Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
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21For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Cross References
Psalms 25:2O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
Psalms 119:80Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.
Isaiah 45:17But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
Isaiah 54:4Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.
John 21:19Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after 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 →