Philippians 1:12
But I want you to know, brothers, that the things in respect to me have come more for the advancement of the good-news,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
13in order for my bonds in Christ to became apparent in the whole Praetorium, and in all the others.
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Psalms 76:10Surely the inward thought of man shall praise thee, even the residue of inward thought will observe a festival to thee.
Acts 11:19Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only.
Acts 22:1Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.
2 Timothy 2:9within which I suffer evil to the point of bonds as an evildoer, but the word of God is not bound.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:10-12
The Apostle's Affection and Hope. ( a. d. 62.) 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. These verses contain the prayers he put up for them. Paul often let his friends know what it was he begged of God for them, that they might know… Read the whole commentary →