Philippians 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

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  • Phil 1:7 : 7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
  • 2 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher; 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • 2 Tim 4:6-7 : 6 For I am even now being offered, and my end is near. 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
  • Luke 21:14 : 14 So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
  • Rom 1:13-17 : 13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations. 14 I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning. 15 For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome. 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek. 17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
  • 1 Cor 9:16-17 : 16 For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not. 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision 8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

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  • Phil 1:7-16
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    7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

    8For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

    9And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

    10So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

    11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

    13So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

    15Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

    16These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

  • Phil 1:18-21
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    18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

    19For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

    20In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

    21For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Phil 1:25-28
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    25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

    27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

    28Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • Phil 2:16-18
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    16Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

    17And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

    18And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 2 Cor 11:10-12
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    10As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

    11Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • Rom 15:17
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    17So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

    16For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • Gal 1:7
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    7Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

    20For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

  • Rom 15:20
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    20Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.