WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.880 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.978 --> 00:00:03.908 Day 37. 00:00:04.387 --> 00:00:06.007 immersed in Philippians. 00:00:08.467 --> 00:00:12.997 The believers in Philippi in the province of Macedonia, like the believers in 00:00:12.997 --> 00:00:18.217 Colossi, learned that Paul was in prison, so they also sent a messenger. 00:00:18.547 --> 00:00:22.867 A man named I Paphitis to bring a generous gift and to care for Paul. 00:00:23.812 --> 00:00:28.402 The Philippians later heard that e parodi had become gravely ill, perhaps 00:00:28.402 --> 00:00:32.902 as a result of travel and caregiving, and no doubt, a great deal of stress. 00:00:33.232 --> 00:00:36.172 They sent word to find out how he was doing and must have 00:00:36.172 --> 00:00:37.732 waited anxiously for news. 00:00:38.842 --> 00:00:43.612 Paul responded by sending them a messenger, I Parodi himself. 00:00:44.272 --> 00:00:48.322 Paul explained in his letter that God had mercy on a paphitis and healed him. 00:00:49.177 --> 00:00:53.077 Paul was now sending back his true brother coworker and fellow 00:00:53.077 --> 00:00:56.347 soldier, so the Philippians wouldn't be concerned about him. 00:00:57.127 --> 00:01:01.927 If a Paphitis needed further recovery, he could do so among friends now that he had 00:01:01.927 --> 00:01:07.237 completed his mission in his letter to the Philippian church, Paul also thanks 00:01:07.237 --> 00:01:09.577 the Philippians for their gift shares. 00:01:09.577 --> 00:01:14.227 His latest news draws some spiritual lessons from his experiences and 00:01:14.227 --> 00:01:17.887 addresses some key issues in the church that Epaphroditus had reported. 00:01:18.802 --> 00:01:23.332 In the midst of all this, Paul weaves in the theme of being in Christ and the 00:01:23.332 --> 00:01:27.652 need to press on in joy and endurance until the day of Christ's return. 00:01:28.492 --> 00:01:32.482 Paul was especially close to the church in Philippi, and they had been steady 00:01:32.482 --> 00:01:34.522 in their friendship and support of Paul. 00:01:35.062 --> 00:01:39.412 So Paul's letter is warm, yet he acknowledges the hard realities 00:01:39.412 --> 00:01:42.892 and pressures that both he and the church in Philippi are facing. 00:01:43.792 --> 00:01:47.752 While Paul is in prison in Rome, the Philippians are following Christ in 00:01:47.757 --> 00:01:52.462 a challenging environment, a city inhabited by veteran Roman soldiers. 00:01:53.092 --> 00:01:57.142 Nonetheless, Paul's letter is filled with words of confidence and hope 00:01:57.382 --> 00:02:01.522 reminding the church that this very pressure leads to the spread of 00:02:01.522 --> 00:02:07.132 God's message in Philippians, as in all of his letters except Galatians. 00:02:07.432 --> 00:02:10.282 Paul begins with a section of Thanksgiving and prayer. 00:02:11.032 --> 00:02:14.692 Within this section, he introduces some of the key points of the letter, 00:02:14.872 --> 00:02:18.262 including his strong partnership with the Philippians and his 00:02:18.262 --> 00:02:22.102 desire that they continue to grow in knowledge and understanding. 00:02:22.882 --> 00:02:26.422 He expresses gratitude for their contribution to the spread of the gospel, 00:02:26.872 --> 00:02:31.282 probably reflecting their generous financial support, which is explicitly 00:02:31.282 --> 00:02:32.662 mentioned at the end of the letter. 00:02:33.742 --> 00:02:37.492 As Paul begins the main section of the letter, he explains how the good 00:02:37.492 --> 00:02:41.482 news is spreading in spite of his imprisonment, even among the palace 00:02:41.482 --> 00:02:47.332 guard that is the emperor's personal bodyguard, he expresses contentment 00:02:47.337 --> 00:02:51.682 in the midst of his circumstances, desiring that his life would bring honor 00:02:51.682 --> 00:02:53.842 to Christ, whether he lives or dies. 00:02:54.442 --> 00:02:57.802 In other words, whether he has declared innocent and set free 00:02:58.162 --> 00:03:00.022 or found guilty and executed. 