Philippians 1:29
For to you it is given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but, also, to suffer for him,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30since you have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of becoming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;
Acts 5:41Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name’s sake.
Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, that through many afflictions we mast enter the kingdom of God.
Romans 5:3And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also; because we know that affliction produces patience,
Colossians 2:12when you were buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him by your faith in the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:28-30
The Apostle's Exhortations. ( a. d. 62.) 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to… Read the whole commentary →