Philippians — Editorial Guide
SAINTS TRANSLATION Philippians V2 working draft • Sep 13, 2026 Complete working translation draft, V1, Sep 8, 2026. All 104 source verses directly read in Greek and independently translated. Selected verified patristic reception is distinguished from translation. Independent specialist review remains outstanding. 4 chapters • 104 verse rows Reader’s guide The three columns identify the verse, give its literal-smooth English translation from the declared Greek, and distinguish textual observations from attributed reception. Four chapters, 104 source verses and rows, counts 30/30/21/23. All actual source labels are present in order; love at 1:16 and ambition at 1:17 follow the accessed edition. No Hebrew/Greek comparison classifications apply. Source basis and review scope SBLGNT Greek running main text, Michael W. Holmes, ed. (2010), official Faithlife electronic file. Sources, Method & Decisions Source register [G] Michael W. Holmes, ed., The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (2010), official Faithlife/SBLGNT electronic text. All four chapters, 104 source verses, directly read and independently translated. Running main text only; no critical-apparatus or manuscript collation. Direct publisher-maintained Greek text access. Source [G]. Accessed Sep 8, 2026. [LIC] SBLGNT publisher license, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Publisher license directly consulted for this project; Greek copyright 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Direct publisher license access. Source [LIC]. Accessed Sep 8, 2026. [CHR7] John Chrysostom, Homily 7 on Philippians, New Advent presentation. Exposition of 2:6–8 concerning voluntary emptying and assumed servant condition. Relevant published English patristic passage directly read in retrieved page text; Greek homily not collated. Source [CHR7]. Accessed Sep 8, 2026. [CHR15] John Chrysostom, Homily 15 on Philippians, New Advent presentation. Exposition of 4:11–12 on learned contentment in both plenty and need. Relevant published English patristic passage directly read in retrieved page text; Greek homily not collated. Source [CHR15]. Accessed Sep 8, 2026. Contextual term record morphē / schēma → form / appearance. The distinct expressions at 2:6–7 remain distinct. harpagmos → something to exploit. Seizure, acquisition, or retention readings remain specialist alternatives. kenoō → empty. No extra object such as divine attributes is inserted. pistis Christou → faith in Christ. Objective-genitive choice, with Christ’s faithfulness documented. politeuomai / politeuma → conduct your common life / citizenship. Related civic imagery at 1:27 and 3:20. katatomē / peritomē → mutilation / circumcision. The polemical word contrast remains visible. autarkēs → content. The 4:11–13 context relates sufficiency to the One who empowers Paul. Material decisions New English translation from actual G; no modern English Bible used as a paraphrase base. Greek base text copyright 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. This English translation and its notes adapt the Greek text; they are not the publishers’ English translation and imply no publisher endorsement. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Retained the accessed 1:16–17 order, the shorter word at 1:14, Christ without Jesus at 3:12, shorter 3:16, no added Christ at 4:13, and your spirit without final Amen at 4:23. Rendered the Christ passage from its actual Greek; alternative senses of harpagmos and the emptying construction are disclosed rather than replaced with a later creed. Selected Chrysostom passages were verified in published English. Reception is separate from translation and does not claim exhaustive patristic agreement. Open questions and remaining review Independent specialist review is needed, especially for 1:7,10,13,19,22,27; 2:5–7,13,16; 3:9,12,15–16; 4:3,5,13,16. The precise harpagmos sense, faith genitive, imprisonment location, and identity of the yoke-fellow are not settled by this working draft. No independent manuscript collation or qualified linguistic or ecclesial certification is claimed. Version record V1: First working translation of the declared scope under the updated Saints Translation reference. Final reference review Review completed: Sep 11, 2026. All 104 verses and all 31 existing notes were rechecked against the selected SBLGNT text and the final reference. No substantive translation or inherited-note corrections were required. The reading edition now includes 104 verse-specific textual notes and 34 scoped reception entries from Chrysostom, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Augustine, Bunyan, and C. S. Lewis. The register distinguishes direct exposition, quotation, allusion, and literary application; its coverage is a verified selection. Expanded textual and reception notes: Saints Translation — Philippians — Liturgical V1 Collation against Nestle–Aland 28 On 13 September 2026 every verse of this book where the SBLGNT and NA28 differ was identified from the edition marks of Tyndale House's Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0) and the SBLGNT apparatus, and the rendering above was read at each one. 4 verses differ; 2 of them would read differently in English if NA28 were translated instead of the SBLGNT, and each of those carries a note above beginning "NA28". The collation is against TAGNT's edition marks and the SBLGNT apparatus; a printed NA28 apparatus has not been consulted, and NA28's square brackets are inferred, not recorded.Saints Translation — Philippians — Liturgical V1 At no place was the rendering found to follow a reading other than the SBLGNT it declares.Saints Translation — Philippians — Liturgical V1