00:03:00.967 --> 00:03:05.077 Paul reminds the Philippians that their true and primary citizenship is 00:03:05.077 --> 00:03:10.087 not with Rome, but with their king in heaven, while they await the return 00:03:10.087 --> 00:03:14.167 of their king, when all things will be brought under his control, and 00:03:14.167 --> 00:03:15.967 believers will be raised from the dead. 00:03:16.387 --> 00:03:19.057 They are too live as God's new people in the world. 00:03:19.987 --> 00:03:24.367 They can do so by following the example of Christ who did not take advantage of 00:03:24.367 --> 00:03:28.747 his high position, but humbled himself completely out of obedience to God. 00:03:29.887 --> 00:03:33.367 Jesus is the king because he was first the slave. 00:03:34.687 --> 00:03:39.547 Paul also counters those who like the troublemakers in Galatia and those 00:03:39.547 --> 00:03:43.627 pressuring the Colossians were telling Gentile believers in Philippi that 00:03:43.627 --> 00:03:45.397 they had to observe the Jewish law. 00:03:46.237 --> 00:03:50.257 Paul argues that such human efforts were unnecessary, showing that 00:03:50.257 --> 00:03:54.517 while his own Jewish credentials are considerable superior, in fact, to 00:03:54.517 --> 00:03:59.137 those of his adversaries, All such credentials fail to compare with the 00:03:59.197 --> 00:04:01.537 infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus. 00:04:03.067 --> 00:04:07.657 Throughout the letter, Paul relays a strong note of joyfulness, both 00:04:07.657 --> 00:04:10.987 his own joy and his encouragement of joy in the Philippians. 00:04:11.557 --> 00:04:16.357 Even in the face of fearful situations, God's message about the world's 00:04:16.362 --> 00:04:22.027 true Lord is going forward even into very heart of Caesar's Empire. 00:04:27.427 --> 00:04:28.927 The letter to the Philippians. 00:04:31.417 --> 00:04:35.677 This letter is from Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. 00:04:37.147 --> 00:04:41.707 I'm writing to all of God's holy people in Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, 00:04:42.187 --> 00:04:44.587 including the church leaders and deacons. 00:04:45.367 --> 00:04:50.707 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace 00:04:52.747 --> 00:04:54.007 Every time I think of you. 00:04:54.547 --> 00:04:56.077 I give thanks to my God. 00:04:56.737 --> 00:05:00.397 Whenever I pray, I make my request for all of you with joy. 00:05:01.207 --> 00:05:04.627 For you have been my partners in spreading the good news about Christ 00:05:04.807 --> 00:05:10.507 from the time you first heard it until now, and I am certain that God who began 00:05:10.507 --> 00:05:15.607 the good work within you will continue his work until it is finally finished 00:05:15.727 --> 00:05:17.767 on the day when Christ Jesus returns. 00:05:18.847 --> 00:05:22.657 So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you 00:05:22.657 --> 00:05:24.277 have a special place in my heart. 00:05:25.072 --> 00:05:29.242 You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment 00:05:29.722 --> 00:05:32.782 and in defending and confirming the truth of the good news. 00:05:33.952 --> 00:05:38.182 God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender 00:05:38.182 --> 00:05:39.832 compassion of Christ Jesus. 00:05:41.182 --> 00:05:45.832 I pray that your love will overflow more and more and that you will keep on 00:05:45.832 --> 00:05:48.052 growing in knowledge and understanding. 00:05:48.892 --> 00:05:51.202 For I want you to understand what really matters. 00:05:51.847 --> 00:05:56.407 So that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ return. 00:05:57.337 --> 00:06:01.147 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation, the 00:06:01.147 --> 00:06:06.037 righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ, for this will 00:06:06.037 --> 00:06:08.617 bring much glory and praise to God. 00:06:08.947 --> 00:06:09.167 And 00:06:11.677 --> 00:06:15.247 I want you to know my dear brothers and sisters, that everything 00:06:15.247 --> 00:06:18.847 that has happened to me here has helped to spread the good news. 00:06:19.642 --> 00:06:23.332 For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that 00:06:23.332 --> 00:06:27.622 I am in chains because of Christ and because of my imprisonment. 00:06:28.012 --> 00:06:31.972 Most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly 00:06:31.972 --> 00:06:33.832 speak God's message without fear. 00:06:35.092 --> 00:06:40.132 It's true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry, but others 00:06:40.132 --> 00:06:42.142 preach about Christ with pure motives. 