Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Philippians,1,1,"At the time of Paul, Philippi existed and there were Christians there","CHRISTIANS,EXISTED,PAUL,PHILIPPI,THERE,TIME" Philippians,1,1,"Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" Philippians,1,1,"Paul addressed this letter to the saints (Christians), bishops (elders), and deacons; it wasn't addressed to the pastor, because the role of pastor is not a Biblical role (the pastor wasn't the head of the church, he wasn't in charge, he didn't run things, and he wasn't the only one allowed to speak; the flock was cared for by the elders and deacons, not him)","ADDRESSED,ALLOWED,BECAUSE,BIBLICAL,BISHOPS,CARED,CHARGE,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,DEACONS,ELDERS,FLOCK,HE,HEAD,HIM,LETTER,NOT,ONE,ONLY,PASTOR,PAUL,ROLE,RUN,SAINTS,SPEAK,THINGS" Philippians,1,1,"Paul identified himself and Timothy as the servants of Jesus Christ; he did not emphasize his apostleship","APOSTLESHIP,CHRIST,EMPHASIZE,HE,HIMSELF,HIS,IDENTIFIED,JESUS,NOT,PAUL,SERVANTS,TIMOTHY" Philippians,1,1,"The church at Philippi consisted of saints (Christians), bishops, and elders; it did not consist of a building","BISHOPS,BUILDING,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,CONSIST,CONSISTED,ELDERS,NOT,PHILIPPI,SAINTS" Philippians,1,1,"The church at Philippi had bishops (elders)","BISHOPS,CHURCH,ELDERS,PHILIPPI" Philippians,1,1,"The church at Philippi had deacons","CHURCH,DEACONS,PHILIPPI" Philippians,1,1,"This letter was written by Paul and Timothy","LETTER,PAUL,TIMOTHY,WRITTEN" Philippians,1,1,"This letter was written to the saints (Christians) who lived at Philippi","CHRISTIANS,LETTER,LIVED,PHILIPPI,SAINTS,WHO,WRITTEN" Philippians,1,2,"God gives grace","GIVES,GOD,GRACE" Philippians,1,2,"God gives peace","GIVES,GOD,PEACE" Philippians,1,2,"God is our Father","FATHER,GOD,OUR" Philippians,1,2,"It is good to have grace","GOOD,GRACE" Philippians,1,2,"It is good to have peace","GOOD,PEACE" Philippians,1,2,"It is good to pray that God would give people grace","GIVE,GOD,GOOD,GRACE,PEOPLE,PRAY" Philippians,1,2,"It is good to pray that God would give people peace","GIVE,GOD,GOOD,PEACE,PEOPLE,PRAY" Philippians,1,2,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" Philippians,1,2,"Paul prayed that God would bestow grace upon the Philippian church","BESTOW,CHURCH,GOD,GRACE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED" Philippians,1,2,"Paul prayed that God would bestow peace upon the Philippian church","BESTOW,CHURCH,GOD,PAUL,PEACE,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED" Philippians,1,2,"Paul prayed that grace and peace would be given by God the Father and by the Lord Jesus Christ; he did not mention the Holy Spirit (perhaps because the Spirit points people to Christ)","BECAUSE,CHRIST,FATHER,GIVEN,GOD,GRACE,HE,HOLY,JESUS,LORD,MENTION,NOT,PAUL,PEACE,PEOPLE,PERHAPS,POINTS,PRAYED,SPIRIT" Philippians,1,3,"Churches exist because of God, not because of men","BECAUSE,CHURCHES,EXIST,GOD,MEN,NOT" Philippians,1,3,"It is good to thank God for the existence of godly churches","CHURCHES,EXISTENCE,GOD,GODLY,GOOD,THANK" Philippians,1,3,"Paul gave God all the credit for the existence of the Philippian church; he believed that church was the work of God, and so he gave God thanks","ALL,BELIEVED,CHURCH,EXISTENCE,GAVE,GOD,HE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,THANKS,WORK" Philippians,1,3,"Paul thanked God for the existence of the Philippian church","CHURCH,EXISTENCE,GOD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,THANKED" Philippians,1,3,"When Paul thought about the Philippian church, he thanked God for them","CHURCH,GOD,HE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,THANKED,THOUGHT,WHEN" Philippians,1,4,"It is good to pray for a church, even if the church is far away and you don't attend that church","ATTEND,AWAY,CHURCH,FAR,GOOD,IF,PRAY,YOU" Philippians,1,4,"It is good to pray for churches","CHURCHES,GOOD,PRAY" Philippians,1,4,"Paul prayed for the Philippian church","CHURCH,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED" Philippians,1,4,"Paul rejoiced over the Philippian church","CHURCH,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICED" Philippians,1,4,"Paul's prayers for the Philippian church were joyful","CHURCH,JOYFUL,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYERS" Philippians,1,5,"Paul had fellowship with the Philippian church because they accepted and believed the gospel","ACCEPTED,BECAUSE,BELIEVED,CHURCH,FELLOWSHIP,GOSPEL,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,5,"Paul rejoiced over the Philippian church because they accepted and believed the gospel","ACCEPTED,BECAUSE,BELIEVED,CHURCH,GOSPEL,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICED" Philippians,1,5,"The gospel is a source of fellowship","FELLOWSHIP,GOSPEL,SOURCE" Philippians,1,6,"God has begun a good work in us","BEGUN,GOD,GOOD,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"God has started a good work in us, but He has not yet finished it","FINISHED,GOD,GOOD,HE,NOT,STARTED,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"God is the one who has begun a good work in us","BEGUN,GOD,GOOD,ONE,WHO,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"God will continue the good work that He started in us until the day the Lord Jesus returns (the rapture)","CONTINUE,DAY,GOD,GOOD,HE,JESUS,LORD,RAPTURE,RETURNS,STARTED,UNTIL,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"God will surely finish the good work that He began in us","BEGAN,FINISH,GOD,GOOD,HE,SURELY,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"Paul was confident that the Philippian believers were genuine, and that God would continue to perfect them","BELIEVERS,CONFIDENT,CONTINUE,GENUINE,GOD,PAUL,PERFECT,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,6,"The day of the rapture is the day that God's work in us will be completed, and we will be fully mature","COMPLETED,DAY,FULLY,GOD,MATURE,RAPTURE,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"The good work that has begun in us was God's doing, not ours; Paul gives God all of the credit for it","ALL,BEGUN,DOING,GIVES,GOD,GOOD,NOT,OURS,PAUL,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"We can be sure that the good work that has been started in us will be finished, because God is the one who started it and God is the one who will finish it; it is entirely His doing, not our own, and does not depend on us in any way","ANY,BECAUSE,CAN,DEPEND,DOING,ENTIRELY,FINISH,FINISHED,GOD,GOOD,HIS,NOT,ONE,OUR,OWN,STARTED,SURE,WHO,WORK" Philippians,1,6,"We should glorify God for our salvation and our sanctification, not ourselves","GLORIFY,GOD,NOT,OUR,OURSELVES,SALVATION,SANCTIFICATION,SHOULD" Philippians,1,7,"Churches should defend the gospel","CHURCHES,DEFEND,GOSPEL,SHOULD" Philippians,1,7,"It is good to defend the gospel","DEFEND,GOOD,GOSPEL" Philippians,1,7,"Paul cared about the Philippian church and loved them even though he was in prison","CARED,CHURCH,HE,LOVED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRISON" Philippians,1,7,"Paul had the Philippian church in his heart","CHURCH,HEART,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,7,"Paul prayed for the Philippian church even though he was in prison","CHURCH,HE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED,PRISON" Philippians,1,7,"Paul said that the saints of the Philippian church were partakers in his grace","CHURCH,GRACE,HIS,PARTAKERS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SAID,SAINTS" Philippians,1,7,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to know that he was confident in their salvation, and confident that God would continue to work in them","CHURCH,CONFIDENT,CONTINUE,GOD,HE,KNOW,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SALVATION,WANTED,WORK" Philippians,1,7,"Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison","HE,LETTER,PAUL,PRISON,WHILE,WROTE" Philippians,1,7,"The Philippian church joined with Paul to confirm the gospel","CHURCH,CONFIRM,GOSPEL,JOINED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,7,"The Philippian church joined with Paul to defend the gospel","CHURCH,DEFEND,GOSPEL,JOINED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,8,"God knew Paul's desires (and He knows ours as well)","DESIRES,GOD,HE,KNEW,KNOWS,OURS,PAUL" Philippians,1,8,"God knew that Paul longed after the Philippian church","AFTER,CHURCH,GOD,KNEW,LONGED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,8,"Paul had a deep love for the churches; he cared about them, he wrote to them, he tried to help them, and he wanted to visit them in person","CARED,CHURCHES,DEEP,HE,HELP,LOVE,PAUL,PERSON,TRIED,VISIT,WANTED,WROTE" Philippians,1,8,"Paul longed after the Philippian church with the love of Jesus","AFTER,CHURCH,JESUS,LONGED,LOVE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,9,"Churches are not called to be non-judgmental; instead they are called to exercise judgment","CALLED,CHURCHES,EXERCISE,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,NOT" Philippians,1,9,"Churches should be characterized by love","CHARACTERIZED,CHURCHES,LOVE,SHOULD" Philippians,1,9,"Churches should exercise judgment, even when showing love","CHURCHES,EXERCISE,JUDGMENT,LOVE,SHOULD,SHOWING,WHEN" Philippians,1,9,"Churches should have knowledge","CHURCHES,KNOWLEDGE,SHOULD" Philippians,1,9,"Paul prayed that the love of the church would be rooted in knowledge, not ignorance or compromise or sin","CHURCH,COMPROMISE,IGNORANCE,KNOWLEDGE,LOVE,NOT,PAUL,PRAYED,ROOTED,SIN" Philippians,1,9,"Paul prayed that the love of the church would be rooted in sound judgment","CHURCH,JUDGMENT,LOVE,PAUL,PRAYED,ROOTED,SOUND" Philippians,1,9,"Paul prayed that the love of the Philippian church would continue to increase and abound","ABOUND,CHURCH,CONTINUE,INCREASE,LOVE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED" Philippians,1,9,"The love of the church should abound","ABOUND,CHURCH,LOVE,SHOULD" Philippians,1,9,"The love of the church should grow over time","CHURCH,GROW,LOVE,SHOULD,TIME" Philippians,1,10,"Churches should approve things that are excellent","APPROVE,CHURCHES,EXCELLENT,SHOULD,THINGS" Philippians,1,10,"Churches should be blameless (without offense)","BLAMELESS,CHURCHES,OFFENSE,SHOULD" Philippians,1,10,"Churches should be sincere","CHURCHES,SHOULD,SINCERE" Philippians,1,10,"Churches should exercise knowledge and judgment by taking care to only approve things that are excellent","APPROVE,CARE,CHURCHES,EXCELLENT,EXERCISE,JUDGMENT,KNOWLEDGE,ONLY,SHOULD,TAKING,THINGS" Philippians,1,10,"If something is not excellent then the church should not approve it","APPROVE,CHURCH,EXCELLENT,IF,NOT,SHOULD,SOMETHING" Philippians,1,10,"In order for the church to be sincere, it must have a love that is grounded in knowledge and judgment, and it must only approve things that are excellent; that is the sort of sincerity that God is looking for","APPROVE,CHURCH,EXCELLENT,GOD,GROUNDED,JUDGMENT,KNOWLEDGE,LOOKING,LOVE,MUST,ONLY,ORDER,SINCERE,SINCERITY,THINGS" Philippians,1,10,"Paul did not tell the church that as long as they didn't compromise anything related to the doctrines of salvation they were fine; instead the standard was to be blameless and without offense in the sight of God; this means churches were to observe everything and leave nothing out","ANYTHING,BLAMELESS,CHURCH,CHURCHES,COMPROMISE,DOCTRINES,EVERYTHING,FINE,GOD,INSTEAD,LEAVE,LONG,MEANS,NOT,NOTHING,OBSERVE,OFFENSE,PAUL,RELATED,SALVATION,SIGHT,STANDARD,TELL" Philippians,1,10,"Paul viewed Christianity as a race that we run until the Lord Jesus appears; at that point the race is over and the work is done","APPEARS,CHRISTIANITY,DONE,JESUS,LORD,PAUL,POINT,RACE,RUN,UNTIL,VIEWED,WORK" Philippians,1,10,"Paul wanted the church to be faithful unto