For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Parallel translations
- KJV For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- BSB because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- NKJV For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- NASB for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- NLT For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.
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Quick answer
Paul is confident his situation will result in his deliverance, through their prayers and the Spirit's help. He relies on prayer and the Spirit, not circumstances.
Overview
"Salvation" here likely means his ultimate vindication and final deliverance, whether or not he is released. He counts on the Philippians' intercession and "the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ" to sustain him. The echo of Job 13:16 frames his trust in God's faithful outcome.
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Cross-references · 9
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Acts 16:7When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
- 2 Cor 1:11you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
- Gal 4:6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
- Rom 8:9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
- 1 Cor 4:17Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- Eph 6:18–19with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
- 1 Pet 1:11searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
- 1 Pet 1:7–9that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
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