Philippians 

Thanking Jesus

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Philippians 1

¹Thank You, for people like Paul and Timothy, Your servants who wrote to all the Christians in You, Christ Jesus, who were at Philippi, with the overseers and servants which includes me.

²Thank You for grace and peace from Your Father God and from You, Lord Jesus Christ.

³I thank You, my God, whenever I remember other Christians, ⁴always in every request of mine on behalf of them all making my requests with joy, ⁵for their partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now.

⁶Thank You that I am confident of this very thing, that You who began a good work in me will complete it until Your day, O Jesus Christ.

⁷Thank You that it is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all  Christians, because I have You in my heart. Thank You that I am like Paul in that, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, they all are partakers with me of grace.

⁸For Jesus, You are my witness, how I care about other Christians in Your tender mercies.

⁹Thank You that I pray this, that my love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment. ¹⁰Thank You that I may approve the things that are excellent. Thank You that I may be sincere and without offense until Your day, O Christ. ¹¹Thank You that I am being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through You, to the glory and praise of Your Father.

¹²Now, I thank You that I desire (like Paul) that my siblings know, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News. ¹³Thank You that it has become evident to my whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds (like Paul’s) are in You, O Christ. ¹⁴Thank You that most of the brothers in You, Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak Your word, O Jesus, without fear.

¹⁵I appreciate the fact that some indeed preach You, O Christ, even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will. ¹⁶I also appreciate that the former insincerely preach You from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my suffering. ¹⁷But I really appreciate that the latter preach out of love, knowing that I (like Paul) am appointed for the defense of the Good News. ¹⁸Thank You that it does not matter. Thank You that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ, You are proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice. ¹⁹Thank You that I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through others supplication and the supply of Your Spirit, my Jesus Christ.

²⁰Thank You that it will be according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also, Christ, You will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

²¹Thank You that for me to live is You, my Christ, and to die is gain.

²²Thank You that if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I do not know what I will choose. ²³But I thank You that (like Paul) I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with You, my Christ, which is far better. ²⁴Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for other’s sake.

²⁵Thank You that I have this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with the Christians, for their progress and joy in the faith. ²⁶Thank You that their rejoicing may abound in You, Christ Jesus, and in me through my presence with them again.

²⁷Thank You that my manner of life will be worthy of Your Good News, O Christ. Thank You that whether I come and see other believers or am absent, I will hear of their state. Thank You that we stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News.

²⁸Thank You that in nothing will I be frightened by the adversaries. Although to some adversity is a proof of destruction, thank You that to me it is proof of salvation, and that from You, my God.

²⁹Thank You that it has been granted to me on Your behalf,

O Christ, not only to believe in You, but also to suffer on

Your behalf.  I am grateful that You are still helping me ³⁰with the same conflict which others saw in me, and now hear is in me.

Philippians 2

¹Therefore, thank You that there is exhortation in You, my

Christ. Thank You that there is consolation of love. Thank You that there is fellowship of Your Spirit. Thank You that there are tender mercies and compassion.

²Thank You for making my joy full, by helping me to be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.   ³Thank You that I do nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility. Thank You that I count others better than myself.  Thank You that I do not just look to my own things, but also care about the things of others.

⁵Thank You that I have this in my mind, which was also in Your mind, Christ Jesus.

⁶I am thankful that even though You existed in the form of God, yet You did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but You emptied Yourself. Thank You for taking the form of a servant and being made in the likeness of mankind. ⁸And being found in human form, I am so grateful that You humbled Yourself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

⁹Therefore, I am thrilled that God also highly exalted You, and gave to You the name which is above every name. ¹⁰ I cannot adequately express my anticipation that at Your name, O Jesus, every knee shall bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth.

¹¹ Thank You that every tongue shall confess that You, Jesus Christ, are Lord, to the glory of God Your Father.

¹²So then, as Your beloved, even as I have always obeyed, not only in other Christians presence, but now much more in their absence, thank You for helping me work out my own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³Thank You that it is You, my Jesus, Who works in me both to will and to work, for Your good pleasure. ¹⁴Thank You that I can do all things without murmuring and disputes. ¹⁵Thank You that I may become blameless and harmless.  Thank You that I am Your child without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom I am seen as light in the world.

