A.  Paul's Prayer of Thanksgiving     1:1-11

Phi 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Phi 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Phi 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Phi 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

Phi 1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

Phi 1:6 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:

Phi 1:7 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.

Phi 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Phi 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

Phi 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Phi 1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.