Philippians 1:29
for to you it was given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but in his behalf to suffer also;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30as ye have the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God,—to those who believed in his name;
Acts 5:41They therefore went away from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame in behalf of that name;
Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that it is through many afflictions that we mast enter into the kingdom of God.
Romans 5:3And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also, knowing that affliction produceth endurance,
Colossians 2:12having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him 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 →