00:06:42.802 --> 00:06:45.772 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been 00:06:45.772 --> 00:06:47.542 appointed to defend the good news. 00:06:48.547 --> 00:06:52.867 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. 00:06:53.557 --> 00:06:58.057 They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely intending to make 00:06:58.057 --> 00:07:03.637 my chains more painful to me, but that doesn't matter whether their 00:07:03.637 --> 00:07:05.467 motives are false or genuine. 00:07:06.007 --> 00:07:08.707 The message about Christ is being preached either way. 00:07:09.427 --> 00:07:13.057 So I rejoice and I will continue to rejoice. 00:07:13.807 --> 00:07:18.307 For, I know that as you pray for me and the spirit of Jesus Christ helps me. 00:07:19.117 --> 00:07:20.797 This will lead to my deliverance. 00:07:21.847 --> 00:07:26.827 For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I 00:07:26.827 --> 00:07:31.507 will continue to be bold for Christ as I have been in the past, as I 00:07:31.507 --> 00:07:36.517 trust that my life will bring honor to Christ whether I live or die. 00:07:37.087 --> 00:07:42.397 For, to me, living means living for Christ and dying is even better. 00:07:43.387 --> 00:07:46.927 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. 00:07:47.767 --> 00:07:49.297 So I really don't know which is better. 00:07:49.747 --> 00:07:51.577 I'm torn between two desires. 00:07:52.027 --> 00:07:56.017 I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. 00:07:57.067 --> 00:08:02.527 But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live knowing this. 00:08:03.217 --> 00:08:08.197 I'm convinced that I will remain alive so I can continue to help all of you grow 00:08:08.347 --> 00:08:10.357 and experience the joy of your faith. 00:08:11.332 --> 00:08:14.632 And when I come to you again, you'll have even more reason to 00:08:14.632 --> 00:08:18.682 take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me. 00:08:19.762 --> 00:08:25.192 Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven conducting yourselves in a manner 00:08:25.192 --> 00:08:27.172 worthy of the good news about Christ. 00:08:27.742 --> 00:08:32.602 Then whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know 00:08:32.602 --> 00:08:37.702 that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose fighting together 00:08:37.702 --> 00:08:40.102 for the faith, which is the good news. 00:08:41.182 --> 00:08:43.972 Don't be intimidated in any way by your enemies. 00:08:44.692 --> 00:08:48.982 This will be assigned to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you 00:08:48.982 --> 00:08:51.862 are going to be saved even by God himself. 00:08:52.822 --> 00:08:57.082 For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ, but 00:08:57.082 --> 00:08:59.422 also the privilege of suffering for him. 00:09:00.652 --> 00:09:02.182 We are in this struggle together. 00:09:02.932 --> 00:09:06.502 You have seen my struggle in the past and you know that I 00:09:06.502 --> 00:09:07.942 am still in the midst of it. 00:09:09.952 --> 00:09:12.772 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? 00:09:13.672 --> 00:09:19.102 Any comfort from his love, any fellowship together in the spirit, are 00:09:19.107 --> 00:09:21.202 your hearts tender and compassionate? 00:09:22.132 --> 00:09:26.222 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, 00:09:27.112 --> 00:09:31.072 loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 00:09:32.062 --> 00:09:33.142 Don't be selfish. 00:09:33.652 --> 00:09:35.122 Don't try to impress others. 00:09:35.857 --> 00:09:39.457 Be humble thinking of others as better than yourselves. 00:09:40.057 --> 00:09:42.757 Don't look out only for your own interests, but take 00:09:42.757 --> 00:09:44.107 an interest in others too. 00:09:45.277 --> 00:09:50.587 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had, though he was God. 00:09:51.097 --> 00:09:54.127 He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 00:09:54.937 --> 00:09:57.637 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. 00:09:58.027 --> 00:10:02.467 He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. 00:10:03.337 --> 00:10:07.807 When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God 00:10:08.017 --> 00:10:10.357 and died a criminal's death on a cross. 00:10:11.407 --> 00:10:16.057 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave 00:10:16.057 --> 00:10:18.127 him the name above all other names. 00:10:18.817 --> 00:10:20.557 The at the name of Jesus. 00:10:21.277 --> 00:10:27.757 Every knee should bow in heaven and on earth, and under the earth and every 00:10:27.757 --> 00:10:31.327 tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. 00:10:32.152 --> 00:10:33.832 To the glory of God the father. 00:10:35.032 --> 00:10:39.772 Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you, and now 00:10:39.772 --> 00:10:42.202 that I'm away, it is even more important. 00:10:43.102 --> 00:10:45.802 Work hard to show the results of your salvation. 00:10:46.342 --> 00:10:51.112 Obeying God with deep reverence and fear for God is working in 00:10:51.112 --> 00:10:55.882 you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. 00:10:57.187 --> 00:11:01.267 Do everything without complaining and arguing so that no one can criticize you. 00:11:01.897 --> 00:11:07.357 Live clean, innocent lives as children of God shining like bright lights. 00:11:07.687 --> 00:11:13.117 In a world full of crooked and perverse people hold firmly to the word of life. 00:11:13.867 --> 00:11:19.207 Then on the day of Christ return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in 00:11:19.207 --> 00:11:22.057 vain and that my work was not useless. 00:11:23.242 --> 00:11:27.442 But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out 00:11:27.442 --> 00:11:29.092 like a liquid offering to God. 00:11:29.872 --> 00:11:34.402 Just like your faithful service is an offering to God, and I want 00:11:34.492 --> 00:11:36.202 all of you to share that joy. 00:11:37.222 --> 00:11:41.812 Yes, you should rejoice and I will share your joy. 00:11:43.972 --> 00:11:48.112 If the Lord Jesus is willing, I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. 00:11:48.712 --> 00:11:51.862 Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along. 00:11:52.567 --> 00:11:56.647 I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare. 00:11:57.427 --> 00:12:01.417 All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ. 00:12:01.987 --> 00:12:06.037 But you know how Timothy has proved himself like a son with his father. 00:12:06.097 --> 00:12:08.617 He has served with me in preaching the good news. 00:12:08.927 --> 00:12:13.657 I hope to send him to you just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me 00:12:13.657 --> 00:12:19.537 here and I have confidence from the Lord that I myself will come to see you soon. 00:12:21.697 --> 00:12:24.877 Meanwhile, I thought I should send a parodi back to you. 00:12:25.627 --> 00:12:30.667 He is a true brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and he was your 00:12:30.672 --> 00:12:32.587 messenger to help me in my need. 00:12:33.307 --> 00:12:37.177 I'm sending him because he has been longing to see you, and he was 00:12:37.182 --> 00:12:40.687 very distressed that you heard he was ill and he certainly was ill. 00:12:41.347 --> 00:12:45.337 In fact, he almost died, but God had mercy on him. 00:12:46.057 --> 00:12:49.987 And also on me so that I would not have one sorrow after another. 00:12:51.097 --> 00:12:54.307 So I am all the more anxious to send him back to you for I 00:12:54.307 --> 00:12:55.777 know you'll be glad to see him. 00:12:56.377 --> 00:12:58.387 And then I will not be so worried about you. 00:12:59.137 --> 00:13:03.457 Welcome him in the Lord's love and with great joy, and give him the honor 00:13:03.462 --> 00:13:05.857 that people like him deserve for. 00:13:05.857 --> 00:13:09.547 He risked his life for the work of Christ and he was at the point 00:13:09.547 --> 00:13:13.927 of death while doing for me what you couldn't do from far away. 00:13:16.012 --> 00:13:20.902 Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters rejoice in the Lord. 00:13:21.652 --> 00:13:24.472 I never get tired of telling you these things and I do 00:13:24.472 --> 00:13:26.452 it to safeguard your faith. 00:13:27.682 --> 00:13:34.012 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say, 00:13:34.012 --> 00:13:35.992 you must be circumcised to be saved. 