Philippians 3:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὧν τὸ τέλος ἀπώλεια, ὧν ὁ Θεὸς ἡ κοιλία, καὶ ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν, οἱ τὰ ἐπίγεια φρονοῦντες.)

Transliteration

Of whom the telos apōleia, of whom the Theos the koilia, and the doxa in the aischynē of them, the ones the epigeia phronountes.)

Grammar Details

• *telos*: nominative, neuter, singular - end
• *apōleia*: nominative, feminine, singular - destruction
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *koilia*: nominative, feminine, singular - belly/appetite
• *doxa*: nominative, feminine, singular - glory
• *aischynē*: dative, feminine, singular - shame
• *epigeia*: accusative, neuter, plural - earthly things
• *phronountes*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, plural - thinking/minding

Word Meanings

• *telos*: end/outcome/destination
• *apōleia*: destruction/ruin/perdition
• *koilia*: belly/stomach/appetite/physical desires
• *doxa*: glory/honor/pride
• *aischynē*: shame/disgrace
• *epigeia*: earthly things/worldly concerns

Referenced Verses

• Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
• Rom 8:5-7 : 5 For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
• 2 Cor 11:15 : 15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
• 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But 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.
• Gal 6:13 : 13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
• Col 3:2 : 2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
• Hos 4:7 : 7 Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.
• Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots, 13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
• Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
• Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
• Mal 1:12 : 12 But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
• 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
• Ezek 34:3 : 3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
• 1 Sam 2:11-16 : 11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord. 13 And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth; 14 This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15 And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked. 16 And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
• Ps 4:6-7 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us. 7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
• 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
• Titus 1:11-12 : 11 By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped. 12 One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.
• Heb 6:6-8 : 6 And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him. 7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God: 8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.
• Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
• Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
• Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine; 46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;
• Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
• Luke 18:4 : 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
• Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
• Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
• Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. 12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
• Mic 3:5 : 5 This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
• Hab 2:15-16 : 15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame! 16 You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.
• 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
• 2 Pet 2:17-19 : 17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store. 18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error; 19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
• Rev 20:9-9 : 9 And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction. 10 And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.