English Translation of the Bible
also called Mace New Testament
1729 by Daniel Mace
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.
Phi 2:1 If then there be any christian consolation, any charitable relief, any communion of the spirit, if any tenderness of compassion,
Phi 2:2 compleat my joy, by pursuing the same view, living in mutual love, by being unanimous, and cultivating that harmony.
Phi 2:3 Do nothing out of a spirit of contention, or for vain-glory, but modestly look upon others as if they were better than yourselves.
Phi 2:4 let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others.
Phi 2:5 for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus:
Phi 2:6 who tho' he was the image of God, did not affect to appear with divine majesty, but divested himself thereof,
Phi 2:7 by assuming the form of a servant: being made in the likeness of men,
Phi 2:8 and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.
Phi 2:9 wherefore God has highly exalted and given him a name, which is above every name;
Phi 2:10 that at the name of Jesus both angels and men, the living and the dead, should pay their adorations,
Phi 2:11 and that every nation should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the father.
Phi 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obey'd the gospel, not only when I was with you, but much more now while I am absent, continue the work of your own salvation, whatever persecutions you apprehend:
Phi 2:13 for it is God that influences your desires and endeavours, out of his benevolence to you.
Phi 2:14 do every thing without murmuring and disputes:
Phi 2:15 that you may be without reproach, the inoffensive spotless children of God in the midst of a depraved and perverse generation (among whom you should shine as stars in the world,
Phi 2:16 you, who display the doctrine of eternal life) that in the day of Christ I may have the satisfaction of not having pursued my laborious course in vain.
Phi 2:17 and if my blood should serve as a libation to ratify your faith, I should rejoice and congratulate with you all thereupon;
Phi 2:18 and you too should be glad and congratulate me upon that account.
Phi 2:19 However, I hope by the favour of the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you very soon, that I may have some encouragement by knowing the state of your affairs:
Phi 2:20 for there is no one that is so dear to me as he, and no one will more sincerely interest himself in your concerns.
Phi 2:21 the most consult their private advantage, and neglect the dispensation of Jesus Christ.
Phi 2:22 you know he has stood the test, and has serv'd with me in the gospel, as a son serves with his father.
Phi 2:23 I hope therefore to send him to you as soon as I find what turn my affairs shall take:
Phi 2:24 nay, I trust in the Lord, that I myself too shall visit you very soon.
Phi 2:25 however I thought it necessary to send you Epaphroditus my brother, my collegue in the ministry, and my fellow-soldier, whom you had sent to supply my wants:
Phi 2:26 for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick. and indeed he was sick almost unto death:
Phi 2:27 but God had pity on him, and not on him only, but on me likewise, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Phi 2:28 I sent him therefore with the greater dispatch, that I might have the less disquietude, by the satisfaction you will find in seeing him again.
Phi 2:29 receive him then in the Lord with all alacrity, and let such be the objects of your esteem:
Phi 2:30 for he was upon the brink of death for the service of Christ, having expos'd his life to the greatest dangers, to perform those kind offices, which you could not do yourselves.
Phi 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. it is not uneasy to me to write what I have already said, and it is an advantage to you.
Phi 3:2 be upon your guard against snarlers, against the contrivances of the crafty, against the spurious breed;
Phi 3:3 for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:
Phi 3:4 which I might do more justly than any other man can pretend to:
Phi 3:5 being circumcised the eighth day, of the family of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew by descent, by sect a Pharisee.
Phi 3:6 if zeal is to be regarded, I persecuted the church; if the integrity prescrib'd by the law, I am without reproach;
Phi 3:7 these advantages I renounce for Christ,
Phi 3:8 nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,
Phi 3:9 and be his true disciple, not professing that justification, which is derived from the law, but that which is from the gospel,
Phi 3:10 the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,
Phi 3:11 in order to obtain the resurrection of the just.
Phi 3:12 for I am not yet secure of the prize, I have not yet finish'd my course: but I press to obtain the reward, which Jesus Christ invited me to.
Phi 3:13 I don't imagine, my brethren, that I am arriv'd at the goal; but this I do, unmindful of what is pass'd, I stretch towards that which is in view,
Phi 3:14 I press towards the mark for the prize to which God has called me from above by Jesus Christ.
Phi 3:15 Let us therefore, who have been instructed, have this in view: and if you are sollicitous about any thing else, God will reveal even that unto you.
Phi 3:16 in the mean while, as we are already advanc'd so far, pursue your course, and keep it still in view:
Phi 3:17 tread in my steps, my brethren, and fix your eyes upon those who follow the example I give you.
Phi 3:18 for there are many that wander about, of whom I have frequently told you, and now repeat it with tears, that they are enemies to the cross of Christ:
Phi 3:19 who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.
Phi 3:20 but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.
Phi 3:21 it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself.
Phi 4:1 Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown, whom I long to see, continue firm in your christian profession, my beloved.
Phi 4:2 I conjure Euodias, and I conjure Syntyche to be perfectly united in the Lord.
Phi 4:3 yea, I intreat thee too, my faithful collegue, to assist them both, for they assisted me in the gospel, as well as Clement, and my other collegues, whose names are in the book of life.
Phi 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: I say it again, rejoice.
Phi 4:5 let your meekness be known unto all men.
Phi 4:6 the Lord is coming: be not in any manner of sollicitude, but in all your occasions lay your requests before God by prayer and supplication accompany'd by thanksgiving.
Phi 4:7 and the favour of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall keep your hearts and mind attach'd to Jesus Christ.
Phi 4:8 Finally, my brethren, whatever has the character of truth, of dignity, of justice, of chastity, whatever can procure you esteem and reputation, in a word, if there be any thing virtuous or praise-worthy, let that be the object of your enquiry.
Phi 4:9 practise what I have taught, what you have learnt of me, what you have heard me preach, and seen me practise. this do, and the God of peace will then be with you.
Phi 4:10 Now I joyfully thank the Lord, that your concern for me has at length reviv'd. not that you wanted the disposition, but only the opportunity.
Phi 4:11 it is not my indigence that makes me say this: for I have learn'd, in whatevever state I am, therewith to be content: I know how to be in want,
Phi 4:12 I know how to abound: every where, and in every circumstance, I have been prepar'd for fulness or famine, for plenty or penury:
Phi 4:13 to these things I am equal, thro' Christ who strengthens me.
Phi 4:14 however, you acted generously in assisting me in my necessity:
Phi 4:15 and you yourselves know, O Philippians, that when I first preach'd the gospel, at my departure from Macedonia, I receiv'd no manner of assistance from any other church but yours;
Phi 4:16 for you sent more than once to Thessalonica to supply my occasions.
Phi 4:17 not that I desire a present; but what I desire is, that the fruits of your liberality may greatly redound to your own account.
Phi 4:18 I have now receiv'd the whole, and have more than sufficient: I am loaded with the presents you sent by Epaphroditus, which I have receiv'd as grateful incense, as a sacrifice which God accepts and approves.
Phi 4:19 for which may my God crown all your desires with glory by Christ Jesus.
Phi 4:20 to God our father be glory for ever. amen.
Phi 4:21 Salute all the christian converts. the brethren who are with me salute you.
Phi 4:22 all the converts here salute you, particularly those of Cesar's houshold.
Phi 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. AMEN.
