Philippians 1:29
For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
John 1:12But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
Acts 5:41And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.
Acts 14:22And when they had ordained to them priests in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
Romans 5:3And not only so; but we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Colossians 2:12Buried with him in baptism, in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him up 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 →