Philippians 1:20
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will be ashamed in nothing, and in all freedom, as always, also Christ will now be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,
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21for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
Cross References
Psalms 25:2My God, in You I have trusted, || Do not let me be ashamed, || Do not let my enemies exult over me.
Psalms 119:80My heart is perfect in Your statutes, || So that I am not ashamed.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, || And the expectation of the wicked perishes.
Isaiah 45:17Israel has been saved in YHWH, || A perpetual salvation! You are not ashamed nor confounded || For all ages of eternity!
Isaiah 54:4And they cause desolate cities to be inhabited. Do not fear, for you are not ashamed, || Nor blush, for you are not confounded, || For you forget the shame of your youth, || And the reproach of your widowhood || You do not remember anymore.
John 21:19and this He said, signifying by what death he will glorify God; and having said 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 →