Philippians 1:26
in Philippians 1so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.
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ASV
that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
KJV
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
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This verse in Philippians 1
Commentary
12 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
more necessary for you
on Philippians 1:24-26
Paul settles the tension of verse 23 by their need rather than his desire. He expects to stay for your progress and joy in the faith, the progress word, prokope, of verse 12 now turned to their growth.
This site's exposition
through my coming to you again
The aim of Paul's staying is the church's joy. His return to Philippi would give them fresh cause to glory in Christ Jesus, with Paul as the occasion of it. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hold that he did return after his first captivity, and read Philemon 22 beside this hope.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
This means: "Your glory will abound in me. For I will be present to see how your glory exults and abounds in Christ. I will see how you love Christ, how you serve Christ and how you rejoice in your service to Christ."
Such a one, to be estimated not by his years but by his deserts, merited higher degrees of clerical ordination and larger increase.
"That your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me, through my presence with you again." You see that this explains the word "abide with you." Behold his humility. Having said, "for your progress," he shows that it was for his own profit too. This also he does, when he writes to the Romans, and says, "That is, that we may be comforted together in you." Having previously said, "That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift." And what means, "That your glorying may abound"? This glorying was, their establishment in the faith. For an upright life is glorying in Christ. And sayest thou, "Your glorying in me, through my presence with you again"? Yes, he answers; "For what is our hope, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye?" Because "you are our glorying, even as we also are yours", i.e. that I may be able to rejoice in you greatly. How sayest thou, "That your glorying may abound"? I may glory the more when you make progress. "Through my presence with you again." What then! Did he come to them? Search ye whether he came.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Since he said above that he would remain for their progress, he now shows that he too derives some benefit from this, namely, a greater glorification of himself through them, in that they, thanks to his coming to them, will progress further. But what then? …
Then he explains what he had said, saying, so that in me you may have ample cause to glory, i.e., if it is granted me to come to you again, it will be in order that joy may abound in you: "Now to him who …
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Apostle's Exhortations. 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
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of his coming to them again, and had spoken it with some assurance, though he was now a prisoner; but he would not have them build upon that. Our religion must not be bound up in the hands of our ministers: "Whether I come or no, let me hear well of you, and do you stand fast." Whether ministers come or no, Christ is always at hand.
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That your rejoicing may be more abundant,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
That your rejoicing may be more abundant - Men rejoice more in recovering a thing that was lost, than they do in a continual possession of what is of much greater value.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ - Through the mercy and grace of Christ, If he was spared, his deliverance would be traced to Christ, and they would rejoice together in one who had so mercifully delivered him. For me by my coming to you again - Their joy would not only be that he was delivered, but that he was permitted to see them again.
The words behind it
17 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → | 668 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| καύχημα | kauchema | boasting | G2745 → | |
| ὑμῶν | humon | of you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| περισσεύῃ | perisseue | may abound | G4052 → | 39 times |
| ἐν | en | to | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| Χριστῷ | christo | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | me myself | G1473 → | 839 times |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → | 664 times |
| τῆς | tes | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐμῆς | emes | my | G1473 → | 839 times |
| παρουσίας | parousias | coming | G3952 → | |
| πάλιν | palin | again | G3825 → | 139 times |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → | 700 times |
| ὑμᾶς. | humas | you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
ἵναso that
inaG2443 →668 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
καύχημαboasting
kauchemaG2745 →
ὑμῶνof you
humonG4771 →2973 times
περισσεύῃmay abound
perisseueG4052 →39 times
ἐνto
enG1722 →2738 times
ΧριστῷChrist
christoG5547 →523 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ἐμοὶme myself
emoiG1473 →839 times
διὰthrough
diaG1223 →664 times
τῆς<the>
tesG3588 →19766 times
ἐμῆςmy
emesG1473 →839 times
παρουσίαςcoming
parousiasG3952 →
πάλινagain
palinG3825 →139 times
πρὸςto
prosG4314 →700 times
ὑμᾶς.you.
humasG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Rejoice at all times.
- Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- James 1:2–4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
- Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Through
Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
it leads to
- Colossians 2:11
In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- Deuteronomy 30:6
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Romans 7:6
But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the…
- Colossians 2:11
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About Philippians
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyprian, Epistle XXXII; Gaius Marius Victorinus, EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 1.26; J. B. Lightfoot, Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Philippians 4; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Philippians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Philippians.