My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty.
(Philippians 1:20)
Above all else, you must live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ.
(Philippians 1:27, Contemporary English Version)
The important thing is that your manner of life be as the gospel of Christ requires.
(Philippians 1:27, Good News For Modern Man New Testament)
Don’t be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and they you will win.
(Philippians 1:28, Good News For Modern Man New Testament)
Be brave when you face your enemies.
(Philippians 1:28, Contemporary English Version)
Don’t do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
(Philippians 2:3)
Don’t do anything from selfish ambition, or from a cheap desire to boast; but be humble toward each other, never thinking you are better than others. And look out for each other’s interests, not just for your own.
(Philippians 2:3-4, Good News For
Modern Man New Testament)
Think the same way that Christ Jesus thought.
(Philippians 2:5, Contemporary English Version)
God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.
(Philippians 2:13, Contemporary English Version)
God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
(Philippians 2:13, Good News For Modern Man New Testament)
God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
(Philippians 2:13, Good News Bible)
Try to shine as lights among the people of this world, as you hold firmly the message that gives life.
(Philippians 2:15-16, Contemporary English Version)
Watch out for those who do evil things.
(Philippians 3:2, Good News For Modern Man New Testament)
We worship God by means of his Spirit.
(Philippians 3:3, Good News Bible)
Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless.
(Philippians 3:7, Contemporary English Version)
All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death, in order that I myself will be raised from death to life.
(Philippians 3:10-11, Good News Bible)
One thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
(Philippians 3:13, Good News Bible)
We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule..
(Philippians 3:20-21, Good News Bible)
Let our reasonableness become known to all men.
(Philippians 4:5, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)
Show a gentle attitude toward everyone.
(Philippians 4:5, Good News Bible)
Show a gentle attitude toward everyone.
(Philippians 4:5, Good News Bible)
The Lord is near.
(Philippians 4:5)
The Lord is coming soon.
(Philippians 4:5, Good News Bible)
Ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.
(Philippians 4:6, Good News For Modern Man New Testament)
Don’t worry about anything but pray about everything.
(Philippians 4:6, Contemporary English Version)
Fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable.
(Philippians 4:8, Good News Bible)
Keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper.
(Philippians 4:8, Contemporary English Version)
I have learned to be satisfied with what I have. I know what it is to be in need, and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little. I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.
(Philippians 4:11-13, Good News Bible)
I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.
(Philippians 4:13, Living Bible)
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
(Philippians 4:13, Contemporary English Version)