It is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.
Philippians 2:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even if [my lifeblood] must be poured out as a libation on the sacrificial offering of your faith [to God], still I am glad [to do it] and congratulate you all on [your share in] it. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all: Common English Bible But even if I am poured out like a drink offering upon the altar of service for your faith, I am glad. I’m glad with all of you. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and congratulate with you all. |
It is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.
The drink offering is to be a litre with each lamb. Pour out the offering of beer to the Lord in the sanctuary area.
But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Then Paul replied, ‘What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.’
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.
My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all courage, Christ will be highly honoured in my body, whether by life or by death.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.
you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.