Philippians 2:17

Nay! if I am even to be poured out as a drink-offering, upon the sacrifice and public ministry of your faith, I rejoice, yea rejoice together with you all,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

In Context

16A word of light, holding forth,—as a matter of boasting unto me, for the day of Christ,—that, not in vain, I ran, nor, in vain, I toiled:—

18For the same cause, moreover, do, ye also, rejoice, yea rejoice together with me.

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Cross References

Acts 21:13Then, answered Paul—What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For, I, not only to be bound, but to die in Jerusalem, am ready, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 15:16That I should be a public minister of Christ Jesus unto the nations, doing priestly service with the glad-message of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might prove to be acceptable, being hallowed in Holy Spirit:

2 Corinthians 7:4Great, is my freedom of speech towards you, great, is my boasting in behalf of you: I am filled with the encouragement, I am greatly superabounding with the joy, in all our tribulation.

Philippians 1:20According to my eager outlook and hope, that, in nothing, shall I be put to shame, but, with all freedom of speech, as always, now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether through means of life, or of death.

Philippians 4:18But I have all things in full, and have more than enough, I am filled, having welcomed from Epaphroditus the things that came from you,—a fragrance of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing unto God.

1 Thessalonians 2:8Thus, yearning after you, we could have been well-pleased to impart unto you—not only the glad-message of God, but, our own lives also,—because, very dear to us, had ye become.

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 →

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