¹⁶Thank You for helping me hold up the word of life; that I may have something of which to boast in Your day O Christ. Thank You that I am not running in vain nor laboring in vain.

¹⁷Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of my faith, I am thankful to You and rejoice with other believers ¹⁸in the same way, they also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹Thank You, Lord Jesus, for sending someone like Timothy to my Christian friends, that like Paul, I also may be cheered up when I know how they are doing. ²⁰Thank You that I have a few who are like-minded as Timothy was, who truly care about others. ²¹Even though many seek their own, not Your things, Jesus Christ, ²²thank You that I know people like Timothy, who was like a son to Paul and helped him preach the Good News.

²³Thank You for the hope that You will send someone, as soon as possible to see how it  goes with me. ²⁴Thank You that I trust in You, Lord, that someone like Paul himself also will come shortly. ²⁵Thank You for counting it necessary to send to me someone like Epaphroditus, Paul’s brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and his apostle and servant of his need; ²⁶someone who longs for me, and would be very troubled, if he heard that I was sick.

²⁷For indeed like Epaphroditus I have known people who have been sick, nearly to death, but I thank my God that You had mercy on them; and not on them only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

²⁸ Thank You for sending people, therefore, the more diligently, that, when I see them again, I may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. ²⁹Thank You for helping me to receive my visitors in You, O Lord, with all joy, and to hold such in honor. ³⁰Thank You for those who for Your work, O Christ, have come near to death, risking their lives to supply that which was lacking in others service toward Paul.

Philippians 3

In conclusion, my Lord, thank You that I can delight myself in You. Thank You that to repeat the same things is not tiresome to You, but is a safeguard for my soul.

²Thank You for warning me to beware of the dogs, to beware of the evil workers, and to beware of the false circumcision. ³Thank You that I am the circumcision, who worship Your Father God in the Spirit, and rejoice in You, Christ Jesus.

Thank You that I have no confidence in the flesh; ⁴though people like Paul might have had confidence even in the flesh. If I ever think that I have confidence in the flesh, thank You for reminding me of Paul: ⁵circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; ⁶concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. ⁷However, what things were gain to me, thank You that (like Paul) I count as loss for You, O Christ. ⁸Yes most certainly, I appreciate being able to count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of You, Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I want to suffer the loss of all things, and count them as nothing but refuse, that I (like Paul) may gain You ⁹and be found in You.

Thank You that I do not have a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in You, my Christ, the righteousness which is from You, my God, by faith. ¹⁰Thank You that I may know You, and the power of Your resurrection, and the fellowship of Your sufferings. Thank You that I am becoming conformed to Your death.

¹¹Thank You that by Your means I will attain to the resurrection from the dead. ¹²Thank You that although I have not already obtained, or am already made perfect, I (like Paul) press on, taking hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by You, Christ Jesus.

¹³Jesus, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do for which I am very thankful. Thank You for allowing me to forget  the things which are behind, and to stretch forward to the things which are before.

¹⁴Thank You that (like Paul) You help me to press on toward the goal for the prize of God’s high calling in You, Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Thank You for letting me, therefore, as one who wants to be perfect, think this way. If in anything I think otherwise, thank You that You will also reveal that to me.

¹⁶Nevertheless, to the extent that I have already attained, thank You for letting me walk by the same rule and be of the same mind.

¹⁷Jesus, thank You for helping me to be an imitator with others of Paul. Thank You for noting those who walk this way, even as I have others for an example.

¹⁸Thank You for telling me, as You have often through Paul even weeping, of the many who walk as the enemies of Your cross, O Christ, ¹⁹whose end is destruction, whose god is their bellies, whose glory is in their shame, and who think about earthly things.

²⁰Thank You that my citizenship is in heaven, from where I also wait for You, my Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. ²¹Thank You that You will change the body of my humiliation to be conformed to the body of Your glory, according to the working by which You are able even to subject all things to Yourself.

Philippians 4

¹Therefore, I thank You for helping me along with my beloved and longed for brothers and sisters who are my joy and crown, to stand firm in You, Lord my beloved.

²Thank You for exhorting Christian women, like Euodia and Syntyche, to make up their differences in You, Lord. ³Yes, I also thank You for true yokefellows who help these women. Thank You for women like these who labored with Paul in the Good News, for others like Clement also, and for the rest of Paul’s fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

⁴I rejoice in You, Lord, always! Again I will say, I rejoice!

