Philippians 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

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  • Phil 1:7 : 7 Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;
  • Phil 1:12 : 12 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;
  • Job 6:14 : 14 To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I too could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's place, I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute the one whom you have struck, and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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  • Phil 1:11-15
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    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

    13So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

    14And most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

    15Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel,

    7Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20Yes, I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

  • 1 Cor 1:11-12
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    11For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.

    12Now I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:10-12
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    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

    11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

    12But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

  • Gal 6:12
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    12As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • Gal 4:17
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    17They zealously court you, but not for good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may have zeal for them.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 16:17-18
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    17Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.

    18For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • Phil 1:27-28
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    27Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

    28And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

    20For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

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    4And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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    17For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

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    9For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.

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    16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

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    4He is proud, knowing nothing, but obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

  • Phil 2:16
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    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

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    8I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

  • Rom 1:15
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    15So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are at Rome also.

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    16But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

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    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

  • Gal 5:10-11
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    10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

    11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

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    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

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    1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

  • Rom 15:17
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    17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.