Philippians 1:7

Paul rightly feels this way because he holds them in his heart; they share grace with him in his imprisonment and gospel defense. Bonds of love unite them in the same work.

Cross-references · 27

• 2 Cor 7:3I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
• Phil 1:5because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
• Col 4:18This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
• 2 Tim 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
• Phil 4:14Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
• Acts 16:23–25And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
• Eph 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
• Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
• Phil 1:16–17The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
• Eph 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
• 2 Tim 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
• Heb 10:33–34Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
• 1 Cor 9:23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
• 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
• Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
• 1 Th 1:2–5We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
• 1 Cor 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
• Acts 21:33The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
• Heb 6:9–10Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
• Col 4:3as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
• 1 Jn 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
• Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
• 2 Pet 1:13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
• 1 Th 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
• 2 Cor 3:2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
• Eph 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• 1 Pet 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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