Philippians 2:16
holding forth the word of life, for rejoicing to me in regard to [the] Day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor did I labor in vain;
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Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness || In the great assembly, || Behold, I do not restrain my lips, || O YHWH, You have known.
Isaiah 49:4And I said, “I labored in vain, || I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, || But my judgment [is] with YHWH, || And my wage with my God.”
Luke 12:8And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers of God,
John 6:68Simon Peter, therefore, answered Him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have sayings of continuous life;
Romans 10:8But what does it say? “The saying is near you—in your mouth, and in your heart”: that is, the saying of the faith that we preach;
2 Corinthians 1:14according as you also acknowledged us in part, that we are your glory, even as also you [are] ours, in the Day of the Lord Jesus;
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:15-19
Practical Religion. ( a. d. 62.) 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do… Read the whole commentary →