God’s Word Translation
Philippians 1:7
7You have a special place in my heart. So it’s right for me to think this way about all of you. All of you are my partners. Together we share God’s favor, whether I’m in prison or defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.
Philippians 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Context of Philippians 1:7
5I can do this because of the partnership we’ve had with you in the Good News from the first day ⌞you believed⌟ until now. 6I’m convinced that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus. You have a special place in my heart. So it’s right for me to think this way about all of you. All of you are my partners. Together we share God’s favor, whether I’m in prison or defending and confirming the truth of the Good News. 8God is my witness that, with all the compassion of Christ Jesus, I long ⌞to see⌟ every one of you. 9I pray that your love will keep on growing because of your knowledge and insight.
Read all of Philippians 1Philippians 1:7 word by word
καθώς ἐστιν δίκαιον ἐμοὶ τοῦτο φρονεῖν ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν διὰ τὸ ἔχειν με ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμᾶς, ἔν τε τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀπολογίᾳ καὶ βεβαιώσει τοῦ εὐαγγελίου συγκοινωνούς μου τῆς χάριτος πάντας ὑμᾶς ὄντας.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
- it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- meetδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
- for meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- to thinkφρονέωphroneō · to reasonG5426
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- ofὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- youσύsu · youG4771
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- my heartὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- my heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- bothτεte · and/bothG5037
- inδεσμόςdesmon desmos · chainG1199
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- in the defenceἀπολογίαapologia · defenceG627
- confirmationβεβαίωσιςbebaiōsis · confirmationG951
- of the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
- partakersσυγκοινωνόςsugkoinōnos · sharerG4791
- ofχάριςcharis · graceG5485
Cross-references for Philippians 1:7
- 1 Corinthians 13:7Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2We always thank God for all of you as we remember you in our prayers.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5You belong to the day and the light not to the night and the dark.
- Hebrews 6:9Dear friends, even though we say these things, we are still convinced that better things are in store for you and that they will save you.
- 2 Corinthians 3:2You’re our letter of recommendation written in our hearts that everyone knows and reads.
- 2 Corinthians 7:3I’m not saying this to condemn you. I’ve already told you that you are in our hearts so that we will live and die together.
- Galatians 5:6As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love other believers. The person who doesn’t grow in love remains in death.
- Acts 16:23After they had hit Paul and Silas many times, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security.
- Acts 20:23However, the Holy Spirit warns me in every city that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.
- Ephesians 3:1This is the reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for those of you who are not Jewish.
- Ephesians 4:1I, a prisoner in the Lord, encourage you to live the kind of life which proves that God has called you.
- Ephesians 6:20Because I have already been doing this as Christ’s representative, I am in prison. So pray that I speak about this Good News as boldly as I have to.
- Colossians 4:3At the same time also pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to speak the word so that we may tell the mystery about Christ. It is because of this mystery that I am a prisoner.
- 2 Timothy 1:8So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord or be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God’s power, join me in suffering for the sake of the Good News.
- 2 Timothy 2:9I’m suffering disgrace for spreading this Good News. I have even been put into prison like a criminal. However, God’s word is not imprisoned.
Commentaries on Philippians 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7It is meet for me to think this - · It is just that I should think so, because I have you in my heart - you live in my warmest love and most affectionate remembrance. Inasmuch as both in my bonds - Because you have set your hearts upon me in my bonds, sending Epaphroditus to minister to me in my necessities, Philemon 2:25, and contributing of your own substance to me, Philemon 4:14, sending once and again to me while I was in bonds for the defense of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all - “There is a reason why I should cherish this hope of you, and this confident expectation that you will be saved. That reason is found in the evidence which you have given that you are sincere Christians. Having evidence of that, it is proper that I should believe that you will finally reach heaven.” Because I have you in my heart - Margin, “Ye have me in your.” The Greek will bear either, though the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart: Perhaps their lives were blessed because of Paul’s suffering and witness. Perhaps they had suffered together with him (see 1:29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. meet--Greek, "just." to think this--to have the prayerful confidence I expressed (Php 1:4-6). of you--literally, "in behalf of you." Paul's confident prayer in their behalf was that God would perfect His own good work of grace in them. because, &c.--Punctuate and translate, "Because I have you in my heart (so Php 1:8; otherwise the Greek and the words immediately following in the verse, favor the Margin, 'Ye have me in your heart ... being partakers of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Philippians 1
- 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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