English Translation of the Bible
also called Mace New Testament
1729 by Daniel Mace

Philippians Chapter 1

Phi 1:1 the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the christians that are at Philippi, to the bishops, and to the deacons.
Phi 1:2 Grace and peace be with you from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phi 1:3 I thank God, for your remembrance of me,
Phi 1:4 and I never pray without praying for you all with joy,
Phi 1:5 for your liberality to the gospel, from the first day to the present time.
Phi 1:6 being persuaded that he who has begun this good work in you will bring it to perfection against the appearance of Christ.
Phi 1:7 it is but just I should have this opinion of you, being sensible you make the dispensation I am under a common concern, with respect to my confinement, and the defence and confirmation of the gospel.
Phi 1:8 for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.
Phi 1:9 and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence;
Phi 1:10 that being capable to distinguish what is best, you may remain stedfastly sincere until the day of Christ,
Phi 1:11 abounding in good works by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Phi 1:12 Now I would have you know, my brethren, that what has happen'd to me, has only conduc'd to the progress of the gospel;
Phi 1:13 so that the whole court and publick are well appriz'd that I am a prisoner upon the account of Jesus Christ.
Phi 1:14 even many of our brethren, encourag'd by my bonds, preach the word with greater freedom and intrepidity.
Phi 1:15 it is true, there are some who preach Christ out of a spirit of envy and contention; but others do it out of pure affection.
Phi 1:16 those preach the gospel of Christ, not in sincerity, but from a principle of contention, with a view to inflame the persecution against me:
Phi 1:17 the others act from affection, as knowing that I suffer for having defended the gospel.
Phi 1:18 is it not however some advantage? since in either way, whether it be occasionally, or professedly, Christ is preach'd; which is now, and always will be matter of joy to me.
Phi 1:19 for I know that this shall turn to my deliverance, thro' your prayers, by the spirit, which Jesus Christ will supply me with,
Phi 1:20 agreeably to that expectation and persuasion I have, that I shall not labour in vain; but as I always have, so I shall still glorify Christ in my body, whether it be by life or by death: for if I live, I live to Christ;
Phi 1:21 and if I die, I gain.
Phi 1:22 whether it be an advantage to me or not still to lead this mortal life, what to chuse I cannot tell.
Phi 1:23 I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;
Phi 1:24 and my inclination to abide in this life, as being more advantageous for YOU:
Phi 1:25 which consideration persuades me that I shall abide, and even continue some time with you all, to improve your advancement in the faith, and to promote your joy:
Phi 1:26 that by my being present with you again, I may be the occasion of heightning your christian joy.
Phi 1:27 only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the gospel of Christ, that whether I come to see you, or else am absent, I may have this account of you, that you are stedfastly of the same resolution, and unanimously contend for the faith of the gospel,
Phi 1:28 without being under any the least apprehension from your adversaries: this will be to them a sign of their ruin, and to you of salvation, by the divine appointment.
Phi 1:29 for it is a favour bestowed upon you, that you not only believe on Christ, but suffer also for his sake,
Phi 1:30 being engag'd in the same conflict, in which you saw I was formerly, and hear that I am at present engag'd.