Paul's joy that PHIL. 1. 12 But I would yel A. D. 64. should understand, brethren, that the t Or, things which happened for Christ. unto me have fallen t ch. 4. 22. out rather unto the t Or, Cafurtherance of the sar's court. gospel; $ Or, to all 13 So that my bonds others. int Christ are mani-u ch. 2. 3. fest tin all the ver. 7. palace, and in all y 2 Co. 1. 11. other places; z Ro. 8. 9. Ga. 4. 6. Ro. 8. 19. Ro. 5. 5. 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by a my bonds, are much b more bold to speak Ep. 6. 19, the word without fear. even 20. d 2 Co. 5. 8. 15 Some indeed Lu. 2. 29. preach Christ 2 Ti. 4. 6. of envy and u strife; f ch. 2. 24. and some also of g 2 Co. 1. 14. good will: & 5. 12. Christ is preached. salvation y through your prayer, and the supply of z the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my earnest a expectation and my hope, that in b nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with c all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 Ford I am in a strait betwixt two, 16 The one preach having a desire to Christ of contention, Doddridge with Christ; which depart, and to be not sincerely, sup- renders ver. 23 posing to add afflic-a- is far better:* withstanding, every to labour for 26 That your reperhaps pos-joicing may be more sible to form abundant in Jesus in any lanChrist for me by my coming to you again. guage. Christ equal 1 m 2 Tb. 1.5. a Ro. 8. 17. o 2 Ti. 2. 11. Ac. 5. 41. p Ep. 2. 8. 28 And in nothing a Col. 2. 1. terrified by your ad-r Ac. 16. 19. versaries: m which is a 2 Co.13.14. to them an evident b Col. 3. 12. token of perdition, c Jno. 3. 29. but a to you of salva-a 1 Pe. 3. 8. tion, and that of e Ja. 3. 14. God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf g 1Co. 10. 24. of Christ, P not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. CHAP. II. f 1 Pe. 5. 5. h Ma. 11. 29. i He. 1. 3. k Jno. 5. 18. 1 Ps. 22. 6. 1s. 53. 3. m Is. 42. 1. Ze. 3. 8. Ma. 20. 28. n Jno. 1. 14. Ro. 1. 3. t Or, habit. o Ma. 26. 39. Jno. 10. 18. Juo. 17. 1. 1 IF there be therefore any consolation p in Christ, if any comfort of love, a if any fellowship of the Spi-q rit, if any bbowels and mercies, my 2 Fulfil ye joy, d that ye be likeminded, having the Ac. 2. 33. He. 2. 9. Ep. 1. 20. He. 1. 4. Is. 45. 23. with God. same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but fin lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 45 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5h Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form m of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the him a name Ma. 28. 18. which is above every Ro. 14. 11. 10 That at the 11 And that every u Ep. 6. 5. tongue should con-x 2 Co. 3. 5. fess that Jesus Christ He. 13. 21. is Lord, to the glory y 1 Co. 10.10. of God the Father. 1 Pe. 4. 9. 12 Wherefore, my z Ro. 14. 1. beloved, as ye have tOr,sincere. always obeyed, not as in my presence a Ma. 5. 45. Ep. 5. 1. Timothy. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice hand service of your faith, i I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send k Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when only, but now much b1 Pe. 2. 12. I know your state. more in my absence, work out your own salvation with a fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good plea sure. Ga. 2. 2. Gr. poured h Ro. 15. 16. 14 Do all things without y murmur-forth. ings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and + harm. Col. 1. 24. less, a the sons of tt Or, God, without rebuke, moreover. in b the midst of ak Ro. 16. 21. crooked and perverse nation, among whom yed shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that fl have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. Ps. 55. 13. 1 Th 3.2. tt Or, so dear 1 Ti. 1. 2. 2 Ti. 1. 2. o ch. 1. 25. p ch. 4. 18. Phm. 22. 20 For I have no man I likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all m seek their own, not the things which are JeSus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 25 Yet I suppose it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and PHIL. III. The true fellowsoldier 9, r but A. D. 64. your messenger, and hes that ministered a Phm. 2. to my wants. r 2 Co. 8. 23. 26 t For he longed s 2 Co. 11. 9. after you all, and was t ch. 1. 3. full of heaviness, be- + Or, honour cause that ye had such. heard that he had ul Co.16,18. been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. a b d circumcision. not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 b Beware of dogs, beware of c evil workers, d beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, f which worship God in the 1 Th. 5. 12. spirit, and 8 rejoice 1 Ti. 5. 17. in Christ Jesus, and 1 Co.16.17. have no confidence in 2Co. 13.11. the flesh. 1 Th. 5. 16. Is. 56. 10. Ga. 5. 15. 2 Co.11.13. Ro. 2. 28. Ga. 5. 2. De. 10. 16. Jer. 4. 4. Ro. 2. 29. Col. 2. 11. fJno. 4. 23. Ro. 7. 6. g Ga. 6. 14. 29 Receive him h 2 Co.11.18. therefore in the Lord with all gladness; i Ge. 17. 12. and hold such ink 2Co.11.22. reputation: 1 Ro. 11. 1. 30 Because for the m 2Co.11.22. work of Christ hen Ac. 23. 6. was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. CHAP. III. 1 FINALLY, my brethren, a rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is Ac. 22. 3. Ga. 1. 13. Ac. 8. 3. p r Lu. 1. 6. 4 Though h I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: of 5 Circumcised the eighth day, k of the stock of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, m an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, na Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, P persecuting the church; a touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.r 7 But s what things those I counted loss were gain to me, for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss t for the excellency of the knowCol. 2. 2. ledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom Jno. 17. 3. win Christ, PHIL. III. A. D. 64. Ro.10 3.5. may x Ro. 1. 17. 2 z Ro. 6.3, 4. Co. 4. 10. 2 Ti. 2. 11. Ac. 26.7. b He. 12.23. 9 And be found in him, not having mine " own righte ousness, which is of the law, but that a which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may d 1 Co. 9.24 know him, and the He. 6. 1. power of his resur-e 2 Ti. 4.7, rection, and y the fellowship of his suffer-f He. 3. 1. ings, being made g 1 Co. 2. 6. conformable unto his Ga. 5. 10. death; i Ro. 12. 16. 11 If by any meansk Ga. 6. 16. I might attain unto 1 ch. 2. 2. the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already a attained, either were al 3. He. 12. 1. m 1 Co.4. 16. 1 Th. 1. 6. n 1 Pe. 5. 3. o Ga. 1. 7. to win Christ. 11 I press toward the mark for the prize of f the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be 5 perfect, h be thus minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, i let us walk k by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. m be 17 Brethren, followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as "ye have us for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weep ready b perfect: but P2C115.ing, that they are the I follow after, if that 4 Ro. 16. 18. 1 Ti. 6. 5. Ho. 4. 7. 2 Co.11.12. 13 Brethren, I count Ga. 6. 13. not myself to have's Ro. 8. 5. apprehended: but this t Ep.2.6. 19. one thing I do, for enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 p Whose end is destruction, q whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For tour Col. 3. 1.3. getting those things a Ac. 1. 11.versation is in heawhich are behind, x 1 Co. 1. 7. and d reaching forth 1 Th. 1. 10. unto those things which are before, Tit. 2. 13. con Ven; u from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: |