Philippians 1:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

It is

Because

2 Corinthians 3:2

2 Corinthians 7:3

I have you in my heart

Galatians 5:6

1 John 3:14

As

And in

Philippians 1:17

Philippians 4:14

Partakers of my

1 Peter 5:1

General references

Philippians 1:5

Bible References

It is

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

You are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness.

But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, and of things that tend to salvation, though we thus speak.

Because

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

I do not say this to condemn you; for I have said before, that you are in our hearts, so that we could die with you, and live with you.

I have you in my heart

For, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith that works by love.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he that loves not his brother, abides in death.

As

And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, and charged the jailer to keep them securely.

except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me.

For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called;

for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

praying at the same time also for us, that God may open for us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am in bonds,

Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

in which I suffer evil, as an evil-doer, even to bonds: but the word of God is not bound.

partly, while you became a public spectacle, by reproaches and afflictions: partly, while you became partakers with those who were so treated.

And in

those preach Christ from a contentious disposition, not sincerely, thinking that they will add affliction to my bonds.

Yet you have done well in contributing to the relief of my affliction.

Partakers of my

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now:

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may share its benefits with you.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,

But, inasmuch as you are partakers of the sufferings of the Christ,, rejoice, that, at the revelation of his glory, you may also be exceedingly joyful.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed.

General references

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now: