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The Book of Philippians, Chapter 1, Verse 4

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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
King James Version
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
American Standard Version
for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;
New English Translation
Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:
World English Bible
always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,
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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
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Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
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Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: