Philippians 2:1 BSB

Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἴ	Ei	If [there is]	G1487 →
τις	tis	any	G5100 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
παράκλησις	paraklēsis	encouragement	G3874 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ,	Christō	Christ,	G5547 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τι	ti	any	G5100 →
παραμύθιον	paramuthion	comfort	G3890 →
ἀγάπης,	agapēs	of love,	G26 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τις	tis	any	G5100 →
κοινωνία	koinōnia	fellowship	G2842 →
πνεύματος,	pneumatos	of [the] Spirit,	G4151 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τις	tis	any	G5100 →
σπλάγχνα	splagchna	affections	G4698 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἰκτιρμοί,	oiktirmoi	compassions,	G3628 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:2
  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- 1 John 4:19
  We love because He first loved us.
- 2 Peter 1:5–8
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Galatians 5:22–23
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Through
2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:22
  And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
- Romans 5:5
  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Through
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
leads to
- John 1:18
  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Colossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.1 John 4:7–8Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—Colossians 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,1 Corinthians 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!1 John 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.Ephesians 2:18–22For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.2 Corinthians 1:5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,Ephesians 4:30–32And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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