the Lord Jesus appeared","APPEARED,CHURCH,FAITHFUL,JESUS,LORD,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,1,10,"The return of Jesus (the rapture) is the end point; it is the finish line","END,FINISH,JESUS,LINE,POINT,RAPTURE,RETURN" Philippians,1,11,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to be filled with the fruits of righteousness","CHURCH,FILLED,FRUITS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WANTED" Philippians,1,11,"The fruits of righteousness are for the glory of God, not for our own glory","FRUITS,GLORY,GOD,NOT,OUR,OWN,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Philippians,1,11,"The fruits of righteousness are for the praise of God, not for our own praise","FRUITS,GOD,NOT,OUR,OWN,PRAISE,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Philippians,1,11,"The fruits of righteousness come from Jesus; they do not come from ourselves","COME,DO,FRUITS,JESUS,NOT,OURSELVES,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Philippians,1,11,"There are fruits of righteousness; those who are righteous will bear fruit","BEAR,FRUIT,FRUITS,RIGHTEOUS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,THERE,WHO" Philippians,1,11,"We bear fruit for the sake of God, not for ourselves","BEAR,FRUIT,GOD,NOT,OURSELVES,SAKE" Philippians,1,12,"Being imprisoned does not always hinder the spread of the gospel","ALWAYS,BEING,GOSPEL,HINDER,IMPRISONED,NOT,SPREAD" Philippians,1,12,"God used Paul's imprisonment to advance the gospel","ADVANCE,GOD,GOSPEL,IMPRISONMENT,PAUL,USED" Philippians,1,12,"Paul didn't call the Philippian saints his 'brothers and sisters'; instead he used the term 'brethren'; that wasn't seen as sexist or inappropriate","BRETHREN,BROTHERS,CALL,HE,HIS,INAPPROPRIATE,INSTEAD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SAINTS,SEEN,SISTERS,TERM,USED" Philippians,1,12,"Paul referred to the Philippian church as his brethren","BRETHREN,CHURCH,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REFERRED" Philippians,1,12,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to understand that his imprisonment had actually furthered the gospel; it hadn't hindered it","ACTUALLY,CHURCH,FURTHERED,GOSPEL,HINDERED,HIS,IMPRISONMENT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,UNDERSTAND,WANTED" Philippians,1,13,"Being imprisoned may advertise the gospel more widely than it had been advertised before","BEFORE,BEING,GOSPEL,IMPRISONED" Philippians,1,13,"Paul's imprisonment was manifested far beyond the palace; many people in many places knew that Paul was in prison because of the gospel","BECAUSE,BEYOND,FAR,GOSPEL,IMPRISONMENT,KNEW,MANIFESTED,MANY,PALACE,PAUL,PEOPLE,PLACES,PRISON" Philippians,1,13,"Paul's imprisonment was manifested in the palace; the people of the palace knew that Paul was in prison because of the gospel","BECAUSE,GOSPEL,IMPRISONMENT,KNEW,MANIFESTED,PALACE,PAUL,PEOPLE,PRISON" Philippians,1,13,"The reason Paul was in prison was for the sake of the gospel","GOSPEL,PAUL,PRISON,REASON,SAKE" Philippians,1,14,"Because Paul was in prison, other people preached the gospel with greater boldness","BECAUSE,BOLDNESS,GOSPEL,GREATER,PAUL,PEOPLE,PREACHED,PRISON" Philippians,1,14,"Because Paul was in prison, other people preached the gospel without fear","BECAUSE,FEAR,GOSPEL,PAUL,PEOPLE,PREACHED,PRISON" Philippians,1,14,"It is good to preach the gospel with boldness","BOLDNESS,GOOD,GOSPEL,PREACH" Philippians,1,14,"It is good to preach the gospel without fear","FEAR,GOOD,GOSPEL,PREACH" Philippians,1,14,"Paul never refers to anyone as 'pastor so-and-so' or 'reverend so-and-so' or 'father so-and-so'; there is no Biblical support for those titles; instead he calls them his brothers","ANYONE,BIBLICAL,BROTHERS,CALLS,FATHER,HE,HIS,INSTEAD,NEVER,NO,PASTOR,PAUL,REFERS,REVEREND,SUPPORT,THERE,TITLES" Philippians,1,14,"Paul refers to other Christians as his brethren in the Lord","BRETHREN,CHRISTIANS,HIS,LORD,PAUL,REFERS" Philippians,1,15,"Not everyone who preaches Christ has good motives","CHRIST,EVERYONE,GOOD,MOTIVES,NOT,PREACHES,WHO" Philippians,1,15,"Some people preached Christ out of envy","CHRIST,ENVY,PEOPLE,PREACHED,SOME" Philippians,1,15,"Some people preached Christ out of good will","CHRIST,GOOD,PEOPLE,PREACHED,SOME" Philippians,1,15,"Some people preached Christ out of strife","CHRIST,PEOPLE,PREACHED,SOME,STRIFE" Philippians,1,15,"Some people preached Christ with bad motives, and some people preached Christ with good motives","BAD,CHRIST,GOOD,MOTIVES,PEOPLE,PREACHED,SOME" Philippians,1,16,"Some people did not preach Christ from a position of sincerity","CHRIST,NOT,PEOPLE,POSITION,PREACH,SINCERITY,SOME" Philippians,1,16,"Some people preached Christ in order to afflict Paul was he was in prison","AFFLICT,CHRIST,HE,ORDER,PAUL,PEOPLE,PREACHED,PRISON,SOME" Philippians,1,16,"There are some people who proclaim the truths of the gospel in order to hurt Christians and oppress them","CHRISTIANS,GOSPEL,HURT,OPPRESS,ORDER,PEOPLE,PROCLAIM,SOME,THERE,TRUTHS,WHO" Philippians,1,17,"Paul viewed himself as a defender of the gospel; he believed he had a responsibility to defend it","BELIEVED,DEFEND,GOSPEL,HE,HIMSELF,PAUL,RESPONSIBILITY,VIEWED" Philippians,1,17,"Some people preached Christ out of a position of love","CHRIST,LOVE,PEOPLE,POSITION,PREACHED,SOME" Philippians,1,17,"Some people understood that Paul was a defender of the gospel, and so they preached the gospel themselves","GOSPEL,PAUL,PEOPLE,PREACHED,SOME,UNDERSTOOD" Philippians,1,18,"It is good to preach Christ","CHRIST,GOOD,PREACH" Philippians,1,18,"It is good to rejoice when Christ is preached","CHRIST,GOOD,PREACHED,REJOICE,WHEN" Philippians,1,18,"Paul had no objections when Christ was preached out of bad motives; instead he rejoiced that Christ was being preached; the bad motives did not bother him","BAD,BEING,BOTHER,CHRIST,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,MOTIVES,NO,NOT,OBJECTIONS,PAUL,PREACHED,REJOICED,WHEN" Philippians,1,18,"Paul rejoiced when Christ was preached from a position of envy and strife, because in that case Christ was still being preached","BECAUSE,BEING,CASE,CHRIST,ENVY,PAUL,POSITION,PREACHED,REJOICED,STRIFE,WHEN" Philippians,1,18,"Paul rejoiced when Christ was preached in truth","CHRIST,PAUL,PREACHED,REJOICED,TRUTH,WHEN" Philippians,1,18,"Paul rejoiced when Christ was preached out of a position of love and sincerity","CHRIST,LOVE,PAUL,POSITION,PREACHED,REJOICED,SINCERITY,WHEN" Philippians,1,18,"Paul rejoiced when Christ was preached, even if it was being done in pretense","BEING,CHRIST,DONE,IF,PAUL,PREACHED,PRETENSE,REJOICED,WHEN" Philippians,1,19,"Paul expected the Philippian church to pray for him","CHURCH,EXPECTED,HIM,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAY" Philippians,1,19,"Paul expected the prayers of the Philippian church to make a difference and help him","CHURCH,DIFFERENCE,EXPECTED,HELP,HIM,MAKE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYERS" Philippians,1,19,"Paul had confidence in the Spirit of Jesus","CONFIDENCE,JESUS,PAUL,SPIRIT" Philippians,1,20,"Paul believed that the prayers of the Philippian church would help him remain faithful","BELIEVED,CHURCH,FAITHFUL,HELP,HIM,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYERS,REMAIN" Philippians,1,20,"Paul believed that the supply of the Spirit of Jesus would help him remain faithful","BELIEVED,FAITHFUL,HELP,HIM,JESUS,PAUL,REMAIN,SPIRIT,SUPPLY" Philippians,1,20,"Paul earnestly expected that he would remain faithful","EARNESTLY,EXPECTED,FAITHFUL,HE,PAUL,REMAIN" Philippians,1,20,"Paul had hope that he would remain faithful","FAITHFUL,HE,HOPE,PAUL,REMAIN" Philippians,1,20,"Paul wanted Christ to be magnified by his death","CHRIST,DEATH,HIS,MAGNIFIED,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,1,20,"Paul wanted Christ to be magnified by his life","CHRIST,HIS,LIFE,MAGNIFIED,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,1,20,"Paul wanted to use his body to magnify Christ","BODY,CHRIST,HIS,MAGNIFY,PAUL,USE,WANTED" Philippians,1,20,"Paul's desire was that he would not be ashamed in anything","ANYTHING,ASHAMED,DESIRE,HE,NOT,PAUL" Philippians,1,20,"Paul's desire was that he would remain bold","BOLD,DESIRE,HE,PAUL,REMAIN" Philippians,1,20,"Paul's desire was to remain faithful","DESIRE,FAITHFUL,PAUL,REMAIN" Philippians,1,21,"For Christians, dying is gain; death is not a loss, but is instead a source of gain","CHRISTIANS,DEATH,DYING,GAIN,INSTEAD,LOSS,NOT,SOURCE" Philippians,1,21,"For Christians, the point of living is to glorify Christ","CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,GLORIFY,LIVING,POINT" Philippians,1,21,"To die is gain","DIE,GAIN" Philippians,1,21,"To live is Christ","CHRIST,LIVE" Philippians,1,22,"It was difficult for Paul to decide if he wanted to continue to live, or if he wanted to die","CONTINUE,DECIDE,DIE,DIFFICULT,HE,IF,LIVE,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,1,22,"Paul did not fear death; he did not see it as a negative thing, or as a loss","DEATH,FEAR,HE,LOSS,NOT,PAUL,SEE,THING" Philippians,1,22,"Paul knew that even if he died he would continue to live; the question was whether he would continue to live in this world, in his fleshly and mortal body, or if he would die and depart this world","BODY,CONTINUE,DEPART,DIE,DIED,FLESHLY,HE,HIS,IF,KNEW,LIVE,MORTAL,PAUL,QUESTION,WORLD" Philippians,1,22,"Paul knew that he might live, or he might die","DIE,HE,KNEW,LIVE,MIGHT,PAUL" Philippians,1,22,"Paul knew that if he continued to live then he would labor and bear fruit, and he knew that was a good thing","BEAR,CONTINUED,FRUIT,GOOD,HE,IF,KNEW,LABOR,LIVE,PAUL,THING" Philippians,1,22,"Paul's heart was on the things above","ABOVE,HEART,PAUL,THINGS" Philippians,1,22,"Those who have died do not have a body of flesh","BODY,DIED,DO,FLESH,NOT,WHO" Philippians,1,23,"It is far better to be with Christ in Heaven than to be here","BETTER,CHRIST,FAR,HEAVEN" Philippians,1,23,"It was difficult for Paul to decide if he wanted to remain in this world, or if he wanted to depart it; this is because he knew that departing it was far better","BECAUSE,BETTER,DECIDE,DEPART,DEPARTING,DIFFICULT,FAR,HE,IF,KNEW,PAUL,REMAIN,WANTED,WORLD" Philippians,1,23,"Paul had a desire to depart from this world and be with Christ","CHRIST,DEPART,DESIRE,PAUL,WORLD" Philippians,1,23,"Paul wanted to depart from this world and be with Christ, because that was far better than life in this world","BECAUSE,BETTER,CHRIST,DEPART,FAR,LIFE,PAUL,WANTED,WORLD" Philippians,1,23,"The reason Paul wanted to depart from this world was so he could be with Christ","CHRIST,DEPART,HE,PAUL,REASON,WANTED,WORLD" Philippians,1,23,"The reason that dying is gain for a Christian is because departing and being with Christ is better than anything this world has to offer","ANYTHING,BECAUSE,BEING,BETTER,CHRIST,CHRISTIAN,DEPARTING,DYING,GAIN,OFFER,REASON,WORLD" Philippians,1,23,"Those who have died are not experiencing 'soul sleep', or unconsciousness until the resurrection; instead they are with Christ","CHRIST,DIED,EXPERIENCING,INSTEAD,NOT,RESURRECTION,SLEEP,SOUL,UNTIL,WHO" Philippians,1,24,"Even though Paul wanted to depart and be with Christ, he knew that the churches needed him; he prioritized their needs ahead of his desires","CHRIST,CHURCHES,DEPART,DESIRES,HE,HIM,HIS,KNEW,NEEDED,NEEDS,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,1,24,"It seems that the dead cannot do anything to help the living","ANYTHING,CANNOT,DEAD,DO,HELP,LIVING,SEEMS" Philippians,1,24,"Paul did not believe that going to Heaven would make him more useful to the Philippian church; instead he believed that in order to help them he had to remain alive in this world; this indicates that the living can help the saints, but the dead cannot","ALIVE,BELIEVE,BELIEVED,CAN,CANNOT,CHURCH,DEAD,GOING,HE,HEAVEN,HELP,HIM,INDICATES,INSTEAD,LIVING,MAKE,NOT,ORDER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REMAIN,SAINTS,USEFUL,WORLD" Philippians,1,24,"Paul