00:13:36.952 --> 00:13:41.512 For we who worship by the spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. 00:13:42.172 --> 00:13:44.782 We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. 00:13:45.082 --> 00:13:46.942 We put no confidence in human effort. 00:13:47.632 --> 00:13:52.972 Though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could indeed, if 00:13:52.972 --> 00:13:56.572 others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more. 00:13:56.972 --> 00:13:59.692 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. 00:14:00.382 --> 00:14:04.252 I am a pure blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin, 00:14:04.882 --> 00:14:07.102 a real Hebrew, if there ever was one. 00:14:07.912 --> 00:14:09.592 I was a member of the Pharisees. 00:14:09.907 --> 00:14:12.787 Who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. 00:14:13.537 --> 00:14:19.477 I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church, and as for righteousness, 00:14:20.137 --> 00:14:21.937 I obeyed the law without fault. 00:14:23.077 --> 00:14:26.947 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them 00:14:26.952 --> 00:14:29.587 worthless because of what Christ has done. 00:14:30.577 --> 00:14:35.557 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value 00:14:35.557 --> 00:14:37.507 of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. 00:14:38.287 --> 00:14:44.377 For his sake, I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage so that I 00:14:44.377 --> 00:14:46.957 could gain Christ and become one with him. 00:14:48.037 --> 00:14:51.727 I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law. 00:14:52.297 --> 00:14:57.967 Rather I become righteous through faith in Christ for God's way 00:14:57.967 --> 00:14:59.617 of making us right with himself. 00:14:59.857 --> 00:15:01.177 Depends on faith. 00:15:02.227 --> 00:15:06.157 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power 00:15:06.157 --> 00:15:07.597 that raised him from the dead. 00:15:08.407 --> 00:15:15.247 I want to suffer with him sharing in his death so that one way or another I will 00:15:15.247 --> 00:15:17.407 experience the resurrection from the dead. 00:15:18.577 --> 00:15:22.117 I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have 00:15:22.117 --> 00:15:27.937 already reached perfection, but I press on to possess that perfection for 00:15:27.937 --> 00:15:30.037 which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 00:15:31.042 --> 00:15:34.132 No dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it. 00:15:34.942 --> 00:15:40.012 What I focus on this one thing, forgetting the past and looking 00:15:40.012 --> 00:15:41.632 forward to what lies ahead. 00:15:42.322 --> 00:15:48.232 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which 00:15:48.232 --> 00:15:50.692 God through Christ Jesus is calling us. 00:15:52.312 --> 00:15:55.462 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. 00:15:56.212 --> 00:15:59.602 If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain 00:15:59.602 --> 00:16:03.982 to you, but we must hold onto the progress we have already made. 00:16:05.902 --> 00:16:10.942 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine and learn from 00:16:10.942 --> 00:16:16.852 those who follow our example for I have told you often before, and I say it 00:16:16.852 --> 00:16:22.762 again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are 00:16:22.762 --> 00:16:24.862 really enemies of the cross of Christ. 00:16:25.897 --> 00:16:27.337 They're headed for destruction. 00:16:28.207 --> 00:16:29.767 Their God is their appetite. 00:16:30.127 --> 00:16:35.257 They brag about shameful things and they think only about this life here on earth, 00:16:36.427 --> 00:16:42.577 but we are citizens of heaven where the Lord Jesus Christ lives and we are eagerly 00:16:42.577 --> 00:16:44.947 waiting for him to return as our savior. 00:16:45.757 --> 00:16:48.907 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into 00:16:48.907 --> 00:16:50.947 glorious bodies like his own. 00:16:51.742 --> 00:16:55.582 Using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. 00:16:57.742 --> 00:17:02.212 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. 