Philippians 1:18 - Easy To Read Version I don’t care if they make trouble for me. The important thing is that they are telling people about Christ. I want them to tell people about Christ. They should do it for the right reasons. But I am happy even if they do it for false and wrong reasons. I am happy because they tell people about Christ, and I will continue to be happy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But what does it matter, so long as either way, whether in pretense [for personal ends] or in all honesty [for the furtherance of the Truth], Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I [now] rejoice, yes, and I shall rejoice [hereafter] also. American Standard Version (1901) What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Common English Bible What do I think about this? Just this: since Christ is proclaimed in every possible way, whether from dishonest or true motives, I’m glad and I’ll continue to be glad. Catholic Public Domain Version But what does it matter? As long as, by every means, whether under pretext or in truthfulness, Christ is announced. And about this, I rejoice, and moreover, I will continue to rejoice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. |
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.
They are mean to widows {\cf2\super [177]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish them very much.”
But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they could not understand it. But the followers were afraid to ask Jesus about what he said.
Jesus said to John, “Don’t stop him. If a person is not against you, then he is for you.”
So are we Jews better than other people? No! We have already said that Jews and non-Jews are the same. They are all guilty of sin.
So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace (kindness) and not under law? No!
\{So, what about food that is sacrificed to idols {\cf2\super [73]} ?\} Am I saying that sacrifices to idols are the same as those Jewish sacrifices? No, because an idol is nothing, and the things offered to idols are worth nothing.
So what should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
So then \{it is not important\} if I \{told you God’s message\} or if it was the other apostles \{that told you\}—we all tell people the same message, and this is what you believed.
You are praying for me, and the Spirit {\cf2\super [9]} of Jesus Christ helps me. So I know that this trouble will bring my freedom.