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Philippians 1:20

according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

In Context

19For I know that this will turn out to me for salvation (through your entreaty, and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ)

21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not my enemies triumph over me.

Psalms 119:80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.

Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be saved by LORD with an everlasting salvation. Ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.

Isaiah 54:4Fear not, for thou shall not be ashamed. Neither be thou confounded, for thou shall not be put to shame. For thou shall forget the shame of thy youth. And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shall remember no more.

John 21:19Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me.

Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:13-21

The Apostle's Success and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of contention,… Read the whole commentary →

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