Philippians 1:6

1:6 For I am sure of this very thing, ¹  that the one ²  who began a good work in ³  you will perfect it ⁴  until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:9

1:9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

Philippians 1:22

1:22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, ⁵  this will mean productive work ⁶  for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer: ⁷ 

Philippians 1:30

1:30 since you are encountering ⁸  the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing. ⁹ 

Philippians 2:19

Models for Ministry

2:19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

Philippians 3:15

3:15 Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. ¹⁰  If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. ¹¹ 

Philippians 3:17

3:17 Be imitators of me, ¹²  brothers and sisters, ¹³  and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

Philippians 3:20

3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

[1:6]  ¹ tn Grk “since I am sure of this very thing.” The verse begins with an adverbial participle that is dependent on the main verb in v. 3 (“I thank”). Paul here gives one reason for his thankfulness.

[1:6]  ² tn The referent is clearly God from the overall context of the paragraph and the mention of “the day of Christ Jesus” at the end, which would be redundant if Christ were referred to here.

[1:6]  ³ tn Or “among.”

[1:6]  ⁴ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[1:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “flesh.”

[1:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “fruit of work”; the genitive ἔργου (ergou) is taken as an attributed genitive in which the head noun, καρπός (karpos), functions attributively (cf. ExSyn 89-91).

[1:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “what I shall prefer.” The Greek verb αἱρέω (Jairew) could also mean “choose,” but in this context such a translation is problematic for it suggests that Paul could perhaps choose suicide (cf. L&N 30.86).

[1:30]  ⁹ tn Grk “having,” most likely as an instrumental participle. Thus their present struggle is evidence that they have received the gift of suffering.

[1:30]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “that you saw in me and now hear [to be] in me.”

[3:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “those of us who are ‘perfect’ should think this,” or possibly “those of us who are mature should think this.”

[3:15]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “reveal this to you.” The referent of the pronoun “this” is the fact that the person is thinking differently than Paul does. This has been specified in the translation with the phrase “the error of your ways”; Paul is stating that God will make it known to these believers when they are not in agreement with Paul.

[3:17]  ¹⁷ tn Or “become fellow imitators with me [of Christ].”

[3:17]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.