Philippians 4:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names `are' in the book of life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐρωτῶ καὶ σέ, σύζυγε γνήσιε, συλλαμβάνου αὐταῖς αἵτινες ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ συνήθλησάν μοι, μετὰ καὶ Κλήμεντος, καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν συνεργῶν μου, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐν βίβλῳ ζωῆς.

Transliteration

And erōtō also you, syzuge gnēsie, syllambanou them who in the euangeliō synēthlēsan with me, with also Klēmentos, and the remaining synergōn my, of whom the onomata in biblō zōēs.

Grammar Details

• *erōtō*: present indicative, 1st person singular - I ask/request
• *syzuge*: vocative, masculine, singular - yokefellow/companion/comrade
• *gnēsie*: vocative, masculine, singular - true/genuine/loyal
• *syllambanou*: present imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice - help/assist
• *euangeliō*: dative, neuter, singular - gospel
• *synēthlēsan*: aorist indicative, 3rd person plural - they contended/struggled together
• *Klēmentos*: genitive, masculine, singular - proper name (Clement)
• *synergōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - fellow workers/co-laborers
• *onomata*: nominative, neuter, plural - names
• *biblō*: dative, feminine, singular - book/scroll
• *zōēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of life

Word Meanings

• *erōtō*: I ask/request/beseech
• *syzuge*: yokefellow/companion/comrade/partner
• *gnēsie*: true/genuine/loyal/faithful
• *syllambanou*: help/assist/aid/support
• *euangeliō*: gospel/good news
• *synēthlēsan*: they contended/struggled together/labored side by side
• *synergōn*: fellow workers/co-laborers/colleagues
• *biblō*: book/scroll/record
• *zōēs*: of life/living

Referenced Verses

• Luke 10:20 : 20 but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'
• Rev 3:5 : 5 He who is overcoming -- this one -- shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;
• Rev 17:8 : 8 `The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;
• Rev 20:15 : 15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but -- those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,
• Phil 2:20-25 : 20 for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care, 21 for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus, 22 and the proof of him ye know, that as a child `serveth' a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news; 23 him, indeed, therefore, I hope to send, when I may see through the things concerning me -- immediately; 24 and I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come. 25 And I thought `it' necessary Epaphroditus -- my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need -- to send unto you,
• Phil 4:2 : 2 Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;
• Col 1:7 : 7 as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,
• 1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband, 10 in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
• Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit -- 9 because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;
• Acts 9:36-41 : 36 And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing; 37 and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber, 38 and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that `place', sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them. 39 And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them. 40 And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, `Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up, 41 and having given her `his' hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,
• Acts 16:14-18 : 14 and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul; 15 and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us. 16 And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying, 17 she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;' 18 and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, `I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
• Rom 16:2-4 : 2 that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you -- for she also became a leader of many, and of myself. 3 Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus -- 4 who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --
• Rom 16:9 : 9 salute Arbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved;
• Rom 16:12 : 12 salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.
• Exod 32:32 : 32 and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'
• Ps 69:28 : 28 They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
• Isa 4:3 : 3 And it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, `Holy' is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem.
• Ezek 13:9 : 9 And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I `am' the Lord Jehovah.
• Dan 12:1 : 1 `And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.