Philippians 1:27

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Summary

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Let

The gospel

Galatians 1:7

Whether

Philippians 2:12

I may

3 John 1:3

In one

The faith

Bible References

Let

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;

for you know how, as a father deals with his children, we used to encourage you, cheer you on, and charge each of you

Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.

to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.

It is through these that He has given us His precious and glorious promises, so that through them, after you have escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires, you may come to share in the divine nature.

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

The gospel

Indeed, my witness is God, whom I serve in my spirit by telling the good news about His Son, that I never fail to mention you every time I pray,

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the heathen peoples, to have me act as a sacrificing minister of the good news, in order that my offering of the heathen peoples to God may be acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelievers, to keep the glorious light of the good news of Christ, who is the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

For through the test you get by doing this service you will continue praising God for your fidelity to your confession of the good news of Christ, and for the liberality of your contributions to them and all others;

which is not really another one; only there are certain people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of Christ upside down.

Whether

So, my dearly loved friends, as you have always been obedient, so now with reverence and awe keep on working clear down to the finishing point of your salvation not only as though I were with you but much more because I am away;

I may

This is why I myself, since I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and in all His people,

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God's people,

But now, since Timothy has just come back to me from you, and brought me good tidings of your faith and love, and told me how kindly you remembered me and that you are longing to see me as much as I am to see you,

because I continue to hear of the love and faith you have in the Lord Jesus and all His people,

For I am happy to have some brothers come and testify to the truth that is in you, since you are living by the truth.

In one

"I make this petition, not for them only, but for all who ever come to believe in me through their message,

Day after day they regularly attended the temple; they practiced breaking their bread together in their homes, and eating their food with glad and simple hearts,

Now there was but one heart and soul in the vast number of those who had become believers, and not one of them claimed that anything that he had was his own, but they shared everything that they had as common property.

For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with Christ.

continuing with eager earnestness to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

The harvest of uprightness is grown from the seed of peace by those who are peacemakers.

Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.

The faith

Some days later, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.

through whom we have received God's favor and a commission as an apostle in His name to urge upon all the heathen obedience inspired by faith,

But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.

You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

as measured by the glorious good news of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.