00:17:03.442 --> 00:17:10.372 I love you and long to see you dear friends, for you are my joy and 00:17:10.377 --> 00:17:12.502 the crown I receive from my work. 00:17:14.002 --> 00:17:20.812 Now I appeal to yo Dia and syn please, because you belong to the Lord. 00:17:21.367 --> 00:17:26.167 Settle your disagreement, and I ask you my true partner to help these 00:17:26.172 --> 00:17:30.097 two women for they worked hard with me in telling others the good news. 00:17:30.787 --> 00:17:34.927 They worked along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names 00:17:34.927 --> 00:17:36.337 are written in the book of life. 00:17:37.417 --> 00:17:39.637 Always be full of joy in the Lord. 00:17:40.357 --> 00:17:42.577 I say it again, rejoice. 00:17:43.357 --> 00:17:46.627 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. 00:17:47.647 --> 00:17:50.467 Remember the Lord is coming soon. 00:17:52.327 --> 00:17:53.767 Don't worry about anything. 00:17:54.247 --> 00:17:56.617 Instead, pray about everything. 00:17:57.247 --> 00:18:00.727 Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. 00:18:01.597 --> 00:18:06.877 Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. 00:18:07.837 --> 00:18:12.277 His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 00:18:13.687 --> 00:18:16.627 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. 00:18:17.617 --> 00:18:19.237 Fix your thoughts on what is true. 00:18:20.167 --> 00:18:26.677 And honorable and right, and pure, and lovely and admirable. 00:18:27.637 --> 00:18:30.877 Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 00:18:31.807 --> 00:18:35.377 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me. 00:18:35.797 --> 00:18:40.657 Everything you heard from me and saw me doing, then that 00:18:40.657 --> 00:18:42.667 God of peace will be with you. 00:18:45.097 --> 00:18:47.887 How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. 00:18:48.772 --> 00:18:52.132 I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn't have the chance to 00:18:52.132 --> 00:18:55.312 help me, not that I was ever in need for. 00:18:55.312 --> 00:18:57.712 I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 00:18:58.792 --> 00:19:03.952 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything I have learned the secret 00:19:03.952 --> 00:19:09.022 of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty with 00:19:09.022 --> 00:19:15.142 plenty or little for, I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength. 00:19:16.207 --> 00:19:20.077 Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty. 00:19:20.947 --> 00:19:24.817 As you know, you, Philippians, were the only ones who gave me financial help. 00:19:25.117 --> 00:19:28.237 When I first brought you the good news and then traveled on from 00:19:28.242 --> 00:19:31.087 Macedonia, no other church did this. 00:19:32.047 --> 00:19:33.817 Even when I was in Thessalonica. 00:19:34.177 --> 00:19:35.947 You sent help more than once. 00:19:37.147 --> 00:19:39.307 I don't say this because I want a gift from you. 00:19:39.667 --> 00:19:40.147 Rather. 00:19:40.477 --> 00:19:42.967 I want you to receive a reward for your kindness. 00:19:44.137 --> 00:19:46.927 At the moment, I have all I need and more. 00:19:47.737 --> 00:19:51.517 I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with a parodi. 00:19:52.237 --> 00:19:56.707 They are a sweet smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God. 00:19:57.397 --> 00:20:02.857 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from 00:20:02.857 --> 00:20:06.937 his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. 00:20:07.957 --> 00:20:11.647 Now, all glory to God, our father, forever and ever. 00:20:12.247 --> 00:20:12.877 Amen. 00:20:15.022 --> 00:20:19.732 Give my greetings to each of God's holy people, all who belong to Christ Jesus. 00:20:20.422 --> 00:20:23.992 The brothers who are with me send you their greetings, and all the rest of 00:20:23.992 --> 00:20:25.642 God's people send you greetings too. 00:20:26.062 --> 00:20:27.952 Especially those in Caesar's household. 00:20:29.422 --> 00:20:33.202 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 00:20:34.912 --> 00:20:37.762 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:20:37.912 --> 00:20:39.112 Thank you for joining us.