Philippians 1:12
Now I wish you, brethren, to know, that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to the progress of the gospel;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.
13so that my bonds are manifest in Christ through the whole palace, and all other places;
Cross References
Acts 11:19Now those also who were dispersed by the persecution which arose on account of Stephen passed on as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no man except the Jews only.
Acts 22:1MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you.
Romans 8:28But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.
2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer affliction, even unto chains as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:10-12
The Apostle's Affection and Hope. ( a. d. 62.) 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. These verses contain the prayers he put up for them. Paul often let his friends know what it was he begged of God for them, that they might know… Read the whole commentary →