knew that remaining alive was more useful to the Philippian church than departing and being with Christ","ALIVE,BEING,CHRIST,CHURCH,DEPARTING,KNEW,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REMAINING,USEFUL" Philippians,1,24,"Paul never taught that the saints in Heaven are praying for the church, or interceding with Jesus on their behalf, or are doing anything for the good of the church; instead he taught that only the people who are living in this world could help the church, and that our prayers should only be to God, not to the departed saints","ANYTHING,BEHALF,CHURCH,DEPARTED,DOING,GOD,GOOD,HE,HEAVEN,HELP,INSTEAD,INTERCEDING,JESUS,LIVING,NEVER,NOT,ONLY,OUR,PAUL,PEOPLE,PRAYERS,PRAYING,SAINTS,SHOULD,TAUGHT,WHO,WORLD" Philippians,1,24,"Paul referred to living as abiding in the flesh; those who are living are in the flesh, and those who are dead have departed from this fleshly body and gone to be with Christ (where they do not have a body of flesh)","ABIDING,BODY,CHRIST,DEAD,DEPARTED,DO,FLESH,FLESHLY,GONE,LIVING,NOT,PAUL,REFERRED,WHERE,WHO" Philippians,1,25,"Paul believed that since the churches needed him, he would not be killed; he believed that he would continue to live in this world so that he could serve the churches and help them grow in the faith","BELIEVED,CHURCHES,CONTINUE,FAITH,GROW,HE,HELP,HIM,KILLED,LIVE,NEEDED,NOT,PAUL,SERVE,SINCE,WORLD" Philippians,1,25,"Paul believed that the reason he would continue to live was so that he could further the faith of the churches","BELIEVED,CHURCHES,CONTINUE,FAITH,FURTHER,HE,LIVE,PAUL,REASON" Philippians,1,25,"Paul spoke of the faith as a source of joy; he wanted to help the church grow in that joy","CHURCH,FAITH,GROW,HE,HELP,JOY,PAUL,SOURCE,SPOKE,WANTED" Philippians,1,26,"Paul believed that his coming to the Philippian church would be a source of abundant rejoicing for them","ABUNDANT,BELIEVED,CHURCH,COMING,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICING,SOURCE" Philippians,1,26,"Paul did not believe that his current imprisonment would end in death","BELIEVE,DEATH,END,HIS,IMPRISONMENT,NOT,PAUL" Philippians,1,26,"Paul had apparently visited the Philippian church before he wrote this letter from prison, and he wanted to see them again","AGAIN,BEFORE,CHURCH,HE,LETTER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRISON,SEE,VISITED,WANTED,WROTE" Philippians,1,26,"Paul had hope that God would free him from prison so that he could visit the churches","CHURCHES,FREE,GOD,HE,HIM,HOPE,PAUL,PRISON,VISIT" Philippians,1,26,"Paul wanted to visit the Philippian church in person again","AGAIN,CHURCH,PAUL,PERSON,PHILIPPIAN,VISIT,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"Paul did not say that the church should be striving for both the gospel and for other things as well; instead the focus of the church was to be on the gospel","CHURCH,FOCUS,GOSPEL,INSTEAD,NOT,PAUL,SAY,SHOULD,STRIVING,THINGS" Philippians,1,27,"Paul did not want the church to achieve unity through compromise or pragmatism; instead he wanted them to unify in the truth of the gospel, and to be unified because they were of one mind about it","BECAUSE,CHURCH,COMPROMISE,GOSPEL,HE,INSTEAD,MIND,NOT,ONE,PAUL,PRAGMATISM,TRUTH,UNIFIED,UNITY,WANT,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"Paul wanted the church to be unified in one mind","CHURCH,MIND,ONE,PAUL,UNIFIED,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"Paul wanted the church to be unified in one spirit; this was true if he came to see them, or if he did not","CHURCH,HE,IF,NOT,ONE,PAUL,SEE,SPIRIT,TRUE,UNIFIED,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"Paul wanted the church to strive together for the faith of the gospel","CHURCH,FAITH,GOSPEL,PAUL,STRIVE,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"Paul wanted the conversation of the Philippian church to be appropriate for those who believed in the gospel","APPROPRIATE,BELIEVED,CHURCH,CONVERSATION,GOSPEL,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,1,27,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to have a reputation for being unified in one spirit, and for having one mind about the gospel","BEING,CHURCH,GOSPEL,MIND,ONE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REPUTATION,SPIRIT,UNIFIED,WANTED" Philippians,1,27,"The church needs to strive","CHURCH,NEEDS,STRIVE" Philippians,1,27,"The church needs to strive together","CHURCH,NEEDS,STRIVE" Philippians,1,27,"The gospel of Christ teaches unity - on spirit, one mind, one faith, one gospel","CHRIST,FAITH,GOSPEL,MIND,ONE,SPIRIT,TEACHES,UNITY" Philippians,1,27,"The thing that the church needs to be striving for is the gospel, not something else; Paul never even suggested that the church should be striving after some sort of social or environmental cause","AFTER,CAUSE,CHURCH,GOSPEL,NEEDS,NEVER,NOT,PAUL,SHOULD,SOME,SOMETHING,STRIVING,SUGGESTED,THING" Philippians,1,28,"Even though God has not promised to rescue us from our adversaries, He has told us to not be afraid of them","ADVERSARIES,AFRAID,GOD,HE,NOT,OUR,PROMISED,RESCUE,TOLD" Philippians,1,28,"God is the one who gives the church the ability to not be afraid of its adversaries","ABILITY,ADVERSARIES,AFRAID,CHURCH,GIVES,GOD,NOT,ONE,WHO" Philippians,1,28,"Paul did not want the church to be terrified by their adversaries","ADVERSARIES,CHURCH,NOT,PAUL,TERRIFIED,WANT" Philippians,1,28,"The adversaries of the church are doomed to go into perdition; they are going to be cast into Hell","ADVERSARIES,CAST,CHURCH,GO,GOING,HELL,PERDITION" Philippians,1,28,"The adversaries of the church should not make us afraid","ADVERSARIES,AFRAID,CHURCH,MAKE,NOT,SHOULD" Philippians,1,28,"The church is going to receive salvation; it will be saved, but its adversaries will not","ADVERSARIES,CHURCH,GOING,NOT,RECEIVE,SALVATION,SAVED" Philippians,1,28,"The church should not be afraid","AFRAID,CHURCH,NOT,SHOULD" Philippians,1,28,"The Philippian church had adversaries","ADVERSARIES,CHURCH,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,1,28,"The reason the church should not be terrified of its adversaries is not because those adversaries aren't going to imprison or kill the saints; instead it is because to live is Christ and to die is gain","ADVERSARIES,BECAUSE,CHRIST,CHURCH,DIE,GAIN,GOING,IMPRISON,INSTEAD,KILL,LIVE,NOT,REASON,SAINTS,SHOULD,TERRIFIED" Philippians,1,28,"The world needs to see that the church is not afraid; that lack of fear is a sign to them from God","AFRAID,CHURCH,FEAR,GOD,LACK,NEEDS,NOT,SEE,SIGN,WORLD" Philippians,1,28,"When the church is not afraid of its adversaries, that is a sign to those adversaries that they are going to go into perdition","ADVERSARIES,AFRAID,CHURCH,GO,GOING,NOT,PERDITION,SIGN,WHEN" Philippians,1,29,"Believing on Christ brought suffering into the life of the Philippian church","BELIEVING,BROUGHT,CHRIST,CHURCH,LIFE,PHILIPPIAN,SUFFERING" Philippians,1,29,"Christians do not choose God; instead God chooses us, and gives us the grace to believe and have faith in Him","BELIEVE,CHOOSE,CHOOSES,CHRISTIANS,DO,FAITH,GIVES,GOD,GRACE,HIM,INSTEAD,NOT" Philippians,1,29,"God does not give His grace to everyone","EVERYONE,GIVE,GOD,GRACE,HIS,NOT" Philippians,1,29,"God gives some people grace, so they might believe and be saved","BELIEVE,GIVES,GOD,GRACE,MIGHT,PEOPLE,SAVED,SOME" Philippians,1,29,"God never promised that Christians wouldn't have to suffer; instead He said that some people would have to suffer","CHRISTIANS,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,NEVER,PEOPLE,PROMISED,SAID,SOME,SUFFER" Philippians,1,29,"It was God's will for the Philippians to believe the gospel and be saved, and it was also God's will for them to suffer and be persecuted","BELIEVE,GOD,GOSPEL,PERSECUTED,PHILIPPIANS,SAVED,SUFFER" Philippians,1,29,"Paul told the Philippian church that suffering was a part of Christianity; he did not hide that from them, and he also did not tell them there was something they could do to get out of it; instead he taught them that suffering was from the hand of God, and it was something they needed to endure, and in Paul's case it had furthered the gospel","CASE,CHRISTIANITY,CHURCH,DO,ENDURE,FURTHERED,GOD,GOSPEL,HAND,HE,HIDE,INSTEAD,NEEDED,NOT,PART,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SOMETHING,SUFFERING,TAUGHT,TELL,THERE,TOLD" Philippians,1,29,"Some Christians must suffer for the sake of Christ; this is from the hand of God","CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,GOD,HAND,MUST,SAKE,SOME,SUFFER" Philippians,1,29,"The Philippian church believed on Christ and suffered for Him as well","BELIEVED,CHRIST,CHURCH,HIM,PHILIPPIAN,SUFFERED" Philippians,1,29,"The Philippian church was suffering for the sake of Christ","CHRIST,CHURCH,PHILIPPIAN,SAKE,SUFFERING" Philippians,1,29,"The reason the Philippian church believed on Christ was because God gave them the grace to do so; their belief came from God","BECAUSE,BELIEF,BELIEVED,CHRIST,CHURCH,DO,GAVE,GOD,GRACE,PHILIPPIAN,REASON" Philippians,1,29,"The reason the Philippian church was suffering persecution was because that was God's will for them","BECAUSE,CHURCH,GOD,PERSECUTION,PHILIPPIAN,REASON,SUFFERING" Philippians,1,30,"The Philippian church faced the same conflict that Paul faced; Paul was persecuted, and they were as well","CHURCH,CONFLICT,FACED,PAUL,PERSECUTED,PHILIPPIAN,SAME" Philippians,1,30,"The Philippian church had seen the suffering of Paul, and had heard about it; now they were experiencing it for themselves","CHURCH,EXPERIENCING,HEARD,NOW,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SEEN,SUFFERING" Philippians,2,1,"Comforting people is a good thing","COMFORTING,GOOD,PEOPLE,THING" Philippians,2,1,"Fellowship is a good thing","FELLOWSHIP,GOOD,THING" Philippians,2,1,"Giving consolation to people is a good thing","CONSOLATION,GIVING,GOOD,PEOPLE,THING" Philippians,2,1,"Mercy is a good thing","GOOD,MERCY,THING" Philippians,2,1,"People within the church should have fellowship with one another","ANOTHER,CHURCH,FELLOWSHIP,ONE,PEOPLE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,1,"The church should be characterized by mercy","CHARACTERIZED,CHURCH,MERCY,SHOULD" Philippians,2,1,"The church should comfort those who need it","CHURCH,COMFORT,NEED,SHOULD,WHO" Philippians,2,1,"The church should give consolation to those who need it","CHURCH,CONSOLATION,GIVE,NEED,SHOULD,WHO" Philippians,2,1,"The Spirit is the source of fellowship","FELLOWSHIP,SOURCE,SPIRIT" Philippians,2,1,"There is comfort in Christ","CHRIST,COMFORT,THERE" Philippians,2,1,"There is consolation in Christ","CHRIST,CONSOLATION,THERE" Philippians,2,1,"There is fellowship in the Spirit","FELLOWSHIP,SPIRIT,THERE" Philippians,2,1,"There is love in Christ","CHRIST,LOVE,THERE" Philippians,2,1,"There is mercy in Christ","CHRIST,MERCY,THERE" Philippians,2,2,"It is very important for churches to be unified; that unity needs to come from everyone having the same mind, not everyone agreeing to disagree","CHURCHES,COME,DISAGREE,EVERYONE,IMPORTANT,MIND,NEEDS,NOT,SAME,UNIFIED,UNITY" Philippians,2,2,"Paul did not desire a unity that was based on pragmatism, or the lowest common denominator; instead he sought a unity that was based on everyone having the same mind","BASED,COMMON,DESIRE,EVERYONE,HE,INSTEAD,LOWEST,MIND,NOT,PAUL,PRAGMATISM,SAME,SOUGHT,UNITY" Philippians,2,2,"Paul earnestly desired that the church be likeminded","CHURCH,DESIRED,EARNESTLY,LIKEMINDED,PAUL" Philippians,2,2,"Paul took joy in the likemindedness of churches","CHURCHES,JOY,PAUL,TOOK" Philippians,2,2,"People in the church should not be at odds with one another; instead they should be likeminded","ANOTHER,CHURCH,INSTEAD,LIKEMINDED,NOT,ODDS,ONE,PEOPLE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,2,"People