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Philippians 2:18
18Yes, it is right that you should be happy, and I will also be happy with you.
Philippians 2:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
- New International Version (NIV)So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
Context of Philippians 2:18
16Tell people the true message that can give them life with God. Then I will know that my work among you had good results. Because of that, I will be very happy on the day when Christ returns. 17You believe in Christ, and you are his servants. That is like you are offering yourselves as a sacrifice to God. Perhaps I will soon have to die. Then my blood would be like drink that I am pouring on your sacrifice, to please God. So, if I have to die now, I will be happy. And we should all be happy together. Yes, it is right that you should be happy, and I will also be happy with you. 19I want to send Timothy to come to you soon. I hope that the Lord Jesus will let me do that. Then, when Timothy returns to me, he can tell me news about you. And that will make me happy. 20Timothy really loves you, as I do. There is nobody else here with me like him.
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τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ καὶ ὑμεῖς χαίρετε καὶ συγχαίρετέ μοι.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Philippians 2:18
- Philippians 3:1My Christian friends, there are a few more things that I want to say. You belong to the Lord, so be happy! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again. And it will help to keep you safe.
- Philippians 4:4Always be happy because you belong to the Lord. I will say that again, ‘Be happy!’
- Ephesians 3:13So do not become weak or afraid. I am now suffering so that I can help you. So you should be strong, so that God will bless you.
- James 1:2My Christian friends, remember to be happy, even when many kinds of trouble happen to you. Troubles can help you.
Commentaries on Philippians 2:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18For the same cause also do ye joy - Should I be thus offered, as I shall rejoice in it, do ye also rejoice that I am counted worthy of this high honor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18For the same cause - Because we are united, and what affects one of us should affect both. Do ye joy, and rejoice with me - That is, “do not grieve at my death. Be not overwhelmed with sorrow, but let your hearts be filled with congratulation. It will be a privilege and a pleasure thus to die.” This is a noble sentiment, and one that could have been uttered only by a heroic and generous mind - by a man who will not dread death, and who felt that it was…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. 1818. "Do ye also rejoice" at this honor to you, "and congratulate me" on my blessed "gain" (Php 1:21).Read the comment
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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
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