Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
Philippians 1:7 - King James 2000 Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; since as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is right and appropriate for me to have this confidence and feel this way about you all, because you have me in your heart and I hold you in my heart as partakers and sharers, one and all with me, of grace (God's unmerited favor and spiritual blessing). [This is true] both when I am shut up in prison and when I am out in the defense and confirmation of the good news (the Gospel). American Standard Version (1901) even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace. Common English Bible I have good reason to think this way about all of you because I keep you in my heart. You are all my partners in God’s grace, both during my time in prison and in the defense and support of the gospel. Catholic Public Domain Version So then, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy. |
Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation by which you are called,
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that in this I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
But I wish you to understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have served rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.
Nevertheless you have done well, that you did share in my affliction.
Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only.
And I entreat you also, true yokefellow, help those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other of my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
In which I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
Whom I would have retained with me, that in your stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
The elders who are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Yea, I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death.