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❧ The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Phyllippians. (Book Philippians)

¶ He exhorteth them to increase in loue, in knowledge, and experyence of Godly thynges.

CAPI. I.

PAule and Timothe the seruaūt{is} of Iesu Christ. [unspec A] To al the saynctes in Christ Iesu, whiche are at Philip∣pos with the Byshops and Deacons.

Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christ.

✚ I thancke my God wyth all remem∣braunce of you * 1.1 all wayes in al my prayers for all you, and pray with gladnes: because ye are come into the fellowshyppe of the Go¦spel from the fyrst daye vnto nowe: ✚ and am surely certyfyed of this, that he whiche hath begōne a good worke in you, shall per∣fourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ, as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all, be∣cause I haue you in my herte: forasmuch as ye all are cōpanyons of grace with me, euen in my bondes, and in the defendyng and sta¦bly shynge of the Gospell.

For God is my recorde, howe greately I [unspec B] longe after you all, from the very herte rote in Iesus Christe. * 1.2 And thys I praye, that your loue maye increace yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandynge, that ye may accept the thinges that are most excellent, that ye may be pure, and suche, as hurte no mānes conscyence vntyl the day of Christ: beyng filled with the frute of ryghtu¦ousnes, which frute cōmeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God. ⊢

I wolde ye shulde vnderstand (brethren) that the thynges which happened vnto me, chaūced vnto the great furtheraunce of the Gospell: So that my bandes in Christ, are manifest thorowe out all the iudgement hal and in al other places: In so muche that ma¦ny of the brethren in the Lorde beynge enco∣raged thorowe my bādes, dare more boldly speake the worde without fere. Some prea∣che Christe of enuye and stryfe, and some of good wyl. The one parte preacheth Chryste of stryfe & not sincerely, supposyng to adde more aduersyte to my bandes; Agayne the other yt preache of loue, because they know that I am set to defende the Gospel.

What then? So that Christ be preached any maner of waye, whether it be by occa∣sion, or of true meanyng, I am glad therof, [unspec C] ye and wyl be glad. For I knowe, that thys shall chaunce to my saluacyon, * 1.3 thorowe your prayer and mynystrynge of the spirite of Iesu Christ, according to my expectacion & hope, that in nothynge I shalbe ashamed: but that wyth all boldenesse, (as all wayes euen so nowe also) Christ shalbe magnyfyed in my body, whether it be thorow lyfe, or tho¦rowe death. For Christ is to me lyfe, & death is to me auauntage.

If it chaunce me to lyue in the fleshe, that thyng is to me frutefull for the worcke, and what I shal chose I wote not. For I am cōstrayned of these two thynges, * 1.4 I vesyre to be loosed: and to be with Christ is much bet∣ter. Neuerthelesse, to abyde in the flesshe is more nedefull for you. And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde, and cōtinue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioye of youre fayth, that your reioysyng may be the more aboundant thorowe Iesus Christ in me, by my commyng to you agayne.

Onely let your conuersacyon be, * 1.5 as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ: that whe∣ther [unspec D] I come and se you, or els be absente, I maye yet here of your condycyon, that ye cō∣tynue in one spirite, and in one soule, labou∣rynge as we do, to mayntayne the fayth of the Gospell, and in nothynge fearyng your aduersaries, which is to them a cause of per¦dycion, but to you of saluacyon, and that of god. For vnto you it is gyuen of Christ that not onely ye shulde beleue on hym: but also suffre for his sake, hauyng euen such a fight as ye sawe in me, and nowe heare of me.

¶ He exhorteth them to vnyte and brotherly loue, and to beware of stryfe and vayne glory: And for a sure ensample, he sayeth Chryst before them.

CAPI. II.

IF there be therfore any consolacyon in [unspec A] Christ, yf there be any comforte of loue, yf there be any fellyshyp of the spirite, yf there be any compassyon and mercy: fulfyll ye my ioye, that ye be lyke mynded, hauynge one loue, beyng of one accord, and of one mynde that nothynge be done thorowe stryfe or of vayne glory, but in mekenes of mynde, let euery man esteme another better then hym selfe. * 1.6 Loke not ye euery man on his owne thynges, but euery man on the thinges that are other mens: ✚ Let the same mynde be in you, that was also in Christe Iesu: whyche whā he was in the shape of God, thought it no robbery to be equal w^t god: Neuertheles he made him selfe of no reputacion, takyng

on him the shape of a seruaūt, and * 1.7 became lyke vnto men, & was foūde in his apparell as a man. He hūbled him selfe, & became obe¦dyent [unspec B] vnto the death, euen the death of the crosse. Wherfore, God also hath exalted him on hye, & gyuen him a name which is aboue al names: that in * 1.8 the name of Iesus * 1.9 eue∣ry knee shulde bowe, both of thynges in hea¦uen & thinges in earth, & thynges vnder the earth, & that all tonges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the * 1.10 Lorde, vnto the prayse of God the father. ⊢

Wherfore (my derely beloued) as ye haue alwayes obeyed, not when I was presente onely, but now much more in myne absence, euen so worcke out youre owne saluacyon with feare and tremblynge. * 1.11 For it is God, whiche worketh in you, both the wyll & also the dede, euen of good wyl.

