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THE MESSAGE
Philippians 1:16
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These preach out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
The one preach Christ of contention, not syncerely, supposing to adde affliction to my bonds:
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
They preach because they have love, and they know that God gave me the work of defending the Good News.
the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
They love Christ and know that I am here to defend the good news about him.
The latter act from love, aware that I am put where I am for defending the Good News;
These indeed out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the glad tidings;
They are doing it out of love. They know that God gave me the work of defending the Good News.
The one part preacheth Christ of contention and not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.
For they know that I am appointed for the defence of the gospel:
These do so from love, because they know that God has given me the work of defending the gospel.
The latter do so from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
These, indeed, announce Christ out of party spirit, not sincerely, thinking to add affliction to my bonds.
The latter [preach Christ] out of love, because they know that I have been put here [by God on purpose] for the defense of the gospel;
the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
The former preach Messiah from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
The latter are motivatedare motivated">[fn] by love, because they know that I have been appointed for the defense of the gospel.
and in the love of the Meshiha; for they know that for the defence of the gospel I am appointed.
because they know that I am appointed for the vindication of the gospel.
The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:
the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel:
The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
The one preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
These latter preach Him from love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News;
and summe of charite, witinge that Y am put in the defense of the gospel.
The ones [that preach] from love know that I am set for the defense of the gospel;
The one preach Christ from contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
The former Phil. 1:16 and Phil. 1:17.">[fn] preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains;
They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News.
These do it because of love. They know that I am put here to prove the Good News is true.
These proclaim Christ out of love, knowing that I have been put here for the defense of the gospel;
These, indeed, out of love, knowing that, for the defence of the glad-message, I am set;
Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel;
The one parte preacheth Christ of stryfe and not purely supposinge to adde more adversitie to my bondes.
the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,
The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes.
those preach the gospel of Christ, not in sincerity, but from a principle of contention, with a view to inflame the persecution against me:
The ones who ride for the right reason do so because they have the love of God in their heart. They know the only reason I'm here is because I'm a cowboy for God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not sincerely: Philippians 1:10, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 4:2
supposing: Job 6:14, Job 16:4, Psalms 69:26
Reciprocal: Job 16:2 - miserable 2 Corinthians 11:13 - false Philippians 1:15 - preach Philippians 2:3 - nothing Philippians 3:18 - enemies
Cross-References
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
That's how God's Word vaults across the skies from sunrise to sunset, Melting ice, scorching deserts, warming hearts to faith.
"Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble.
From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around midafternoon Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
Everything New I saw Heaven and earth new-created. Gone the first Heaven, gone the first earth, gone the sea. I saw Holy Jerusalem, new-created, descending resplendent out of Heaven, as ready for God as a bride for her husband. I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, he's their God. He'll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone—all the first order of things gone." The Enthroned continued, "Look! I'm making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate." Then he said, "It's happened. I'm A to Z. I'm the Beginning, I'm the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I'll be God to them, they'll be sons and daughters to me. But for the rest—the feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liars—for them it's Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!" One of the Seven Angels who had carried the bowls filled with the seven final disasters spoke to me: "Come here. I'll show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb." He took me away in the Spirit to an enormous, high mountain and showed me Holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God, resplendent in the bright glory of God. The City shimmered like a precious gem, light-filled, pulsing light. She had a wall majestic and high with twelve gates. At each gate stood an Angel, and on the gates were inscribed the names of the Twelve Tribes of the sons of Israel: three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, three gates on the west. The wall was set on twelve foundations, the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb inscribed on them. The Angel speaking with me had a gold measuring stick to measure the City, its gates, and its wall. The City was laid out in a perfect square. He measured the City with the measuring stick: twelve thousand stadia, its length, width, and height all equal. Using the standard measure, the Angel measured the thickness of its wall: 144 cubits. The wall was jasper, the color of Glory, and the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. The foundations of the City walls were garnished with every precious gem imaginable: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate a single pearl. The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord God—the Sovereign-Strong—and the Lamb are the Temple. The City doesn't need sun or moon for light. God's Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp! The nations will walk in its light and earth's kings bring in their splendor. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there won't be any night. They'll bring the glory and honor of the nations into the City. Nothing dirty or defiled will get into the City, and no one who defiles or deceives. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will get in.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The one preach Christ of contention,.... That is, those that preached of envy and strife, an not of good will to Christ, to the Gospel, to the souls of men, or to the apostle; and though they preached Christ, yet
not sincerely or "purely"; not but that they delivered the sincere milk of the word, and preached the pure Gospel of Christ, without any mixture and adulteration; but then they did not preach it with a sincere heart, and a pure intention; for this respects not the doctrine they preached, but their views in it, which were not honest and upright; they did not preach Christ from a principle of love to his person, and from an inward experience of the power of his Gospel, and a zealous affection for it, and firm attachment to it, and with a view to the glory of God, the honour of Christ, and the good of immortal souls; but were influenced by avarice, ambition, and envy: they had very evil designs upon the apostle,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds; imagining that by their free and bold way of preaching Christ openly in the city without control, and with impunity, it might be thought that the apostle did not lie in bonds for preaching Christ, but for some other crime; or otherwise why were not they laid hold on and put under confinement also? or thinking that by such numbers of them frequently preaching Christ about the city, it would either incense and stir up the Jews, Paul's accusers, to prosecute him more vigorously; or excite Nero to take more cognizance of his case, and either more closely confine him, or hasten the bringing his cause to a hearing, and him to punishment, as the ringleader of this sect, to the terror of others; but this they could not do without exposing themselves to great danger, unless they were determined to recant, as soon as they should be taken up; wherefore it should rather seem that their view was in preaching Christ to carry away the glory of it from the apostle, and take it to themselves; and fancying that he was a man of the same cast with them, desirous of vain glory, they thought it would afflict and distress him, he being in bonds, and not at liberty to exert himself, and make use of his superior gifts and abilities; but in this they were mistaken, he was so far from being made uneasy hereby, that he rejoiced at the preaching of Christ, let their intentions be what they would; and therefore he does not say that they did add affliction to his bonds; but they "supposed", or thought, that the method they took would do it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The one preach Christ of contention - So as to form parties, and to produce strifes among his professed followers.
Not sincerely - Not “purely” - ἁγνῶς hagnōs - not with pure motives or intentions. Their real aim is not to preach Christ, but to produce difficulty, and to stir up strife. They are ambitious people, and they have no real regard for the welfare of the church and the honor of religion.
Supposing to add affliction to my bonds - To make my trial the greater. How they did this is unknown. Perhaps they were those who were strongly imbued with Jewish notions, and who felt that his course tended to diminish respect for the law of Moses, and who now took this opportunity to promote their views, knowing that this would be particularly painful to him when he was not at liberty to meet them openly, and to defend his own opinions. It is possible also that they may have urged that Paul himself had met with a signal reproof for the course which he had taken, and, as a consequence, was now thrown into chains. Bloomfield suggests that it was the opinion of many of the ancient expositors that they endeavored to do this by so preaching as to excite the fury of the multitude or the rulers against Paul, and to produce increased severity in his punishment. But the way in which they did this is unknown, and conjecture is altogether useless.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. Preach Christ of contention — The Judaizing teachers, they also preach Christ; they acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ or promised Messiah, and preach him as such.
Not sincerely — ουχ αγνως. Not chastely, garbling the Gospel; not speaking the whole truth, but just what served their purpose; and at the same time they denounced the apostle as an enemy to the Divine institutions, because he spoke against circumcision.
