you, you
saw the struggles I had [with people who were against our work]. And now you hear
about the struggles I am having. You yourselves are having the same kind of struggles.

Footnotes: holy people God's people are called holy because they are made pure through
Christ and belong only to God. elders A group of men chosen to lead a church. Also
called "overseers" and "pastors" (shepherds), they have the work of caring for God's
people (Acts 20:28; Eph. 4:11; Tit. 1:7,9). special helpers Literally, "deacons,"
a Greek word meaning "servants." They were chosen to serve the church in special
ways. Good News, message The news that God has made a way for people to have their
sins forgiven and live with God forever. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit
of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He
does God's work among people in the world. death ... profit for me Paul says that
death would be better, because death would bring him nearer to Christ.

"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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