{
    "translation": "King James Version",
    "abbreviation": "kjv",
    "lang": "en",
    "language": "English",
    "direction": "LTR",
    "encoding": "UTF-8",
    "book_nr": 50,
    "book_name": "Philippians",
    "chapter": 1,
    "name": "Philippians 1",
    "verses": [
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 1,
            "name": "Philippians 1:1",
            "text": "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 2,
            "name": "Philippians 1:2",
            "text": "Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 3,
            "name": "Philippians 1:3",
            "text": "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 4,
            "name": "Philippians 1:4",
            "text": "Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 5,
            "name": "Philippians 1:5",
            "text": "For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 6,
            "name": "Philippians 1:6",
            "text": "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:"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 7,
            "name": "Philippians 1:7",
            "text": "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."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 8,
            "name": "Philippians 1:8",
            "text": "For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 9,
            "name": "Philippians 1:9",
            "text": "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 10,
            "name": "Philippians 1:10",
            "text": "That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 11,
            "name": "Philippians 1:11",
            "text": "Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 12,
            "name": "Philippians 1:12",
            "text": "But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 13,
            "name": "Philippians 1:13",
            "text": "So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 14,
            "name": "Philippians 1:14",
            "text": "And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 15,
            "name": "Philippians 1:15",
            "text": "Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 16,
            "name": "Philippians 1:16",
            "text": "The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 17,
            "name": "Philippians 1:17",
            "text": "But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 18,
            "name": "Philippians 1:18",
            "text": "What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 19,
            "name": "Philippians 1:19",
            "text": "For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 20,
            "name": "Philippians 1:20",
            "text": "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 21,
            "name": "Philippians 1:21",
            "text": "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 22,
            "name": "Philippians 1:22",
            "text": "But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 23,
            "name": "Philippians 1:23",
            "text": "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 24,
            "name": "Philippians 1:24",
            "text": "Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 25,
            "name": "Philippians 1:25",
            "text": "And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 26,
            "name": "Philippians 1:26",
            "text": "That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 27,
            "name": "Philippians 1:27",
            "text": "Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 28,
            "name": "Philippians 1:28",
            "text": "And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 29,
            "name": "Philippians 1:29",
            "text": "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 30,
            "name": "Philippians 1:30",
            "text": "Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. "
        }
    ]
}