* 1.12 Do all thynge without murmurynge, & dysputynge, that * 1.13 ye maye be suche as no man can cōplayne on: & vnfayned sonnes of god without rebuke, in the middes of a cro∣ked [unspec C] and peruerse nacyon: amonge whom se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde, hol∣dynge fast the worde of lyfe, that I maye * 1.14 reioise in the day of Christ, how that I haue not runne in vaine, nether haue laboured in vayne.

Yee & though I be offred vp vpon the offe∣rynge and sacrifice of your fayth: I reioyce, and reioyce with you all. For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

I trust in the Lorde Iesus, for to * 1.15 sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, * 1.16 that I also maye be of good comforte, when I knowe what case ye stande in. For I haue no man that is so lyke mynded to me, whych with so pure affeccyon wyll care for youre matters. For all other seke theyr owne, and not the thinges which are Iesus Christ{is}. Ye knowe the proffe of him, howe that as a sonne with the father, so hath he with me bestowed hys seruyce in the Gospel. Hym therfore I hope to sende, assone as I knowe howe it wyl go with me. I trust in the Lord, that I also my selfe shall come shortly.

But I supposed it necessary to soude bro∣ther [unspec D] Epaphroditus vnto you, my compa∣nyon in labour and felowe Soudyer, youre Apostle, whyche also mynystreth vnto me at nede. For he longed after you al, and was full of heuynes, because that ye had hearde saye, that he had bene sycke. And no dout he was sycke, in so much that he was nye vnto death. But God had mercy on hym: and not on hym onely, but on me also, least I shulde haue sorowe vpon sorowe. I sent hym ther∣fore the more dylygentlye: that when ye se him, ye may reioyce againe, and that I may be the lesse sorowefull. Receyue hym therfo∣re in the Lord with all gladnes, * 1.17 and make muche of suche: because that for the worcke of Christe he went so farre, that he was nye vnto death, and regarded not his life: to ful∣fyll that, whiche was lackyng on your part towarde me.

¶ He warneth them to beware of false teachers, whom he calleth dogges and enemyes of Christe, and reproueth man∣nes owne ryghtuousnes.

CAPI. III.

MOre ouer, (brethen) reioyce ye in the [unspec A] Lorde. It greueth me not to wryte one thynge often to you. For to you it is a sure thynge. Beware of dogges, beware of euyll workers, Beware of dissencion. ‡ 1.18 For we are circumcision, which serue God ‡ 1.19 in the spirit & reioyce in Christ Iesu, & haue no cōfydēce in the flesshe: though I myght also reioyce in the fleshe. Yf any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe•• I haue more: being circūcised the eyght day of the kynred of Israel, of the trybe of Ben∣iamin ‡ 1.20 an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues ‡ 1.21 as cō¦cernynge the lawe, a Pharisaye: as concer∣nyng feruentnes, I persecuted the cōgrega¦cyon, as touchyng the ryghtuousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. [unspec B]

‡ 1.22 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Chrystes sake. Yee I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Christe Iesu my Lorde. For whom I haue counted al thyng loste, and do iudge them but vyle, that I may wynne Christ, and be founde in hym, not hauynge myne owne ryghtuous∣nes of the lawe: but that whiche is thorowe the fayth of Christe: euen the ryghtuousnes whiche cōmeth of God thorow fayth: that I may knowe him & the vertue of his resurrec¦cion, & the fellowshyp of his passions, while I am cōformable vnto his (death) yf by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurrec¦cyon of the deade.

Not that I haue attayned vnto it al re∣dy, [unspec C] or that I am all redy perfecte: but I fo∣lowe, yf that I may cōprehende that, wher∣in I am comprehended of Christ Iesu. Bre∣thren, I coūte not my selfe that I haue got∣ten it as yet, but this one thing I say: I for∣get those thinges whiche are behynde, & en∣deuoure my selfe vnto those thynges which are before, and (accordyng to the marke ap∣poynted) I preace to the rewarde of the hye

callyng of God thorow Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be other wyse mynded, God shall open the same also vnto you. Ne∣uerthelesse, vnto that which we haue attay∣ned vnto, let vs procede by one rule, that we [unspec D] may be of one accorde.

✚ * 1.23 Brethren, be folowers togither of me, & loke on them whiche walcke euen so, as ye haue vs for an ensāple. For many walke (of whom I haue tolde you often & now tel you wepynge) that they are the enemyes of the crosse of Christ, whose ende is damnacion * 1.24 whose bely is their God & glory to their sha∣me, whiche are worldly mynded. But our cō¦uersacion is in heauē, from whence we loke for the sauiour, euen the Lord Iesus Christ, whiche shal * 1.25 chaunge our vyle bodye, that he may make it like vnto his glorious body accordig to the workyng, wherby he is able also to subdue al thynges vnto him selfe. ⊢

He saluteth certayne of them, exhorteth them to be of ho∣nest conuersacyon, and thanketh them because of the proui∣syon, that they made for him, beynge in pryson.

