Philippians 3:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.

📖 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  whose ende is dampnacio whose God is their bely and whose glory is to their shame which are worldely mynded.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  whose ende is damnacion, whose God is the bely, & whose glory shalbe to their shame, which are earthly mynded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whose ende is damnation, whose God is their bellie, and whose glorie is to their shame, which minde earthly things.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whose ende is dampnation, whose God is their belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  whose end `is' destruction, whose god `is' the belly, and whose glory `is' in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and `whose' glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

• 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 16:18 : 18 For 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.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• Rom 8:5-7 : 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
• 2 Cor 11:15 : 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But 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 6:13 : 13 For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
• Col 3:2 : 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
• Hos 4:7 : 7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: therefore I will turn their glory into shame.
• Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
• Phil 2:21 : 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.
• Mal 1:12 : 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is defiled; and its produce, even its food, is contemptible.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are arrogant, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed might be removed from among you.
• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
• Ezek 34:3 : 3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.
• 1 Sam 2:11-16 : 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD. 13 And this was the priests' custom with the people, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand; 14 And he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw. 16 And if any man said to him, Let them burn the fat first and then take as much as you want; then he would answer him, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
• Ps 4:6-7 : 6 There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us. 7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
• Titus 1:11-12 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.'
• Heb 6:6-8 : 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
• Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
• Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;
• Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
• Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
• Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
• Hab 2:15-16 : 15 Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness! 16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.
• 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 And will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their own deceptions while they banquet with you;
• 2 Pet 2:17-19 : 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• Rev 20:9-9 : 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?