Philippians 1:12
Now, brethren, I desire you should know, that the things which have happened to me, have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
13So that my bands are made manifest in Christ, in all the court, and in all other places;
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is great above all gods: because they dealt proudly against them.
Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Acts 11:19Now they who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on occasion of Stephen, went about as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none, but to the Jews only.
Acts 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
Romans 8:28And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.
2 Timothy 2:9Wherein I labour even unto bands, 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 →