Philippians 2:16
holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
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Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, you know.
Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Romans 10:8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:
2 Corinthians 1:14as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our 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 →