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

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

Because

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

I have you in my heart

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

As

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

And in

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

But you did well to have care for me in my need.

Partakers of my

Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

General references

Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;