Philippians 2:24
in Philippians 2And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
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ASV
but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
KJV
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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This verse in Philippians 2
Commentary
9 notes on this verseEven here he does not expressly announce that he will come but makes this depend on the providence of God. And clearly he has not yet wholly escaped his former peril.
This site's exposition
to send Timothy to you soon
on Philippians 2:19-24
Timothy is the mind of verse 5 in a living man, one who will genuinely care for your needs. The Philippians had seen the proof since Acts 16: as a child with his father he has served with me.
This site's exposition
I myself will come soon
Paul holds a hope of release without claiming certainty. Gill notes that he could not know how things would go, yet kept a settled persuasion that he would be freed. Thomas Aquinas reads the trust as light given in darkness, since there is always some darkness in the saints.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come to you shortly." I am not therefore sending him, as though I myself would not come, but that I may be of good courage when I know your state, that even in the mean time I may not be ignorant of it. "But I trust in the Lord," says he. See how he makes all things depend on God, and speaks nothing of his own mind. That is, God willing.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Consequently, I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also. But he was not freed from his prison: "Yea, thou dost light my lamp: the Lord my God lightens my darkness" (Ps. 18:28). For there is always some darkness in the saints.
I am not sending Timothy because I have completely given up on coming to you, but so that, as I have already said, in the meantime I may be gladdened by learning of your affairs. Note how he makes his coming to them dependent on …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But I trust in the Lord,.... The Syriac version reads, "in my Lord": that I also myself shall come shortly: this he adds, partly to let them see, that he still retained a secret hope and persuasion in his own mind of a deliverance, though he could not be certain of it, how things would go with him; and partly, that he might not be thought to put them off with sending Timothy to them; for notwithstanding that, his intention still was, should he be released, to pay them a visit himself.
He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. The great gospel precept passed upon us; that is, to love one another. This is the law of Christ's kingdom, the lesson of his school, the livery of his family.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
But I trust in the Lord ... - note, Php 1:25.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πέποιθα | pepoitha | I have been persuaded | G3982 → | 51 times |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| κυρίῳ | kurio | [the] Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| αὐτὸς | autos | I myself | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ταχέως | tacheos | soon | G5030 → | |
| ἐλεύσομαι.¶ | eleusomai | I will come. | G2064 → | 628 times |
πέποιθαI have been persuaded
pepoithaG3982 →51 times
δὲhowever
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
κυρίῳ[the] Lord
kurioG2962 →711 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
αὐτὸςI myself
autosG846 →5565 times
ταχέωςsoon
tacheosG5030 →
ἐλεύσομαι.¶I will come.
eleusomaiG2064 →628 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
2 John 1:12I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
it leads to
- 3 John 1:13–14
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
- John 16:12
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- 1 Corinthians 16:5–7
After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.
- John 17:13
But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
- John 15:11
I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- 3 John 1:13–14
Through
Philemon 1:22In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:11
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
- Philippians 1:19
because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- 2 John 1:12
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
- 2 Corinthians 1:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Philippians

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Chrysostom, Homily on Philippians 9; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 2.23-24; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Philippians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Philippians.
