Bible Language Cross References for the verse Acts 16:0 in WEB
- 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
- 2 Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
- 4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,
- 5 for your partnership in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;
- 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- 7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
- 8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
- 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
- 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
- 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- 12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the gospel;
- 13 so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
- 14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
- 15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
- 16 The former insincerly preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
- 17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
- 18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
- 19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
- 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't make known what I will choose.
- 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
- 24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
- 25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
- 26 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
- 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
- 28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
- 29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
- 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
- 1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,
- 2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the gospel of God in much conflict.
- 3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
- 4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
- 5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
- 6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
- 7 But we were gentle among of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children.
- 8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
- 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
- 10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
- 11 As you know how we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
- 12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
- 13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
- 14 For you , brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
- 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
- 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
- 17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
- 18 because we wanted to come to you�indeed, I, Paul, once and again� but Satan hindered us.
- 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you , before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
- 20 For you are our glory and our joy.