⁵Thank You that my gentleness is known to all people. Thank You Lord that You are near. ⁶Thank You that I do not have to be anxious,  but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, I let my requests be made known to God.

⁷And thank You that the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard my heart and my thoughts in You, Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, Jesus, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, thank You that I think about these things.

⁹The things which I learned, received, heard, and saw in people like Paul: thank You that I do these things. Thank You that You, the God of peace, will be with me.

¹⁰But I rejoice in You, Lord, greatly, that now after so long others have shown such interest in my welfare. Thank You that they have not forgotten me and now have opportunity of expressing their concern.

¹¹Thank You that by no means have I been in actual need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. ¹²Thank You that I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. Thank You that in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

¹³Thank You that I can do all things through You, O Christ, Who strengthens me.

¹⁴However, I appreciate those who do well in sharing in my affliction. ¹⁵Thank You for the Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when Paul departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with him in the matter of giving and receiving, but the Christians in Philippi alone did. ¹⁶Thank You that even in Thessalonica they sent once and again to his need. ¹⁷Thank You that like Paul, I do not seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to the account of others.

¹⁸Thank You that I have everything I want, am rich, and have been paid in full. Thank You for gifts that I have received through people like Epaphroditus. Thank You for

generosity that is a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

¹⁹Thank You that my God will supply every need of mine according to His riches in glory in You, Christ Jesus.  ²⁰Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

²¹Thank You that I can greet every saint in You, Christ Jesus. Thank You that brothers like those with Paul can greet me. ²²Thank You that all the saints in Rome greeted the Philippians, especially those who were of Caesar’s household.

²³Thank You that Your grace, Lord Jesus Christ, will be with me always. Amen.

JESUS, THANK YOU THAT BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE…

I am a partner in furthering the gospel.

I am confident of being made complete.

I am a partaker of grace.

I am an approver of excellence.

I am being filled with the fruits of righteousness.

I am abundantly bold to speak God’s word.

I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

I am not disappointed.

I am a magnifier of God in my body.

I am in a dilemma between heaven and earth.

I am remaining with the Christians.

I am rejoicing.

I am standing firm with other believers.

I am striving for the faith of the gospel.

I am not frightened.

I am convinced that adversity is proof of my salvation.

I am a believer and a sufferer.

I am exhorted by You, my Christ.

I am consoled by love.

I am in fellowship with God’s Spirit.

I am full of joy.

I am like-minded in love.

I am of one accord and of one mind.

I am humble.

I am one who counts others better than myself.

I am careful with the things of others.

I am one who bows my knees to God now as well as later.

I am a confessor of Lordship.

I am being saved with fear and trembling.

I am not a murmurer or disputer.

I am blameless and harmless.

I am God’s child without blemish.

I am seen as light in the world.

I am not running in vain.

I am not laboring for nothing.

I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of my faith.

I am cheered up by a good report of others.

I am a servant in the furtherance of the Good News.

I am a recipient of God’s mercy.

I am delighted in God.

I am being warned to beware of evil.

I am of the circumcision who worships God.

I am not confident in the flesh.

I am able to count everything to be loss to know You, Christ.

I am not righteous on my own by the law.

I am becoming conformed to Your death.

I am one who attains to the resurrection from the dead.

I am one who presses on.

I am forgetful of the things which are behind.

I am stretching forward to the things which are before.

I am goal oriented for the prize of God’s high calling.

I am an imitator of Paul.

I am not an enemy of Your cross.

I am a citizen of heaven.

I am standing firm in You, my beloved Lord.

I am a true yokefellow.

I am gentle.

I am not anxious.

I am a thankful person of prayer.

I am guarded in my heart and my thoughts.

I am true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, good, virtuous,

and praise                                                 worthy.

I am a follower of good examples.

I am peaceful.

I am not forgotten by others.

I am not needy.

I am content.

I am able to do everything in You.

I am strengthened by You.

I am not a seeker of gifts from others.

I am a seeker of the fruit that increases to the account of others.

I am rich.

I am paid in full.

I am supplied by God.

I am surrounded by God’s grace.