Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Parallel translations
- WEB having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is 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 even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
- Acts 16:19–40And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- Rom 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 2 Tim 2:10–12Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Heb 12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
- Eph 6:11–18Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Heb 10:32–33But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
- Rev 2:10–11Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- Rev 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
- 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- 1 Th 3:2–4And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
- Col 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
- 1 Cor 4:9–14For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
- 1 Th 2:14–15For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
- 1 Cor 15:30–32And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
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The one who, being in the form of God, emptied himself to the point of death on a cross and was exalted to the name above every name — the joy and prize of the believer.
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