English Standard Version
Philippians 2:18
18Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, you should rejoice, and I will share your joy.
Context of Philippians 2:18
16holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17Even 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. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. 19I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
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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 3:1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
- Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Ephesians 3:13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
- James 1:2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
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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