Philippians 1:29
For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30experiencing the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.
John 1:12But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on his name:
Acts 5:41Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name’s sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.
Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;
Colossians 2:12buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have been raised up together with him by faith, the energy 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 →