It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you (A)in my heart, for you are all (B)partakers with me of grace,[a] both (C)in my imprisonment and in (D)the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace

It is right(A) for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart(B) and, whether I am in chains(C) or defending(D) and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

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I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that (A)you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

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I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts(A) that we would live or die with you.

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(A)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

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because of your partnership(A) in the gospel from the first day(B) until now,

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(A)for which I am suffering, (B)bound with chains as a criminal. But (C)the word of God is not bound!

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for which I am suffering(A) even to the point of being chained(B) like a criminal. But God’s word(C) is not chained.

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18 I, Paul, (A)write this greeting with my own hand. (B)Remember (C)my chains. (D)Grace be with you.

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18 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.(A) Remember(B) my chains.(C) Grace be with you.(D)

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14 Yet it was kind of you (A)to share[a] my trouble.

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  1. Philippians 4:14 Or have fellowship in

14 Yet it was good of you to share(A) in my troubles.

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16 The latter do it out of love, (A)knowing that I am put here for (B)the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ (C)out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.

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16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.(A) 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition,(B) not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.(C)

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20 for which I (A)am an ambassador (B)in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

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20 for which I am an ambassador(A) in chains.(B) Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

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The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

For this reason I, Paul, (A)a prisoner of Christ Jesus (B)on behalf of you Gentiles—

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God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner(A) of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

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23 except that (A)the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that (B)imprisonment and (C)afflictions await me.

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23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me(A) that prison and hardships are facing me.(B)

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14 We know that (A)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

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13 I think it right, as long as I am in this (A)body,[a] (B)to stir you up by way of reminder,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14

13 I think it is right to refresh your memory(A) as long as I live in the tent of this body,(B)

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Shepherd the Flock of God

So I exhort the elders among you, (A)as a fellow elder and (B)a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

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To the Elders and the Flock

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C)

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