having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
- BSB since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
- NKJV having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
- NASB experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
- NLT We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.
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Quick answer
They share the same struggle they saw in Paul and now hear he still faces. Suffering binds them together with the apostle.
Overview
The Philippians' conflict mirrors Paul's own, both when he was with them and in his present imprisonment. This shared struggle unites the church with their teacher in the same gospel cause. Christian suffering is a common path walked together, not in isolation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- 1 Th 2:2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
- Acts 16:19–40But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- Rom 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 2 Tim 2:10–12Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- Heb 12:4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
- Eph 6:11–18Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Heb 10:32–33But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
- Rev 2:10–11Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Rev 12:11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
- 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
- 1 Th 3:2–4and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
- Col 1:29for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
- 1 Cor 4:9–14For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
- 1 Th 2:14–15For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
- 1 Cor 15:30–32Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
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