Philippians 2:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 16:17 : 17 I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.
  • Phil 4:10 : 10 Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
  • Matt 25:36-40 : 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
  • 1 Cor 15:53 : 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
  • 1 Cor 16:10 : 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
  • Phil 1:19-20 : 19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 20 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.
  • Phil 2:27 : 27 In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:12-17
    6 verses
    79%

    12I have sent him(who is my very heart) back to you.

    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

    15For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,

    16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

    17Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

  • Phil 2:25-29
    5 verses
    78%

    25But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

    26Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

    27In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

    28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

    29So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

  • Phil 2:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

    17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

    18And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

  • Acts 15:26
    75%

    26who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 2:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

    21Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

    22But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

  • Col 1:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

    25I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete the word of God,

  • Phil 1:30
    74%

    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • Phil 1:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

    20My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

    21For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

  • Eph 3:13
    72%

    13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

  • Phil 4:10
    72%

    10Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    72%

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • Acts 20:24
    72%

    24But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

  • Phil 1:26
    72%

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
    72%

    15Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

  • 1 Cor 16:17
    71%

    17I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    71%

    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • Phil 1:7
    71%

    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

  • Phlm 1:8
    71%

    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • Phil 4:17
    71%

    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • Rom 15:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

  • 2 Cor 7:15
    71%

    15And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

  • Col 2:5
    71%

    5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

  • Rom 16:4
    71%

    4who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    71%

    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    71%

    10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

  • Col 4:13
    71%

    13For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

  • Phil 1:13
    71%

    13The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

  • Phil 1:17
    70%

    17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
    70%

    3I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.

  • Phil 1:28
    70%

    28and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
    70%

    18May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

  • Col 2:1
    70%

    1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.

  • 2 Tim 4:6
    70%

    6For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.