Philippians 2:17

Philippians 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
• New International Version (NIV)But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Context of Philippians 2:17

15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world, 16by holding firm to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing. But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me. 19Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I too may be encouraged by news about you.

Philippians 2:17 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ εἰ καὶ σπένδομαι ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ καὶ λειτουργίᾳ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, χαίρω καὶ συγχαίρω πᾶσιν ὑμῖν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeaἀλλάalla · butG235
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• I be offeredσπένδωspendō · to pour a libationG4689
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the sacrificeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sacrificeθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• serviceλειτουργίαleitourgia · ministryG3009
• ofπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• I joyχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• rejoiceσυγχαίρωsugchairō · to rejoice withG4796
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Philippians 2:17

• Philippians 2:30because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
• Philippians 1:20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all courage, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
• Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:15I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:8We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
• 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.
• 1 John 3:16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
• Philippians 4:18But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided — a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
• Romans 12:1Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
• Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 13:15Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
• 1 Peter 2:5you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 7:4I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.
• Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:7Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we were encouraged about you through your faith.

Commentaries on Philippians 2:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service - The metaphor appears to be still carried on. As it was customary for the weather-beaten mariner, when he had gained his port, to offer a sacrifice, , to God, of some particular animal which he had vowed while in his state of danger, and this was considered to be a religious service, · the apostle, pursuing the idea, states himself to be willing to become the libation, (for so much the word…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Yea, and if I be offered - Margin, “poured forth.” The mention of his labors in their behalf, in the previous verse, seems to have suggested to him the sufferings which he was likely yet to endure on their account. He had labored for their salvation. He had exposed himself to peril that they and others might have the gospel. On their account he had suffered much; he had been made a prisoner at Rome; and there was a possibility, if not a probability, that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 We must be diligent in the use of all the means which lead to our salvation, persevering therein to the end. With great care, lest, with all our advantages, we should come short. Work out your salvation, for it is God who worketh in you. This encourages us to do our utmost, because our labour shall not be in vain: we must still depend on the grace of God. The working of God's grace in us, is to quicken and engage our endeavours. God's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18even if I am being poured out like a drink offering … I am glad and rejoice: In both Jewish and pagan traditions, people would pour out wine on a sacrifice or at the altar to honor their god. Paul uses this image to say that his whole life is like an offering to God (compare Romans 12:1; 15:16). Faithful service brings joy because nothing done for God is wasted (see 1 Corinthians 15:58).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Yea, and if--rather as Greek, "Yea, if even"; implying that he regarded the contingency as not unlikely: He had assumed the possibility of his being found alive at Christ's coming (for in every age Christ designed Christians to stand in preparedness for His coming as at hand): he here puts a supposition which he regards as more likely, namely, his own death before Christ's coming. I be offered--rather as Greek, "I am poured out." "I am made a…Read the comment

Topics related to Philippians 2:17

• Paul
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Commentaries on Philippians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings