The Strand Study Bible

Written From Rome During Paul’s First Roman Imprisonment

PHILIPPIANS 2:13 - 3:13

1985

13 For it is God which 1 worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without 2 murmurings and 3 disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine 4 as lights in the world; The promise of CHRIST’S return (Rapture) (Fulfilled - Rev 4:1) 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the 5 DAY OF CHRIST , that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. P l17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. Timothy - Paul’s convert (son) in the faith 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send 6 Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, 7 as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 8 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. Epaphroditus - Paul’s fellow soldier in the faith 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you 9 Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow soldier, but your 10 messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, 11 but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent himtherefore themore carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; 12 and hold such in reputation.

30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. Philippians 3 Paul’s plea - To be like-minded 1 Finally, my brethren, 13 rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 14 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the 15 concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, 16 which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, 17 I more: 5 18 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, 19 of the tribe of Benjamin, 20 an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a 21 Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, 22 persecuting the church; touching the 23 righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But 24 what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss 25 for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: 26 for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. concerning CHRIST Date Written - c. AD 63

1. Ezra 1:5 & Heb 13:20-21 & Eph 2:10 2. I Pet 4:9 3. Rom 14:1

4. Mt 5:15-16 5. Fulfilled- Rev 4:1 (Rapture) 6. Acts 16:1-5 7. I Cor 4:17

8. Phile 22 9. Phil 4:18 10. or, “apostle” - Acts 5:12 11. Heb 10:25 & I Cor 12:12-26 12. I Cor 16:18 & I Thess 5:12-13 13. I Thess 5:16 14. Isa 56:10-11 & Mt 7:15 & 16:6 & Colo 2:8 15. or, “Jews” 16. Jn 4:23 & Rom 7:6 17. II Cor 11:16-28

18. Gen 17:12 19. Rom 11:1 20. II Cor 11:22 21. Acts 23:6

22. Acts 8:1-3 & 9:1-2 & 22:4-5 & 26:9-11 23. Rom 10:3-4 & Gal 3:21-22 24. Mt 13:44 25. Jere 9:23-24 26. II Cor 11:24-28 27. Heb 6:1

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and 27 reaching forth unto those things which are before, 2:13 This word ( worketh ) is the Greek word HQHUJZQ ( energon ), from which we derive our English word “energy.” It is God who