I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.’
Philippians 1:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised since you are engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So you are engaged in the same conflict which you saw me [wage] and which you now hear to be mine [still]. American Standard Version (1901) having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. Common English Bible You are having the same struggle that you saw me face and now hear that I’m still facing. Catholic Public Domain Version engaging in the same struggle, of a kind which you also have seen in me, and which you now have heard from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me. |
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.’
so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is because I am in Christ.
I labour for this, striving with his strength that works powerfully in me.
For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death.