within the church need to be of one accord","ACCORD,CHURCH,NEED,ONE,PEOPLE" Philippians,2,2,"People within the church need to have the same love","CHURCH,LOVE,NEED,PEOPLE,SAME" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should be humble","CHRISTIANS,HUMBLE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should esteem other people as being better than themselves","BEING,BETTER,CHRISTIANS,ESTEEM,PEOPLE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should not be putting themselves above others, or thinking that they are better than other people","ABOVE,BETTER,CHRISTIANS,NOT,PEOPLE,PUTTING,SHOULD,THINKING" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should not do things through strife","CHRISTIANS,DO,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE,THINGS" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should not do things to glorify themselves","CHRISTIANS,DO,GLORIFY,NOT,SHOULD,THINGS" Philippians,2,3,"Christians should not seek to glorify themselves","CHRISTIANS,GLORIFY,NOT,SEEK,SHOULD" Philippians,2,3,"There should not be strife in churches","CHURCHES,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE,THERE" Philippians,2,4,"Christians must not ignore the problems that are going on in the lives of other Christians; instead they should bear one another's burdens","ANOTHER,BEAR,BURDENS,CHRISTIANS,GOING,IGNORE,INSTEAD,LIVES,MUST,NOT,ONE,PROBLEMS,SHOULD" Philippians,2,4,"Christians must not ignore what is going on in the church, and must not simply focus on their own problems","CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,FOCUS,GOING,IGNORE,MUST,NOT,OWN,PROBLEMS,SIMPLY,WHAT" Philippians,2,4,"Christians should be aware of the problems of other people who are within the church, and should do what they can to help them","AWARE,CAN,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,DO,HELP,PEOPLE,PROBLEMS,SHOULD,WHAT,WHO" Philippians,2,4,"Christians should care about one another","ANOTHER,CARE,CHRISTIANS,ONE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,4,"God has given Christians the responsibility of caring for one another","ANOTHER,CARING,CHRISTIANS,GIVEN,GOD,ONE,RESPONSIBILITY" Philippians,2,5,"Christians should seek to have the same mind as Jesus","CHRISTIANS,JESUS,MIND,SAME,SEEK,SHOULD" Philippians,2,5,"Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" Philippians,2,6,"It was not wrong for Jesus to say that He was equal to God","EQUAL,GOD,HE,JESUS,NOT,SAY,WRONG" Philippians,2,6,"Jesus is divine","DIVINE,JESUS" Philippians,2,6,"Jesus is equal to God","EQUAL,GOD,JESUS" Philippians,2,6,"Jesus told people that He was equal to God","EQUAL,GOD,HE,JESUS,PEOPLE,TOLD" Philippians,2,7,"Christians should follow the example of Jesus; just as He humbled Himself and took on the form of a servant, so we should as well","CHRISTIANS,EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,FORM,HE,HIMSELF,HUMBLED,JESUS,JUST,SERVANT,SHOULD,TOOK" Philippians,2,7,"Even though Jesus was God, He came into this world and took upon Himself the likeness of men","GOD,HE,HIMSELF,JESUS,LIKENESS,MEN,TOOK,WORLD" Philippians,2,7,"Even though Jesus was God, He humbled Himself","GOD,HE,HIMSELF,HUMBLED,JESUS" Philippians,2,7,"Even though Jesus was God, He made Himself of no reputation","GOD,HE,HIMSELF,JESUS,MADE,NO,REPUTATION" Philippians,2,7,"Even though Jesus was God, He took upon Himself the form of a servant","FORM,GOD,HE,HIMSELF,JESUS,SERVANT,TOOK" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus died on the cross","CROSS,DIED,JESUS" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus humbled Himself","HIMSELF,HUMBLED,JESUS" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus humbled Himself to such a great degree that He went to the cross and died; Christians should likewise humble themselves and obey the Lord","CHRISTIANS,CROSS,DEGREE,DIED,GREAT,HE,HIMSELF,HUMBLE,HUMBLED,JESUS,LIKEWISE,LORD,OBEY,SHOULD,WENT" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus truly died on the cross; He did not just appear to die","APPEAR,CROSS,DIE,DIED,HE,JESUS,JUST,NOT,TRULY" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus was God, but He became a man; (however, He did not stop being God)","BECAME,BEING,GOD,HE,JESUS,MAN,NOT,STOP" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus was obedient to death","DEATH,JESUS,OBEDIENT" Philippians,2,8,"Jesus was obedient to God the Father","FATHER,GOD,JESUS,OBEDIENT" Philippians,2,8,"The death of Jesus on the cross was an act of obedience","ACT,CROSS,DEATH,JESUS,OBEDIENCE" Philippians,2,9,"God has given Jesus a name that is above every name","ABOVE,EVERY,GIVEN,GOD,JESUS,NAME" Philippians,2,9,"God has highly exalted Jesus","EXALTED,GOD,HIGHLY,JESUS" Philippians,2,9,"If we want God to exalt us then we must humble ourselves and be obedient to Him","EXALT,GOD,HIM,HUMBLE,IF,MUST,OBEDIENT,OURSELVES,WANT" Philippians,2,9,"Jesus humbled Himself, and God exalted Him for that","EXALTED,GOD,HIM,HIMSELF,HUMBLED,JESUS" Philippians,2,9,"The reason God highly exalted Jesus was because He humbled Himself and was obedient to death","BECAUSE,DEATH,EXALTED,GOD,HE,HIGHLY,HIMSELF,HUMBLED,JESUS,OBEDIENT,REASON" Philippians,2,10,"At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow","BOW,EVERY,JESUS,KNEE,NAME" Philippians,2,10,"At the name of Jesus, everything in Heaven will bow","BOW,EVERYTHING,HEAVEN,JESUS,NAME" Philippians,2,10,"At the name of Jesus, everything in the earth will bow","BOW,EARTH,EVERYTHING,JESUS,NAME" Philippians,2,10,"At the name of Jesus, everything under the earth will bow","BOW,EARTH,EVERYTHING,JESUS,NAME,UNDER" Philippians,2,10,"One day even those who are not Christians will bow down to Jesus; (however, this will not save them)","BOW,CHRISTIANS,DAY,DOWN,JESUS,NOT,ONE,SAVE,WHO" Philippians,2,10,"There are things in earth","EARTH,THERE,THINGS" Philippians,2,10,"There are things in Heaven","HEAVEN,THERE,THINGS" Philippians,2,10,"There are things under the earth","EARTH,THERE,THINGS,UNDER" Philippians,2,10,"There is nothing (and no one) that will not bow down to Jesus","BOW,DOWN,JESUS,NO,NOT,NOTHING,ONE,THERE" Philippians,2,11,"Although the wicked rage against the Lord in this world, the day is coming when they will be forced to bow down to Him and confess that He is Lord","AGAINST,ALTHOUGH,BOW,COMING,CONFESS,DAY,DOWN,FORCED,HE,HIM,LORD,RAGE,WHEN,WICKED,WORLD" Philippians,2,11,"Every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord","CHRIST,CONFESS,EVERY,JESUS,LORD,TONGUE" Philippians,2,11,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" Philippians,2,11,"One day every single person will confess that Jesus is Lord; this includes all atheists and pagans, and all those who hate God","ALL,ATHEISTS,CONFESS,DAY,EVERY,GOD,HATE,INCLUDES,JESUS,LORD,ONE,PAGANS,PERSON,SINGLE,WHO" Philippians,2,11,"When everyone bows down to Jesus and confesses that He is Lord, God the Father will be glorified","BOWS,DOWN,EVERYONE,FATHER,GLORIFIED,GOD,HE,JESUS,LORD,WHEN" Philippians,2,12,"Although we are not saved by our works, God does call those who are saved to tremble before Him and to do good works; we are not called to sit around and do nothing","ALTHOUGH,BEFORE,CALL,CALLED,DO,GOD,GOOD,HIM,NOT,NOTHING,OUR,SAVED,SIT,TREMBLE,WHO,WORKS" Philippians,2,12,"Christians should be affectionate to one another","AFFECTIONATE,ANOTHER,CHRISTIANS,ONE,SHOULD" Philippians,2,12,"Paul calls the Philippian church 'beloved'; he refers to them with great affection, and this is not seen as inappropriate","AFFECTION,BELOVED,CALLS,CHURCH,GREAT,HE,INAPPROPRIATE,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REFERS,SEEN" Philippians,2,12,"Paul does not say that we can simply do nothing while God works within us; instead he tells us to fear the Lord and actively seek to obey God and do what is right","ACTIVELY,CAN,DO,FEAR,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,LORD,NOT,NOTHING,OBEY,PAUL,RIGHT,SAY,SEEK,SIMPLY,TELLS,WHAT,WHILE,WORKS" Philippians,2,12,"Paul says that we must work out our own salvation, but he also says that God is the one who works in us; that means we need to strive to be obedient, but at the same time God is working in us to make us obedient","GOD,HE,MAKE,MEANS,MUST,NEED,OBEDIENT,ONE,OUR,OWN,PAUL,SALVATION,SAME,SAYS,STRIVE,TIME,WHO,WORK,WORKING,WORKS" Philippians,2,12,"The church needs to obey the Lord","CHURCH,LORD,NEEDS,OBEY" Philippians,2,12,"The Philippian church was obedient when Paul was not with them","CHURCH,NOT,OBEDIENT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WHEN" Philippians,2,12,"The Philippian church was obedient when Paul was with them","CHURCH,OBEDIENT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WHEN" Philippians,2,12,"We must work out our own salvation with fear; we need to fear the Lord and seek to obey Him, and humble ourselves and walk in His ways","FEAR,HIM,HIS,HUMBLE,LORD,MUST,NEED,OBEY,OUR,OURSELVES,OWN,SALVATION,SEEK,WALK,WORK" Philippians,2,12,"We must work out our own salvation with trembling; we must tremble before God and obey His commands, and not dismiss Him and live as we please","BEFORE,COMMANDS,GOD,HIM,HIS,LIVE,MUST,NOT,OBEY,OUR,OWN,PLEASE,SALVATION,TREMBLE,TREMBLING,WORK" Philippians,2,13,"God has not abandoned us to try to live a Christian life as best we can, on our own; instead He is actively working within us","ABANDONED,ACTIVELY,BEST,CAN,CHRISTIAN,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,LIFE,LIVE,NOT,OUR,OWN,TRY,WORKING" Philippians,2,13,"God works His will in us; He is carrying out His will in our life, and doing as He pleases in our life","CARRYING,DOING,GOD,HE,HIS,LIFE,OUR,PLEASES,WORKS" Philippians,2,13,"God works in us; He is actively working in the lives of Christians","ACTIVELY,CHRISTIANS,GOD,HE,LIVES,WORKING,WORKS" Philippians,2,13,"Our lives are in the hands of God; He is actively involved in our life","ACTIVELY,GOD,HANDS,HE,INVOLVED,LIFE,LIVES,OUR" Philippians,2,13,"We can seek God with confidence because we know that God is working in us","BECAUSE,CAN,CONFIDENCE,GOD,KNOW,SEEK,WORKING" Philippians,2,14,"A church that has disputes is not blameless in the sight of God","BLAMELESS,CHURCH,DISPUTES,GOD,NOT,SIGHT" Philippians,2,14,"Christians must avoid having disputes with one another; the way to do this is to all be of one mind, not by compromise and pragmatism","ALL,ANOTHER,AVOID,CHRISTIANS,COMPROMISE,DISPUTES,DO,MIND,MUST,NOT,ONE,PRAGMATISM" Philippians,2,14,"Christians must not murmur (complain)","CHRISTIANS,COMPLAIN,MURMUR,MUST,NOT" Philippians,2,14,"Christians should be characterized by love, not by strife and disputes and arguments","ARGUMENTS,CHARACTERIZED,CHRISTIANS,DISPUTES,LOVE,NOT,SHOULD,STRIFE" Philippians,2,14,"It is bad for a church to have disputes","BAD,CHURCH,DISPUTES" Philippians,2,14,"Murmuring (complaining) is bad","BAD,COMPLAINING,MURMURING" Philippians,2,15,"Christians are the sons of God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,SONS" Philippians,2,15,"Christians live in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation","CHRISTIANS,CROOKED,LIVE,MIDST,NATION,PERVERSE" Philippians,2,15,"Christians must live lives that are godly, and who do not need to be rebuked; Christians must not lead lives of sin and depravity","CHRISTIANS,DEPRAVITY,DO,GODLY,LEAD,LIVE,LIVES,MUST,NEED,NOT,REBUKED,SIN,WHO" Philippians,2,15,"Christians must not seek to be like the perverse nation around them; instead we must be wholly different","CHRISTIANS,DIFFERENT,INSTEAD,LIKE,MUST,NATION,NOT,PERVERSE,SEEK,WHOLLY" Philippians,2,15,"Christians must seek to be blameless while living in the midst of a perverse nation","BLAMELESS,CHRISTIANS,LIVING,MIDST,MUST,NATION,PERVERSE,SEEK,WHILE" Philippians,2,15,"Christians must shine as lights in the world; that means Christians must be different from the world, and must be a contrast to the world, and must live the sort of life where the world can see that difference","CAN,CHRISTIANS,DIFFERENCE,DIFFERENT,LIFE,LIGHTS,LIVE,MEANS,MUST,SEE,SHINE,WHERE,WORLD" Philippians,2,15,"Christians must strive to be blameless; this means being obedient and faithful in all things, not just a few things (or the most important things)","ALL,BEING,BLAMELESS,CHRISTIANS,FAITHFUL,FEW,IMPORTANT,JUST,MEANS,MUST,NOT,OBEDIENT,STRIVE,THINGS" Philippians,2,15,"Christians need to shine their light into the world; that light must not be hidden, for we are the light of the world","CHRISTIANS,HIDDEN,LIGHT,MUST,NEED,NOT,SHINE,WORLD" Philippians,2,15,"Paul did not think it was unreasonable to say that the church needed to be blameless; he did not think that this was a ridiculous standard that was obviously impossible for a church to meet; he also never said that since it was impossible to be blameless, churches should just do the best they could and that would be fine","BEST,BLAMELESS,CHURCH,CHURCHES,DO,FINE,HE,IMPOSSIBLE,JUST,MEET,NEEDED,NEVER,NOT,OBVIOUSLY,PAUL,RIDICULOUS,SAID,SAY,SHOULD,SINCE,STANDARD,THINK,UNREASONABLE" Philippians,2,15,"Paul does not say that the church should get the major things right, or seek to be pretty good; instead the standard is to be blameless","BLAMELESS,CHURCH,GOOD,INSTEAD,MAJOR,NOT,PAUL,PRETTY,RIGHT,SAY,SEEK,SHOULD,STANDARD,THINGS" Philippians,2,15,"Paul refers to Christians as the sons of God, not the sons and daughters of God; this is not seen as sexist or rude","CHRISTIANS,DAUGHTERS,GOD,NOT,PAUL,REFERS,RUDE,SEEN,SONS" Philippians,2,15,"The church must be blameless","BLAMELESS,CHURCH,MUST" Philippians,2,15,"The church must be harmless","CHURCH,HARMLESS,MUST" Philippians,2,15,"The church must not do harm","CHURCH,DO,HARM,MUST,NOT" Philippians,2,15,"The people who are the sons of God are Christians, not pagans","CHRISTIANS,GOD,NOT,PAGANS,PEOPLE,SONS,WHO" Philippians,2,15,"The standard that God has set is one of being blameless, and without rebuke; He requires faithfulness and obedience in all things; there are no areas where faithfulness and obedience are optional, or are not important","ALL,AREAS,BEING,BLAMELESS,FAITHFULNESS,GOD,HE,IMPORTANT,NO,NOT,OBEDIENCE,ONE,OPTIONAL,REBUKE,REQUIRES,SET,STANDARD,THERE,THINGS,WHERE" Philippians,2,15,"The world is a dark and perverse place","DARK,PERVERSE,PLACE,WORLD" Philippians,2,16,"At the rapture, there will be rejoicing over churches that remained faithful","CHURCHES,FAITHFUL,RAPTURE,REJOICING,REMAINED,THERE" Philippians,2,16,"Christians have the word of life; (this is a reference to the gospel)","CHRISTIANS,GOSPEL,LIFE,REFERENCE,WORD" Philippians,2,16,"Christians need to shine the light of the gospel into the world, for the gospel is the word of life","CHRISTIANS,GOSPEL,LIFE,LIGHT,NEED,SHINE,WORD,WORLD" Philippians,2,16,"Churches must remain faithful until the Lord returns; (this is a reference to the rapture)","CHURCHES,FAITHFUL,LORD,MUST,RAPTURE,REFERENCE,REMAIN,RETURNS,UNTIL" Philippians,2,16,"If a church has remained faithful then Paul will rejoice over that church at the rapture, when the Lord returns","CHURCH,FAITHFUL,IF,LORD,PAUL,RAPTURE,REJOICE,REMAINED,RETURNS,WHEN" Philippians,2,16,"Paul believed it was extremely important for churches to remain faithful until the Lord returned, and to be found faithful in that day","BELIEVED,CHURCHES,DAY,EXTREMELY,FAITHFUL,FOUND,IMPORTANT,LORD,PAUL,REMAIN,RETURNED,UNTIL" Philippians,2,16,"Paul did not want to labor in vain; he did not want to build up a faithless and worthless church","BUILD,CHURCH,FAITHLESS,HE,LABOR,NOT,PAUL,UP,VAIN,WANT,WORTHLESS" Philippians,2,16,"Paul frequently referred to the return of Christ at the rapture; he did not avoid the subject of end times","AVOID,CHRIST,END,FREQUENTLY,HE,NOT,PAUL,RAPTURE,REFERRED,RETURN,SUBJECT,TIMES" Philippians,2,16,"The gospel is the word of life","GOSPEL,LIFE,WORD" Philippians,2,16,"The rapture is depicted as the finish line for the race that the church is running","CHURCH,DEPICTED,FINISH,LINE,RACE,RAPTURE,RUNNING" Philippians,2,16,"The world needs the light of the gospel, for it is in darkness","DARKNESS,GOSPEL,LIGHT,NEEDS,WORLD" Philippians,2,17,"Paul did not think that the prospect of being a martyr was unfair, or that it was cruel of God to put him through that; instead Paul was willing to die for the sake of the church","BEING,CHURCH,CRUEL,DIE,GOD,HIM,INSTEAD,MARTYR,NOT,PAUL,PROSPECT,PUT,SAKE,THINK,UNFAIR,WILLING" Philippians,2,17,"Paul looked at martyrdom as a sacrifice where he was being offered","BEING,HE,LOOKED,MARTYRDOM,OFFERED,PAUL,SACRIFICE,WHERE" Philippians,2,17,"Paul put the welfare of the church above his own life; he was willing to die for the sake of the church","ABOVE,CHURCH,DIE,HE,HIS,LIFE,OWN,PAUL,PUT,SAKE,WELFARE,WILLING" Philippians,2,17,"Paul rejoiced with the Philippian church","CHURCH,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICED" Philippians,2,17,"Paul said that if he had to be martyr for the sake of the church then he would find joy in that","CHURCH,FIND,HE,IF,JOY,MARTYR,PAUL,SAID,SAKE" Philippians,2,17,"Paul saw martyrdom as a way to strengthen the faith of the church","CHURCH,FAITH,MARTYRDOM,PAUL,SAW,STRENGTHEN" Philippians,2,17,"Paul saw martyrdom as an act of service to the church","ACT,CHURCH,MARTYRDOM,PAUL,SAW,SERVICE" Philippians,2,17,"Paul was not opposed to the idea of becoming a martyr","BECOMING,IDEA,MARTYR,NOT,OPPOSED,PAUL" Philippians,2,18,"Both Paul and the Philippian church saw persecution (and even martyrdom) as a source of joy","CHURCH,JOY,MARTYRDOM,PAUL,PERSECUTION,PHILIPPIAN,SAW,SOURCE" Philippians,2,18,"Paul had joy in the midst of persecution","JOY,MIDST,PAUL,PERSECUTION" Philippians,2,18,"Paul rejoiced with the church, and the church rejoiced with Paul","CHURCH,PAUL,REJOICED" Philippians,2,18,"The Philippian church had joy in the midst of persecution","CHURCH,JOY,MIDST,PERSECUTION,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,2,19,"Even though Paul was in prison, and even though he was being persecuted, he wanted to know the state of the Philippian church","BEING,CHURCH,HE,KNOW,PAUL,PERSECUTED,PHILIPPIAN,PRISON,STATE,WANTED" Philippians,2,19,"If the church was doing well then Paul would take comfort in that, even though he was in prison and being persecuted","BEING,CHURCH,COMFORT,DOING,HE,IF,PAUL,PERSECUTED,PRISON,TAKE" Philippians,2,19,"In order to find out how the church was doing, he wanted to send someone to visit them in person","CHURCH,DOING,FIND,HE,ORDER,PERSON,SEND,SOMEONE,VISIT,WANTED" Philippians,2,19,"Paul believed that visiting churches in person was very important","BELIEVED,CHURCHES,IMPORTANT,PAUL,PERSON,VISITING" Philippians,2,19,"Paul cared about the state of churches","CARED,CHURCHES,PAUL,STATE" Philippians,2,19,"Paul wanted to know how the church was doing","CHURCH,DOING,KNOW,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,2,19,"Paul was shortly going to send Timothy to the Philippian church","CHURCH,GOING,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SEND,SHORTLY,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,19,"The reason Paul was sending Timothy to the Philippian church was to find out how they were doing","CHURCH,DOING,FIND,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REASON,SENDING,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,19,"When Paul wrote this letter, Timothy was not in prison","LETTER,NOT,PAUL,PRISON,TIMOTHY,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,2,20,"It is good to care for the wellbeing of churches","CARE,CHURCHES,GOOD" Philippians,2,20,"Paul said that Timothy was the only person he knew who cared for the Philippian church as much as he did","CARED,CHURCH,HE,KNEW,MUCH,ONLY,PAUL,PERSON,PHILIPPIAN,SAID,TIMOTHY,WHO" Philippians,2,20,"The reason Paul chose Timothy for this trip was because of how much Timothy cared about the state of the Philippian church","BECAUSE,CARED,CHOSE,CHURCH,MUCH,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REASON,STATE,TIMOTHY,TRIP" Philippians,2,20,"Timothy had the same mind as Paul, in that he naturally cared for the churches the same way that Paul did","CARED,CHURCHES,HE,MIND,NATURALLY,PAUL,SAME,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,20,"Timothy naturally cared about the state of the Philippian church","CARED,CHURCH,NATURALLY,PHILIPPIAN,STATE,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,20,"When Paul wanted to know how the Philippian church was doing, he sent someone to them who cared deeply about the church","CARED,CHURCH,DEEPLY,DOING,HE,KNOW,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SENT,SOMEONE,WANTED,WHEN,WHO" Philippians,2,21,"Christians should seek after the things of Christ, instead of just the things that pertain to their own life","AFTER,CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,INSTEAD,JUST,LIFE,OWN,PERTAIN,SEEK,SHOULD,THINGS" Philippians,2,21,"People do not seek after the things that pertain to Christ","AFTER,CHRIST,DO,NOT,PEOPLE,PERTAIN,SEEK,THINGS" Philippians,2,21,"People seek after their own things; they are interested in themselves","AFTER,INTERESTED,OWN,PEOPLE,SEEK,THINGS" Philippians,2,21,"There are things that pertain to Christ","CHRIST,PERTAIN,THERE,THINGS" Philippians,2,21,"Timothy was unique because he sought after the things of Christ; that's why Paul sent him on trips to the churches","AFTER,BECAUSE,CHRIST,CHURCHES,HE,HIM,PAUL,SENT,SOUGHT,THINGS,TIMOTHY,TRIPS,UNIQUE,WHY" Philippians,2,22,"Paul compared Timothy to his son, and himself to his father; he saw Timothy as his son in the faith, and he as his father in the faith","COMPARED,FAITH,FATHER,HE,HIMSELF,HIS,PAUL,SAW,SON,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,22,"Paul labored in the gospel","GOSPEL,LABORED,PAUL" Philippians,2,22,"The Philippian church already knew about Timothy; they are familiar with him","CHURCH,FAMILIAR,HIM,KNEW,PHILIPPIAN,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,22,"The proof of Timothy's sincerity and love were his actions; it was the way he worked with Paul in the gospel","ACTIONS,GOSPEL,HE,HIS,LOVE,PAUL,PROOF,SINCERITY,TIMOTHY,WORKED" Philippians,2,22,"Timothy labored in the gospel","GOSPEL,LABORED,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,22,"Timothy served Paul in the faith the way a son serves his father","FAITH,FATHER,HIS,PAUL,SERVED,SERVES,SON,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,22,"Timothy served with Paul in the gospel","GOSPEL,PAUL,SERVED,TIMOTHY" Philippians,2,23,"Even though Paul didn't know what was going to happen to him, this letter was not written from a point of despair or hopelessness or fear","DESPAIR,FEAR,GOING,HAPPEN,HIM,KNOW,LETTER,NOT,PAUL,POINT,WHAT,WRITTEN" Philippians,2,23,"Paul was planning on sending Timothy as soon as he found out what was going to become of him","BECOME,FOUND,GOING,HE,HIM,PAUL,PLANNING,SENDING,SOON,TIMOTHY,WHAT" Philippians,2,23,"When Paul wrote this letter he didn't know what was going to happen to him","GOING,HAPPEN,HE,HIM,KNOW,LETTER,PAUL,WHAT,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,2,24,"Paul believed that his freedom was up to the Lord; God had the power to set him free","BELIEVED,FREE,FREEDOM,GOD,HIM,HIS,LORD,PAUL,POWER,SET,UP" Philippians,2,24,"Paul hoped that he would be set free","FREE,HE,HOPED,PAUL,SET" Philippians,2,24,"Paul hoped that he would soon be able to visit the Philippian church in person","ABLE,CHURCH,HE,HOPED,PAUL,PERSON,PHILIPPIAN,SOON,VISIT" Philippians,2,24,"Paul trusted in the Lord","LORD,PAUL,TRUSTED" Philippians,2,24,"Paul wanted to visit the Philippian church in person","CHURCH,PAUL,PERSON,PHILIPPIAN,VISIT,WANTED" Philippians,2,25,"Epaphroditus ministered to the needs of Paul","EPAPHRODITUS,MINISTERED,NEEDS,PAUL" Philippians,2,25,"Even though Paul was in prison, there were people who helped him and ministered to his needs","HELPED,HIM,HIS,MINISTERED,NEEDS,PAUL,PEOPLE,PRISON,THERE,WHO" Philippians,2,25,"Paul referred to Epaphroditus as his brother in the faith","BROTHER,EPAPHRODITUS,FAITH,HIS,PAUL,REFERRED" Philippians,2,25,"Paul referred to Epaphroditus as his fellow laborer in the faith","EPAPHRODITUS,FAITH,FELLOW,HIS,LABORER,PAUL,REFERRED" Philippians,2,25,"Paul referred to Epaphroditus as his fellow soldier in the faith","EPAPHRODITUS,FAITH,FELLOW,HIS,PAUL,REFERRED,SOLDIER" Philippians,2,25,"Paul said that Epaphroditus was the messenger of the Philippian church","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,MESSENGER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SAID" Philippians,2,25,"When Paul wrote this letter he had already sent Epaphroditus to the Philippian church","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,HE,LETTER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SENT,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,2,26,"Epaphroditus had been sick","EPAPHRODITUS,SICK" Philippians,2,26,"Epaphroditus longed to visit the Philippian church","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,LONGED,PHILIPPIAN,VISIT" Philippians,2,26,"Epaphroditus was full of heaviness because he knew the Philippian church had heard about his illness; what upset him was not that he had been sick, but that the church had heard about his illness","BECAUSE,CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,FULL,HE,HEARD,HEAVINESS,HIM,HIS,ILLNESS,KNEW,NOT,PHILIPPIAN,SICK,UPSET,WHAT" Philippians,2,26,"It seems that Paul had not been able to heal Epaphroditus","ABLE,EPAPHRODITUS,HEAL,NOT,PAUL,SEEMS" Philippians,2,26,"The Philippian church had heard that Epaphroditus had been sick","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,HEARD,PHILIPPIAN,SICK" Philippians,2,27,"Epaphroditus nearly died from his illness","DIED,EPAPHRODITUS,HIS,ILLNESS,NEARLY" Philippians,2,27,"God had mercy on Epaphroditus and healed him","EPAPHRODITUS,GOD,HEALED,HIM,MERCY" Philippians,2,27,"God's healing of Epaphroditus was an act of mercy toward him","ACT,EPAPHRODITUS,GOD,HEALING,HIM,MERCY" Philippians,2,27,"God's healing of Epaphroditus was an act of mercy toward Paul","ACT,EPAPHRODITUS,GOD,HEALING,MERCY,PAUL" Philippians,2,27,"If Epaphroditus had died then Paul would have had sorrow upon sorrow, but God was merciful and healed Epaphroditus","DIED,EPAPHRODITUS,GOD,HEALED,IF,MERCIFUL,PAUL,SORROW" Philippians,2,27,"Paul did not believe that God owed healing to Epaphroditus, or that it was natural to expect God to heal him; instead he saw it as an act of mercy","ACT,BELIEVE,EPAPHRODITUS,EXPECT,GOD,HE,HEAL,HEALING,HIM,INSTEAD,MERCY,NATURAL,NOT,OWED,PAUL,SAW" Philippians,2,27,"Paul does not say that he healed Epaphroditus; it seems that Paul had nothing to do with his recovery","DO,EPAPHRODITUS,HE,HEALED,HIS,NOT,NOTHING,PAUL,SAY,SEEMS" Philippians,2,27,"Paul was grateful that God healed Epaphroditus","EPAPHRODITUS,GOD,GRATEFUL,HEALED,PAUL" Philippians,2,27,"Sometimes when God heals a person, that is an act of mercy toward someone else (who would be filled with sorrow and greatly troubled if that person died)","ACT,DIED,FILLED,GOD,GREATLY,HEALS,IF,MERCY,PERSON,SOMEONE,SOMETIMES,SORROW,TROUBLED,WHEN,WHO" Philippians,2,28,"Epaphroditus had already been sent to the Philippian church","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,PHILIPPIAN,SENT" Philippians,2,28,"Paul was sorrowful","PAUL,SORROWFUL" Philippians,2,28,"When Epaphroditus reached the Philippian church and they saw him again, Paul would be less sorrowful","AGAIN,CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,HIM,LESS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REACHED,SAW,SORROWFUL,WHEN" Philippians,2,28,"When Epaphroditus reached the Philippian church, the church was going to rejoice","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,GOING,PHILIPPIAN,REACHED,REJOICE,WHEN" Philippians,2,29,"Paul told the Philippian church to hold Epaphroditus in esteem","CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,ESTEEM,HOLD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TOLD" Philippians,2,29,"Paul told the Philippian church to receive Epaphroditus in the Lord with all gladness","ALL,CHURCH,EPAPHRODITUS,GLADNESS,LORD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,RECEIVE,TOLD" Philippians,2,30,"Although Paul did not condemn the Philippian church for not meeting his needs, he did tell them that their inaction almost got Epaphroditus killed","ALMOST,ALTHOUGH,CHURCH,CONDEMN,EPAPHRODITUS,HE,HIS,KILLED,MEETING,NEEDS,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TELL" Philippians,2,30,"Epaphroditus worked without regard for his life, in order to meet the needs of Paul","EPAPHRODITUS,HIS,LIFE,MEET,NEEDS,ORDER,PAUL,REGARD,WORKED" Philippians,2,30,"The illness of Epaphroditus, and his close brush with death, was actually the fault of the Philippian church; Epaphroditus was doing the work that they had neglected to do","ACTUALLY,CHURCH,CLOSE,DEATH,DO,DOING,EPAPHRODITUS,FAULT,HIS,ILLNESS,NEGLECTED,PHILIPPIAN,WORK" Philippians,2,30,"The Philippian church had not been meeting Paul's needs","CHURCH,MEETING,NEEDS,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,2,30,"The reason Epaphroditus nearly died was because he was trying to meet the needs of Paul","BECAUSE,DIED,EPAPHRODITUS,HE,MEET,NEARLY,NEEDS,PAUL,REASON,TRYING" Philippians,2,30,"The reason Epaphroditus nearly died was because of his labor for Christ","BECAUSE,CHRIST,DIED,EPAPHRODITUS,HIS,LABOR,NEARLY,REASON" Philippians,2,30,"The reason Epaphroditus was trying to meet the needs of Paul was because the Philippian church had not met them; since the church had done nothing to help Paul, Epaphroditus stepped in and nearly died as a result of it","BECAUSE,CHURCH,DIED,DONE,EPAPHRODITUS,HELP,MEET,NEARLY,NEEDS,NOT,NOTHING,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REASON,RESULT,SINCE,STEPPED,TRYING" Philippians,3,1,"Christians should be characterized by rejoicing","CHARACTERIZED,CHRISTIANS,REJOICING,SHOULD" Philippians,3,1,"Christians should rejoice in the Lord","CHRISTIANS,LORD,REJOICE,SHOULD" Philippians,3,1,"Paul did not consider it grievous to write this letter to the church","CHURCH,CONSIDER,GRIEVOUS,LETTER,NOT,PAUL,WRITE" Philippians,3,1,"Paul once again refers to the members of the Philippian church as his brothers in Christ","AGAIN,BROTHERS,CHRIST,CHURCH,HIS,MEMBERS,ONCE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REFERS" Philippians,3,1,"Paul wrote this letter to the church in order to protect them and keep them safe","CHURCH,KEEP,LETTER,ORDER,PAUL,PROTECT,SAFE,WROTE" Philippians,3,1,"The things Paul said in his letter seem to be the same things he told them in person the last time he visited them","HE,HIS,LAST,LETTER,PAUL,PERSON,SAID,SAME,SEEM,THINGS,TIME,TOLD,VISITED" Philippians,3,2,"Christians should beware of evil workers","BEWARE,CHRISTIANS,EVIL,SHOULD,WORKERS" Philippians,3,2,"Christians should beware of homosexuals","BEWARE,CHRISTIANS,HOMOSEXUALS,SHOULD" Philippians,3,2,"Christians should beware of those who teach that people should be circumcised","BEWARE,CHRISTIANS,CIRCUMCISED,PEOPLE,SHOULD,TEACH,WHO" Philippians,3,2,"Homosexuals are dangerous to Christians","CHRISTIANS,DANGEROUS,HOMOSEXUALS" Philippians,3,2,"Paul told the church exactly what to beware of; he did not give vague warnings","BEWARE,CHURCH,EXACTLY,GIVE,HE,NOT,PAUL,TOLD,WARNINGS,WHAT" Philippians,3,2,"The church should be treating homosexuals as a source of great danger, not as fellow workers in Christ","CHRIST,CHURCH,DANGER,FELLOW,GREAT,HOMOSEXUALS,NOT,SHOULD,SOURCE,TREATING,WORKERS" Philippians,3,2,"The leadership of churches need to warn people in very clear terms about dangers that can harm them","CAN,CHURCHES,CLEAR,DANGERS,HARM,LEADERSHIP,NEED,PEOPLE,TERMS,WARN" Philippians,3,2,"Those who teach obedience to the Mosaic Law are dangerous","DANGEROUS,LAW,MOSAIC,OBEDIENCE,TEACH,WHO" Philippians,3,3,"Being circumcised in the flesh does not please God; He instead seeks those who worship Him in the spirit","BEING,CIRCUMCISED,FLESH,GOD,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,NOT,PLEASE,SEEKS,SPIRIT,WHO,WORSHIP" Philippians,3,3,"Christians must have no confidence in the flesh; instead our confidence (and rejoicing) is in Jesus","CHRISTIANS,CONFIDENCE,FLESH,INSTEAD,JESUS,MUST,NO,OUR,REJOICING" Philippians,3,3,"Christians should rejoice in Jesus","CHRISTIANS,JESUS,REJOICE,SHOULD" Philippians,3,3,"God seeks those who worship Him in the spirit","GOD,HIM,SEEKS,SPIRIT,WHO,WORSHIP" Philippians,3,3,"It is not an advantage for Christians to be circumcised","ADVANTAGE,CHRISTIANS,CIRCUMCISED,NOT" Philippians,3,3,"It is not an advantage to obey the Mosaic Law; that is not what God is looking for","ADVANTAGE,GOD,LAW,LOOKING,MOSAIC,NOT,OBEY,WHAT" Philippians,3,3,"Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" Philippians,3,3,"Our help and strength does not come from the flesh","COME,FLESH,HELP,NOT,OUR,STRENGTH" Philippians,3,3,"The flesh does not save us","FLESH,NOT,SAVE" Philippians,3,3,"Those who worship God in the spirit are the true circumcision","CIRCUMCISION,GOD,SPIRIT,TRUE,WHO,WORSHIP" Philippians,3,4,"Even though Paul had reasons to be confident in the flesh, he was not; instead he put his confidence in Christ","CHRIST,CONFIDENCE,CONFIDENT,FLESH,HE,HIS,INSTEAD,NOT,PAUL,PUT,REASONS" Philippians,3,4,"It is bad to trust in the flesh","BAD,FLESH,TRUST" Philippians,3,4,"Paul had many reasons to have confidence in the flesh","CONFIDENCE,FLESH,MANY,PAUL,REASONS" Philippians,3,4,"Paul had more reasons to be confident in the flesh than other people, and yet he didn't do that","CONFIDENT,DO,FLESH,HE,PAUL,PEOPLE,REASONS" Philippians,3,5,"Paul once followed the rules of the Pharisees, and yet he did not trust in that to save him","FOLLOWED,HE,HIM,NOT,ONCE,PAUL,PHARISEES,RULES,SAVE,TRUST" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was a Pharisee","PAUL,PHARISEE" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was an Israelite","ISRAELITE,PAUL" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was an Israelite, and yet he did not trust in that to save him","HE,HIM,ISRAELITE,NOT,PAUL,SAVE,TRUST" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was circumcised","CIRCUMCISED,PAUL" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was circumcised on the eighth day","CIRCUMCISED,DAY,EIGHTH,PAUL" Philippians,3,5,"Paul was from the tribe of Benjamin","BENJAMIN,PAUL,TRIBE" Philippians,3,6,"Even though Paul kept the Mosaic Law, he did not trust in that to save him","HE,HIM,KEPT,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,PAUL,SAVE,TRUST" Philippians,3,6,"Paul kept the Mosaic Law; from the standpoint of the Mosaic Law he was blameless, and yet that did not save him","BLAMELESS,HE,HIM,KEPT,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,PAUL,SAVE" Philippians,3,6,"Paul once persecuted the church","CHURCH,ONCE,PAUL,PERSECUTED" Philippians,3,6,"Paul was once zealous for keeping the Mosaic Law","KEEPING,LAW,MOSAIC,ONCE,PAUL,ZEALOUS" Philippians,3,6,"Paul was so zealous for the Mosaic Law that he persecuted the church","CHURCH,HE,LAW,MOSAIC,PAUL,PERSECUTED,ZEALOUS" Philippians,3,7,"Being a Pharisee was a gain to Paul in the society of ancient Israel, but he counted that as a loss for Christ","ANCIENT,BEING,CHRIST,COUNTED,GAIN,HE,ISRAEL,LOSS,PAUL,PHARISEE,SOCIETY" Philippians,3,7,"Keeping the Mosaic Law was a loss for Christ; that is not what God seeks","CHRIST,GOD,KEEPING,LAW,LOSS,MOSAIC,NOT,SEEKS,WHAT" Philippians,3,7,"Persecuting the church was a loss for Christ","CHRIST,CHURCH,LOSS,PERSECUTING" Philippians,3,7,"Seeing righteousness from the Mosaic Law was a loss for Christ; that is not the path to righteousness","CHRIST,LAW,LOSS,MOSAIC,NOT,PATH,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEING" Philippians,3,7,"The things that Paul was once zealous for ended up being a loss for Christ","BEING,CHRIST,ENDED,LOSS,ONCE,PAUL,THINGS,UP,ZEALOUS" Philippians,3,8,"It is better to have Christ than to have the riches and honor of this world","BETTER,CHRIST,HONOR,RICHES,WORLD" Philippians,3,8,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" Philippians,3,8,"Paul counted everything that he once had as dung; he cast all of it away as worthless for the sake of Christ","ALL,AWAY,CAST,CHRIST,COUNTED,DUNG,EVERYTHING,HE,ONCE,PAUL,SAKE,WORTHLESS" Philippians,3,8,"Paul did not regret becoming a Christian, even though it cost him everything that he once had","BECOMING,CHRISTIAN,COST,EVERYTHING,HE,HIM,NOT,ONCE,PAUL,REGRET" Philippians,3,8,"Paul was willing to give up everything for the sake of Christ","CHRIST,EVERYTHING,GIVE,PAUL,SAKE,UP,WILLING" Philippians,3,8,"Paul's conversion to Christianity brought great suffering into his life; it did not make his life circumstances better, or increase his wealth","BETTER,BROUGHT,CHRISTIANITY,CIRCUMSTANCES,CONVERSION,GREAT,HIS,INCREASE,LIFE,MAKE,NOT,PAUL,SUFFERING,WEALTH" Philippians,3,8,"Paul's conversion to Christianity cost him everything; he lost everything that he once had","CHRISTIANITY,CONVERSION,COST,EVERYTHING,HE,HIM,LOST,ONCE,PAUL" Philippians,3,8,"The knowledge of Christ is an excellent thing; it is better to have that than any of the material things of this world","ANY,BETTER,CHRIST,EXCELLENT,KNOWLEDGE,MATERIAL,THING,THINGS,WORLD" Philippians,3,9,"Christ is worth the loss of all things","ALL,CHRIST,LOSS,THINGS,WORTH" Philippians,3,9,"It is better to lose everything and be found in Him, than to gain this world and be cast into Hell","BETTER,CAST,EVERYTHING,FOUND,GAIN,HELL,HIM,LOSE,WORLD" Philippians,3,9,"Saving righteousness comes by faith, not by obedience to the Law","COMES,FAITH,LAW,NOT,OBEDIENCE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVING" Philippians,3,9,"Saving righteousness comes from God, not from our own works","COMES,GOD,NOT,OUR,OWN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVING,WORKS" Philippians,3,9,"Saving righteousness comes through the faith of Christ; in other words, it comes from Christ's own faith","CHRIST,COMES,FAITH,OWN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVING,WORDS" Philippians,3,9,"The only righteousness that can save us is that which is obtained through Christ","CAN,CHRIST,OBTAINED,ONLY,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVE,WHICH" Philippians,3,9,"The righteousness that comes from keeping the Law is worthless in the sight of God; it cannot save us","CANNOT,COMES,GOD,KEEPING,LAW,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SAVE,SIGHT,WORTHLESS" Philippians,3,9,"We should seek the righteousness that comes from Christ, not the righteousness that comes from keeping the Law","CHRIST,COMES,KEEPING,LAW,NOT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK,SHOULD" Philippians,3,10,"Christ died; He did not just appear to die, but He actually died","ACTUALLY,APPEAR,CHRIST,DIE,DIED,HE,JUST,NOT" Philippians,3,10,"Christ rose again; the resurrection truly happened","AGAIN,CHRIST,HAPPENED,RESURRECTION,ROSE,TRULY" Philippians,3,10,"Christ suffered greatly","CHRIST,GREATLY,SUFFERED" Philippians,3,10,"Christians have been made conformable until the death of Christ; the old man has been crucified with Him, and we have been made new","CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,CONFORMABLE,CRUCIFIED,DEATH,HIM,MADE,MAN,NEW,OLD,UNTIL" Philippians,3,10,"Even though Paul lost everything and was in prison when he wrote this letter, he didn't regret anything; he felt that he made a good trade, for knowing Christ is better","ANYTHING,BETTER,CHRIST,EVERYTHING,FELT,GOOD,HE,KNOWING,LETTER,LOST,MADE,PAUL,PRISON,REGRET,TRADE,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,3,10,"In order to partake of the resurrection we must go through Christ by faith; Christ is the only way","CHRIST,FAITH,GO,MUST,ONLY,ORDER,PARTAKE,RESURRECTION" Philippians,3,10,"It is better to know Christ than to have all the riches of this world; knowing Christ is greater riches","ALL,BETTER,CHRIST,GREATER,KNOW,KNOWING,RICHES,WORLD" Philippians,3,10,"Knowing Christ is worth losing everything else","CHRIST,EVERYTHING,KNOWING,LOSING,WORTH" Philippians,3,10,"Paul saw value in suffering as a means of drawing closer to Christ","CHRIST,CLOSER,DRAWING,MEANS,PAUL,SAW,SUFFERING,VALUE" Philippians,3,10,"Paul viewed his sufferings as a way to gain fellowship with Christ","CHRIST,FELLOWSHIP,GAIN,HIS,PAUL,SUFFERINGS,VIEWED" Philippians,3,10,"Paul wanted to know Christ","CHRIST,KNOW,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,3,10,"Paul wanted to partake in the power of Christ's resurrection","CHRIST,PARTAKE,PAUL,POWER,RESURRECTION,WANTED" Philippians,3,10,"Paul wanted to partake in the sufferings of Christ; he wanted to have fellowship with Him through suffering","CHRIST,FELLOWSHIP,HE,HIM,PARTAKE,PAUL,SUFFERING,SUFFERINGS,WANTED" Philippians,3,10,"The cost of serving Christ may be very high, and may cost us everything (as it did Paul), but Christ is the only path to the resurrection","CHRIST,COST,EVERYTHING,HIGH,ONLY,PATH,PAUL,RESURRECTION,SERVING" Philippians,3,10,"The only way to be saved is by being made conformable to the death of Christ; our old man must die so that we can be made new","BEING,CAN,CHRIST,CONFORMABLE,DEATH,DIE,MADE,MAN,MUST,NEW,OLD,ONLY,OUR,SAVED" Philippians,3,11,"Christ is the only way to obtain the resurrection; there are no other paths","CHRIST,NO,OBTAIN,ONLY,PATHS,RESURRECTION,THERE" Philippians,3,11,"Eternal life is a good thing","ETERNAL,GOOD,LIFE,THING" Philippians,3,11,"Eternal life is so valuable that it is worth losing everything else in order to obtain","ETERNAL,EVERYTHING,LIFE,LOSING,OBTAIN,ORDER,VALUABLE,WORTH" Philippians,3,11,"Paul was willing to lose everything in order to gain the resurrection","EVERYTHING,GAIN,LOSE,ORDER,PAUL,RESURRECTION,WILLING" Philippians,3,11,"The only way to obtain the resurrection is by faith through Christ; it cannot be obtained through the righteousness that comes from obeying the Mosaic Law","CANNOT,CHRIST,COMES,FAITH,LAW,MOSAIC,OBEYING,OBTAIN,OBTAINED,ONLY,RESURRECTION,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Philippians,3,11,"The resurrection was very important to Paul; it was why he was willing to suffer so much","HE,IMPORTANT,MUCH,PAUL,RESURRECTION,SUFFER,WHY,WILLING" Philippians,3,11,"There are some who will participate in the resurrection, but there are others who will not; Jesus will not raise everyone from the dead on the day of the rapture","DAY,DEAD,EVERYONE,JESUS,NOT,PARTICIPATE,RAISE,RAPTURE,RESURRECTION,SOME,THERE,WHO" Philippians,3,11,"There is going to be a physical resurrection of the saints","GOING,PHYSICAL,RESURRECTION,SAINTS,THERE" Philippians,3,12,"Christ is the one who apprehended Paul; Christ is the reason that Paul was saved","APPREHENDED,CHRIST,ONE,PAUL,REASON,SAVED,WHO" Philippians,3,12,"Christians are called to seek perfection; instead of accepting our sins we must fight against them and seek to grow in obedience to God","ACCEPTING,AGAINST,CALLED,CHRISTIANS,FIGHT,GOD,GROW,INSTEAD,MUST,OBEDIENCE,OUR,PERFECTION,SEEK,SINS" Philippians,3,12,"Even though Paul understood that Jesus is the one who saved him, and that Jesus would one day resurrect him, Paul did not want to take that for granted; instead he wanted to continually strive to be a better servant of Jesus","BETTER,CONTINUALLY,DAY,GRANTED,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,JESUS,NOT,ONE,PAUL,RESURRECT,SAVED,SERVANT,STRIVE,TAKE,UNDERSTOOD,WANT,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,3,12,"God's standard is perfection; He wants us to be spotless and blameless","BLAMELESS,GOD,HE,PERFECTION,SPOTLESS,STANDARD,WANTS" Philippians,3,12,"Paul did not agree with the modern attitude of 'Since I'm saved and going to Heaven, I can do whatever I want'; instead he pressed on","AGREE,ATTITUDE,CAN,DO,GOING,HE,HEAVEN,INSTEAD,MODERN,NOT,PAUL,PRESSED,SAVED,SINCE,WANT" Philippians,3,12,"Paul did not claim to be already perfect; instead he continually sought to become more faithful to God","BECOME,CLAIM,CONTINUALLY,FAITHFUL,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,NOT,PAUL,PERFECT,SOUGHT" Philippians,3,12,"Paul did not want to act like he had already obtained the resurrection; instead he wanted to keep running the race and keep striving to be faithful","ACT,FAITHFUL,HE,INSTEAD,KEEP,LIKE,NOT,OBTAINED,PAUL,RACE,RESURRECTION,RUNNING,STRIVING,WANT,WANTED" Philippians,3,12,"Paul wanted to apprehend the resurrection","APPREHEND,PAUL,RESURRECTION,WANTED" Philippians,3,12,"We should not use our salvation, and the promise of everlasting life, as an excuse for sin; instead we must try to grow in faithfulness","EVERLASTING,EXCUSE,FAITHFULNESS,GROW,INSTEAD,LIFE,MUST,NOT,OUR,PROMISE,SALVATION,SHOULD,SIN,TRY,USE" Philippians,3,13,"Even though Paul understood that we are not saved by keeping the Law, he still wanted to obey the Lord and grow in faithfulness; he saw enormous value in faithfulness, even though being faithful to Jesus cost him everything","BEING,COST,ENORMOUS,EVERYTHING,FAITHFUL,FAITHFULNESS,GROW,HE,HIM,JESUS,KEEPING,LAW,LORD,NOT,OBEY,PAUL,SAVED,SAW,UNDERSTOOD,VALUE,WANTED" Philippians,3,13,"Paul did not believe that since he was saved, he didn't have to worry about being faithful and could live however he wanted; he refused to use his salvation as an excuse to sin, or to be lazy, or to stop seeking after God","AFTER,BEING,BELIEVE,EXCUSE,FAITHFUL,GOD,HE,HIS,LAZY,LIVE,NOT,PAUL,REFUSED,SALVATION,SAVED,SEEKING,SIN,SINCE,STOP,USE,WANTED,WORRY" Philippians,3,13,"Paul did not believe that the race was over as soon as people became a Christian; instead he taught that the race lasts our entire lives","BECAME,BELIEVE,CHRISTIAN,ENTIRE,HE,INSTEAD,LASTS,LIVES,NOT,OUR,PAUL,PEOPLE,RACE,SOON,TAUGHT" Philippians,3,13,"Paul did not want to give any attention to his old life, and who he used to be; instead he wanted to focus on the race that was still ahead of him","ANY,ATTENTION,FOCUS,GIVE,HE,HIM,HIS,INSTEAD,LIFE,NOT,OLD,PAUL,RACE,USED,WANT,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,3,14,"Jesus has given a calling to Christians; He has called us to pursue righteousness, to walk in His ways, and to shine the light of the gospel in this world","CALLED,CALLING,CHRISTIANS,GIVEN,GOSPEL,HE,HIS,JESUS,LIGHT,PURSUE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SHINE,WALK,WORLD" Philippians,3,14,"Paul believed that there was a prize waiting for those who were faithful to the high calling of God, and he wanted to win it","BELIEVED,CALLING,FAITHFUL,GOD,HE,HIGH,PAUL,PRIZE,THERE,WAITING,WANTED,WHO,WIN" Philippians,3,14,"Paul did not believe the race was over; instead he pressed on","BELIEVE,HE,INSTEAD,NOT,PAUL,PRESSED,RACE" Philippians,3,14,"Paul passionately pursued the calling that God gave him; he pressed on in spite of great suffering","CALLING,GAVE,GOD,GREAT,HE,HIM,PASSIONATELY,PAUL,PRESSED,PURSUED,SPITE,SUFFERING" Philippians,3,14,"The calling that God has given Christians is a high calling; it is one that we must not neglect","CALLING,CHRISTIANS,GIVEN,GOD,HIGH,MUST,NEGLECT,NOT,ONE" Philippians,3,15,"Christians must have the same mindset as Paul; we must press on and be faithful to the high calling of God","CALLING,CHRISTIANS,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIGH,MUST,PAUL,PRESS,SAME" Philippians,3,15,"Only Christians can be faithful to the calling of God","CALLING,CAN,CHRISTIANS,FAITHFUL,GOD,ONLY" Philippians,3,15,"Paul believed that God would reveal to Christians their need to be faithful to the high calling that He had given