CAPI. IIII.

THerfore my brethren (derely beloued & [unspec A] longed for) my ioy, & crowne, so cōtinu in the Lord ye beloued. I praye Euodias, & besech Smtiches, that they be of one accord in the Lord. Yee & I besech the faithful yock felowe, helpe the wemen which laboured w^t me in the Gospell, & with Element also, and with other my laboure felowes * 1.26 whose na∣mes are in the boke of life. ✚ ‡ 1.27 Reioyse in the Lorde alwaye, & agayne I saye reioyce. Let your softenes be knowen vnto al men. The Lord is euen at hāde. Be careful for nothing: but in all prayer & supplicacion let your pe∣ticions [unspec B] be manifest vnto God wyth geuyng of thankes. And the peace of God (whiche passeth all vnderstandyng) kepe youre her∣tes and myndes thorowe Christ Iesu.

Furthermore, brethren, whatsoeuer thyn ges are true, whatsoeuer thyng{is} are honest, whatsoeuer thynges are iuste, whatsoeuer thynges are pare, whatsoeuer thynges are conuenyent, whatsoeuer thynges are of ho∣nest reporte: yf there be any vertue, yf there be any prayse, (of lernyng) those same haue ye in your minde, which ye haue both lerned and receyued, herde also & sene in me: those thynges do, & the God of peace shalbe wyth you. I reioyse in the Lord greatly, that now at the last youre care is reuyued agayne for me, in that wherin ye were also carefull, but [unspec C] ye lacked oportunite. I speake not because of necessite: For I haue lerned in whatsoeuer estate I am, * 1.28 therwith to be content. I can both be lowe & I can be hye. Euery where & in al thynges I am instructed, both to be ful & to be hongry, both to haue plenty & to suf∣fre nebe. I can do al thynges thorow Christ which strengneth me. Notwithstandyng ye haue wel done, that ye bare part with me in my tribulacyon.

Ye of Philippos knowe also that in the be gynnynge of the Gospell, when I departed from Macedonia, no cōgregacion bare part with me, as concernynge geuynge and re∣ceyuynge, but ye onely. For when I was in Thessalonica, ye sente once and afterwarde [unspec D] agayne vnto my necessyte: not that I desyre gyftes: but I desyre aboūdant frute on your parte. Neuertheles I receyued al, and haue plentye. I was euē fylled after that I recey ned of Epaphrodytus the thynges, whyche were sent frō you, an odoure of a swete smell a * 1.29 sacrifice accepted and pleasaunt to God My God shall supplye all youre nede tho∣rowe hys gloryous ryches by Iesu Chryst. Unto God & oure father be prayse for euer∣more. Amē. Salute al the saynctes in Christ Iesu. The brethren which are with me, grete you. Al the saynctes salute you: moste of all they whiche are of the emperours housholde The grace of our Lord Iesu Chryst be with you all. Amen.

¶ This Epystle was wrytten from Rome by Epaphro∣dytus.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Roma. i b. Collo. i. a.
• * 1.2

  Ephe. i. d,
• * 1.3

  ii Corin. i. ••
• * 1.4

  ii. Cori. v. ••
• * 1.5

  Ephe. iiii a
• * 1.6

  i. Corin. x. •• and. 13. b
• * 1.7

  Hebre. v. ••
• * 1.8

  Math. i. ••
• * 1.9

  Rom. 14. •• Esay. 45. ••
• * 1.10

  Actes. 2. ••. Roma. 14 b
• * 1.11

  ii. Corin. 3. b
• * 1.12

  1. Petr. 4. ••.
• * 1.13

  ••. Petr. ••i. b
• * 1.14

  ii. Corin. i. c i. Tessa, ii. c
• * 1.15

  Actes. xvi. d
• * 1.16

  1. Tessa. 3. b
• * 1.17

  Roma. xv. •• i. Tessa. v. c
• ‡ 1.18

  Roma. ii. d Eph••. ii. c.
• ‡ 1.19

  Ihon. iiii. c Roma. i. ••
• ‡ 1.20

  ii. 〈…〉〈…〉
• ‡ 1.21

  〈…〉〈…〉
• ‡ 1.22

  Math. 13. ••.
• * 1.23

  i. Corin. 4. c and. x. d.
• * 1.24

  Roma. 16. ••
• * 1.25

  i. Cor. xv. g
• * 1.26

  Luke. ••. ••. ••p•••• 17. b.
• ‡ 1.27

  i. Tessa. v. d
• * 1.28

  i. Tim. ••. d.
• * 1.29

  Roma. est •• Hebre. 13. c.