Philippians 1:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I am full of hope and feel sure I will not have any reason to be ashamed. I am certain I will continue to have the same boldness to speak freely that I always have. I will let God use my life to bring more honor to Christ. It doesn’t matter whether I live or die.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:16

But if you suffer because you are a “Christ-follower,” don’t be ashamed. You should praise God for that name.

1 Corinthians 6:20

God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.

Isaiah 54:4

Don’t be afraid! You will not be disappointed. People will not say bad things against you. You will not be embarrassed. When you were young, you felt shame. But you will forget that shame now. You will not remember the shame you felt when you lost your husband.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure—belonging only to him. We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 John 2:28

Yes, my dear children, live in him. If we do this, we can be without fear on the day when Christ comes again. We will not need to hide and be ashamed when he comes.

Philippians 2:17

Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own life with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be glad, and I will share my joy with all of you.

Romans 8:19

Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when he will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.

2 Corinthians 10:8

It may seem as though we boast too much about the authority the Lord gave us. But he gave us this authority to strengthen you, not to hurt you. So I will not be ashamed of whatever boasting we do.

2 Corinthians 4:10

So we constantly experience the death of Jesus in our own bodies, but this is so that the life of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies.

1 Corinthians 7:34

He must think about two things—pleasing his wife and pleasing the Lord. A woman who is not married or a girl who has never married is busy with the Lord’s work. She wants to give herself fully—body and spirit—to the Lord. But a married woman is busy with things of the world. She is trying to please her husband.

Isaiah 50:7

The Lord GOD will help me, so the bad things they say will not hurt me. I will be strong. I know I will not be disappointed.

Psalm 119:116

Support me, Lord, as you promised, and I will live. I trust in you, so don’t disappoint me.

Romans 5:5

And this hope will never disappoint us. We know this because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts through the Holy Spirit he gave us.

Isaiah 45:17

But Israel will be saved by the Lord. That salvation will continue forever. Never again will Israel be shamed.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy in my sufferings for you. There is much that Christ must still suffer. And I gladly accept my part of those sufferings in my body for the good of his body, the church.

Romans 12:1

So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.

Philippians 1:14

My being in prison has caused most of the believers to put their trust in the Lord and to show more courage in telling people God’s message.

2 Corinthians 7:14

I had bragged about you to Titus, and you didn’t embarrass me. We have always told you the truth, and now what we told Titus about you has been shown to be true.

2 Corinthians 5:15

He died for all so that those who live would not continue to live for themselves. He died for them and was raised from death so that they would live for him.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I face death every day. That is true, brothers and sisters, just as it is true that I am proud of what you are because of Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9:33

The Scriptures talk about that stone: “Look, I put in Zion a stone that will make people stumble. It is a rock that will make people fall. But anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed.” Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

Romans 6:19

I use this example from everyday life because you need help in understanding spiritual truths. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to your immoral and sinful thoughts. The result was that you lived only for sin. In the same way, you must now offer yourselves to be slaves to what is right. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer the parts of your body to serve sin. Don’t use your bodies to do evil, but offer yourselves to God, as people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used for doing good.

Acts 21:13

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me feel so sad? I am willing to be put in jail in Jerusalem. I am even ready to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.

John 21:19

(Jesus said this to show how Peter would die to give glory to God.) Then he said to Peter, “Follow me!”

Proverbs 23:18

This will give you something to hope for that will not disappoint you.

Proverbs 10:28

What good people hope for brings happiness, but what the wicked hope for brings destruction.

Psalm 119:80

Let me obey your laws perfectly so that I will not be ashamed.

Psalm 62:5

I must calm down and turn to God; he is my only hope.

Psalm 25:2

I trust in you, my God, and I will not be disappointed. My enemies will not laugh at me.

Acts 4:31

After the believers prayed, the place where they were meeting shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak God’s message without fear.

2 Corinthians 3:12

We are so sure of this hope that we can speak very openly.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I feel that I can tell you anything. I am very proud of you. Even with all the troubles we have had, I am greatly encouraged and feel very happy.