I also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
Philippians 1:16 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional These proclaim Christ out of love, knowing that I have been put here for the defense of the gospel; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The latter [proclaim Christ] out of love, because they recognize and know that I am [providentially] put here for the defense of the good news (the Gospel). American Standard Version (1901) the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel; Common English Bible They are motivated by love, because they know that I’m put here to give a defense of the gospel; Catholic Public Domain Version Some act out of charity, knowing that I have been appointed for the defense of the Gospel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. |
I also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
“Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
For they persecute those whom you have struck down, and those whom you have wounded, they attack still more.
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.
For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel,
because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now.
It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God's grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
But Timothy's worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.
You Philippians indeed know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you alone.
Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.