Abound: Partners and Partakers

Philippians 1:1-8

English Standard Version (ESV)

Greeting

1 Paul and Timothy, servants^[a] of Christ Jesus,

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers^[b] and deacons:^[c]
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³ I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, ⁴ always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,⁵ because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶ And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷ It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace,^[d] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸ For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Footnotes:

1. Philippians 1:1 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
2. Philippians 1:1 Or bishops; Greek episkopoi
3. Philippians 1:1 Or servants, or ministers; Greek diakonoi
4. Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace