Philippians 4:3 BSB

Philippians 4:3

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

BSB

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ASV

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

KJV

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men), Section 15 (420)

Clement, of whom the apostle Paul writing to the Philippians says "With Clement and others of my fellow-workers whose names are written in the book of life," the fourth bishop of Rome after Peter, if indeed the second was Linus and the third Anacletus, although most of the Latins think that Clement was second after the apostle.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The Greek word doth not imply preaching, or anything of that kind; but danger and toil endured for the sake of the gospel, which was also endured at the same time, probably at Philippi, by Clement and my other fellowlabourers - This is a different word from the former, and does properly imply fellowpreachers.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow - It is not known to whom the apostle refers here. No name is mentioned, and conjecture is useless. All that is known is, that it was someone whom Paul regarded as associated with himself in labor, and one who was so prominent at Philippi that it would be understood who was referred to, without more particularly mentioning him. The presumption, therefore. is, that it was one of the ministers, or “bishops” (see the notes at Php 1:1) of Philippi, who had been particularly associated with Paul when he was there.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ναὶ	nai	Yes	G3483 →
ἐρωτῶ	erōtō	I ask	G2065 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
σέ,	se	you,	G4771 →
γνήσιε	gnēsie	true	G1103 →
σύζυγε,	suzuge	yokefellow	G4805 →
συλλαμβάνου	sullambanou	do yourself help	G4815 →
αὐταῖς,	autais	these [women],	G846 →
αἵτινες	aitines	who	G3748 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
εὐαγγελίῳ	euangeliō	gospel	G2098 →
συνήθλησάν	sunēthlēsan	labored together	G4866 →
μοι	moi	with me	G3165 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
Κλήμεντος	Klēmentos	Clement	G2815 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
λοιπῶν	loipōn	rest	G3062 →
συνεργῶν	sunergōn	of [the] fellow workers	G4904 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ὧν	hōn	whose	G3739 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ὀνόματα	onomata	names [are]	G3686 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
βίβλῳ	biblō	[the] book	G976 →
ζωῆς.¶	zōēs	of life.	G2222 →

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

The walk8

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
Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was…
leads to
- Revelation 17:8
  The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:19–20
  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Ephesians 1:4
  For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Revelation 3:5
  Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 25:34
  Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Through
Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
leads to
- Revelation 20:15
  And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
leads to
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Philippians 1:27
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…
leads to
- Ephesians 4:1
  As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Philippians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Philippians