Philippians 2:17 BSB

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

BSB

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ASV

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

KJV

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

Scorpiace (220)

But writing in bonds to the Thessalonians, he certainly affirmed that they were blessed, since to them it had been given not only to believe on Christ, but also to suffer for His sake. "Having," says he, "the same conflier which ye both saw in me, and now hear to be in me." "For though I are offered upon the sacrifice, I joy and rejoice with you all; in like manner do ye also joy and rejoice with me.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Upon the sacrifice of your faith - The Philippians, as the other converted heathens, were a sacrifice to God through St. Paul's ministry, Rom. xv, 16. And as in sacrificing, wine was poured at the foot of the altar, so he was willing that his blood should be poured out. The expression well agrees with that kind of martyrdom by which he was afterwards offered up to God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Yea, and if I be offered - Margin, “poured forth.” The mention of his labors in their behalf, in the previous verse, seems to have suggested to him the sufferings which he was likely yet to endure on their account. He had labored for their salvation. He had exposed himself to peril that they and others might have the gospel. On their account he had suffered much; he had been made a prisoner at Rome; and there was a possibility, if not a probability, that his life might be a forfeit for his labors in their behalf.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
σπένδομαι	spendomai	I am being poured out	G4689 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
θυσίᾳ	thusia	sacrifice	G2378 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λειτουργίᾳ	leitourgia	on [the] service	G3009 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
πίστεως	pisteōs	faith	G4102 →
ὑμῶν,	humōn	of you,	G4771 →
χαίρω	chairō	I am glad	G5463 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συγχαίρω	sugchairō	I rejoice with	G4796 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	all	G3956 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	you;	G4771 →

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

The walk

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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
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
leads to
- Philippians 1:23
  I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
Through
2 Corinthians 12:15
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
leads to
- Colossians 1:24
  Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8
  We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
- 2 Corinthians 1:6
  If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
Through
Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…
leads to
- Romans 11:13
  I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- Romans 1:1
  Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
- Acts 9:15
  “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
Through
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:4
  who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Philippians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Philippians