them","BELIEVED,CALLING,CHRISTIANS,FAITHFUL,GIVEN,GOD,HE,HIGH,NEED,PAUL,REVEAL" Philippians,3,15,"Paul referred to Christians as those who are perfect; this is not because we perfectly keep the Law, but because of the righteousness that comes through Christ by faith","BECAUSE,CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,COMES,FAITH,KEEP,LAW,NOT,PAUL,PERFECT,PERFECTLY,REFERRED,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WHO" Philippians,3,16,"All Christians need to be faithful to the high calling of God; we must all live by that same rule, and seek after the same thing","AFTER,ALL,CALLING,CHRISTIANS,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIGH,LIVE,MUST,NEED,RULE,SAME,SEEK,THING" Philippians,3,16,"Regardless of whatever we have already attained, we need to press on; we cannot stop running the race","ATTAINED,CANNOT,NEED,PRESS,RACE,REGARDLESS,RUNNING,STOP" Philippians,3,16,"There is no point in the Christian life when we can slack off and pursue something other than the high calling that God has given us","CALLING,CAN,CHRISTIAN,GIVEN,GOD,HIGH,LIFE,NO,OFF,POINT,PURSUE,SLACK,SOMETHING,THERE,WHEN" Philippians,3,17,"Christians should follow the example of those who are faithful to Christ","CHRIST,CHRISTIANS,EXAMPLE,FAITHFUL,FOLLOW,SHOULD,WHO" Philippians,3,17,"It is good for Christians to have examples of faithfulness","CHRISTIANS,EXAMPLES,FAITHFULNESS,GOOD" Philippians,3,17,"It is not wrong to look to other people as examples of faithfulness","EXAMPLES,FAITHFULNESS,LOOK,NOT,PEOPLE,WRONG" Philippians,3,17,"Paul did not say that the church should only follow his example; instead he wanted them to follow the example of those who lived faithfully","CHURCH,EXAMPLE,FAITHFULLY,FOLLOW,HE,HIS,INSTEAD,LIVED,NOT,ONLY,PAUL,SAY,SHOULD,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,3,17,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to follow after his example","AFTER,CHURCH,EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WANTED" Philippians,3,17,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to take note of those who followed his example, and to look to them as examples as well","CHURCH,EXAMPLE,EXAMPLES,FOLLOWED,HIS,LOOK,NOTE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TAKE,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,3,17,"Those who are faithful should serve as examples to others","EXAMPLES,FAITHFUL,SERVE,SHOULD,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"Even though Paul had warned the church of false converts many times in the past, he warned them again in this letter","AGAIN,CHURCH,CONVERTS,FALSE,HE,LETTER,MANY,PAST,PAUL,TIMES,WARNED" Philippians,3,18,"False converts are very dangerous","CONVERTS,DANGEROUS,FALSE" Philippians,3,18,"It is a terrible thing to be an enemy of the cross of Christ","CHRIST,CROSS,ENEMY,TERRIBLE,THING" Philippians,3,18,"It is very important for the church leadership to warn about false converts, and to protect the congregation from them","CHURCH,CONGREGATION,CONVERTS,FALSE,IMPORTANT,LEADERSHIP,PROTECT,WARN" Philippians,3,18,"Paul seems to be saying that there are many people within the church who were actually enemies of the gospel","ACTUALLY,CHURCH,ENEMIES,GOSPEL,MANY,PAUL,PEOPLE,SAYING,SEEMS,THERE,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"Paul told the Philippian church many times about the dangers of false converts","CHURCH,CONVERTS,DANGERS,FALSE,MANY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TIMES,TOLD" Philippians,3,18,"Paul wanted the church to be on guard against those in their midst who hated the gospel","AGAINST,CHURCH,GOSPEL,GUARD,HATED,MIDST,PAUL,WANTED,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"Paul warned against false converts with weeping; he gave them this warning with tears","AGAINST,CONVERTS,FALSE,GAVE,HE,PAUL,TEARS,WARNED,WARNING,WEEPING" Philippians,3,18,"Paul warned the church about false converts in their midst who were the enemies of the gospel","CHURCH,CONVERTS,ENEMIES,FALSE,GOSPEL,MIDST,PAUL,WARNED,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"There are many people who are the enemies of the cross of Christ; they object to the cross, and hate it","CHRIST,CROSS,ENEMIES,HATE,MANY,OBJECT,PEOPLE,THERE,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"Those who are an enemy of the cross of Christ are dangerous","CHRIST,CROSS,DANGEROUS,ENEMY,WHO" Philippians,3,18,"Those who hate the gospel are very dangerous to the church","CHURCH,DANGEROUS,GOSPEL,HATE,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"All those who are enemies of the gospel will be destroyed; their end is destruction","ALL,DESTROYED,DESTRUCTION,END,ENEMIES,GOSPEL,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"It is a terrible thing to be earthly minded; we must press on toward our high calling, and not seek after carnal things","AFTER,CALLING,CARNAL,EARTHLY,HIGH,MINDED,MUST,NOT,OUR,PRESS,SEEK,TERRIBLE,THING,THINGS" Philippians,3,19,"It is a terrible thing to take glory in something that God views as shameful","GLORY,GOD,SHAMEFUL,SOMETHING,TAKE,TERRIBLE,THING" Philippians,3,19,"It is important to understand that those who are opposed to the gospel are slaves to their own desires; instead of serving God, they are serving their own belly","BELLY,DESIRES,GOD,GOSPEL,IMPORTANT,INSTEAD,OPPOSED,OWN,SERVING,SLAVES,UNDERSTAND,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"None of the apostles ever painted a good picture of a false teacher; instead the apostles warned about them and said they were both evil and dangerous, and were headed to everlasting destruction","APOSTLES,DANGEROUS,DESTRUCTION,EVERLASTING,EVIL,FALSE,GOOD,INSTEAD,NONE,PAINTED,PICTURE,SAID,TEACHER,WARNED" Philippians,3,19,"Paul had nothing positive to say about those who hated the gospel; instead he warned that they were dangerous and were going to be destroyed, and that their motives were carnal and wicked","CARNAL,DANGEROUS,DESTROYED,GOING,GOSPEL,HATED,HE,INSTEAD,MOTIVES,NOTHING,PAUL,SAY,WARNED,WHO,WICKED" Philippians,3,19,"The thing that we serve and submit to and obey is our God; since these false converts submitted to their carnal desires, those desires were their God","CARNAL,CONVERTS,DESIRES,FALSE,GOD,OBEY,OUR,SERVE,SINCE,SUBMIT,SUBMITTED,THESE,THING" Philippians,3,19,"The world will take glory in terrible things; however, we must reject their values and instead see things from God's perspective","GLORY,GOD,INSTEAD,MUST,REJECT,SEE,TAKE,TERRIBLE,THINGS,VALUES,WORLD" Philippians,3,19,"Those who are enemies of the cross of Christ will face destruction; their path leads only to Hell","CHRIST,CROSS,DESTRUCTION,ENEMIES,FACE,HELL,LEADS,ONLY,PATH,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"Those who are enemies of the gospel are carnally minded; they seek after earthly things, not the things of God","AFTER,CARNALLY,EARTHLY,ENEMIES,GOD,GOSPEL,MINDED,NOT,SEEK,THINGS,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"Those who are enemies of the gospel have made their belly (their desires) their God","BELLY,DESIRES,ENEMIES,GOD,GOSPEL,MADE,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"Those who are enemies of the gospel take glory in something that is actually a source of shame; the thing they are glorying in is shameful","ACTUALLY,ENEMIES,GLORY,GLORYING,GOSPEL,SHAME,SHAMEFUL,SOMETHING,SOURCE,TAKE,THING,WHO" Philippians,3,19,"We must not allow our carnal desires to be our God; instead we must count all things as loss for Christ","ALL,ALLOW,CARNAL,CHRIST,COUNT,DESIRES,GOD,INSTEAD,LOSS,MUST,NOT,OUR,THINGS" Philippians,3,20,"Christians should desire Heavenly things, not earthly things","CHRISTIANS,DESIRE,EARTHLY,HEAVENLY,NOT,SHOULD,THINGS" Philippians,3,20,"Christians should follow after righteousness instead of pursuing sinful desires","AFTER,CHRISTIANS,DESIRES,FOLLOW,INSTEAD,PURSUING,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SHOULD,SINFUL" Philippians,3,20,"Christians should live as citizens of Heaven, not citizens of this world","CHRISTIANS,CITIZENS,HEAVEN,LIVE,NOT,SHOULD,WORLD" Philippians,3,20,"Jesus is in Heaven","HEAVEN,JESUS" Philippians,3,20,"Jesus is not dead; instead He is in Heaven","DEAD,HE,HEAVEN,INSTEAD,JESUS,NOT" Philippians,3,20,"Jesus is our Lord","JESUS,LORD,OUR" Philippians,3,20,"Jesus is our Savior","JESUS,OUR,SAVIOR" Philippians,3,20,"One day Jesus is going to return to this world; (this is a reference to the rapture)","DAY,GOING,JESUS,ONE,RAPTURE,REFERENCE,RETURN,WORLD" Philippians,3,20,"Our Savior, Jesus, is going to come to us from Heaven","COME,GOING,HEAVEN,JESUS,OUR,SAVIOR" Philippians,3,20,"Paul expected the church to be actively looking for the return of Jesus","ACTIVELY,CHURCH,EXPECTED,JESUS,LOOKING,PAUL,RETURN" Philippians,3,20,"Paul repeatedly referred to the rapture and the return of Jesus in his letters; he never discouraged anyone from talking about it, he didn't say the subject was a distraction, and he never discouraged people from studying end times prophecy; instead he taught that it was a very important topic and was a source of great hope for the church","ANYONE,CHURCH,DISCOURAGED,DISTRACTION,END,GREAT,HE,HIS,HOPE,IMPORTANT,INSTEAD,JESUS,LETTERS,NEVER,PAUL,PEOPLE,PROPHECY,RAPTURE,REFERRED,REPEATEDLY,RETURN,SAY,SOURCE,STUDYING,SUBJECT,TALKING,TAUGHT,TIMES" Philippians,3,20,"The conversation (manner of living) of Christians is in Heaven","CHRISTIANS,CONVERSATION,HEAVEN,LIVING" Philippians,3,20,"The focus of Christians should be Heaven, not earth","CHRISTIANS,EARTH,FOCUS,HEAVEN,NOT,SHOULD" Philippians,3,21,"God has promised a new body to the saints","BODY,GOD,NEW,PROMISED,SAINTS" Philippians,3,21,"It is not the destiny of Christians to live as disembodied spirits in Heaven for all of eternity; instead Jesus will raise us from the dead and transform our physical body into something much better","ALL,BETTER,BODY,CHRISTIANS,DEAD,DESTINY,ETERNITY,HEAVEN,INSTEAD,JESUS,LIVE,MUCH,NOT,OUR,PHYSICAL,RAISE,SOMETHING,SPIRITS,TRANSFORM" Philippians,3,21,"Jesus has the power to subdue all things unto Himself","ALL,HIMSELF,JESUS,POWER,SUBDUE,THINGS" Philippians,3,21,"Jesus is going to subdue all things unto Himself","ALL,GOING,HIMSELF,JESUS,SUBDUE,THINGS" Philippians,3,21,"Jesus is the one who is going to give us our resurrection body; it will be done by His power","BODY,DONE,GIVE,GOING,HIS,JESUS,ONE,OUR,POWER,RESURRECTION,WHO" Philippians,3,21,"Our current physical body is vile in comparison to the one that Jesus will give us at the rapture","BODY,COMPARISON,GIVE,JESUS,ONE,OUR,PHYSICAL,RAPTURE,VILE" Philippians,3,21,"Paul called our current physical body a vile body","BODY,CALLED,OUR,PAUL,PHYSICAL,VILE" Philippians,3,21,"The Bible does not say that Jesus will give us a different body; instead it teaches that Jesus will change the body that we currently have","BIBLE,BODY,CHANGE,DIFFERENT,GIVE,INSTEAD,JESUS,NOT,SAY,TEACHES" Philippians,3,21,"The body that Christians will be given at the resurrection will be like the one that Jesus had when He was resurrected","BODY,CHRISTIANS,GIVEN,HE,JESUS,LIKE,ONE,RESURRECTED,RESURRECTION,WHEN" Philippians,3,21,"The body that Jesus will give us when He raises us up from the dead will be glorious","BODY,DEAD,GIVE,GLORIOUS,HE,JESUS,RAISES,UP,WHEN" Philippians,3,21,"The rebellion of the wicked will not last forever; one day Christ will subdue all things unto Himself, and all rebellion against Him will be over forever","AGAINST,ALL,CHRIST,DAY,FOREVER,HIM,HIMSELF,LAST,NOT,ONE,REBELLION,SUBDUE,THINGS,WICKED" Philippians,3,21,"The resurrection body of Jesus is glorious","BODY,GLORIOUS,JESUS,RESURRECTION" Philippians,3,21,"The resurrection is part of Christ's work to subdue all things unto Himself","ALL,CHRIST,HIMSELF,PART,RESURRECTION,SUBDUE,THINGS,WORK" Philippians,3,21,"There is going to be a physical resurrection of the saints","GOING,PHYSICAL,RESURRECTION,SAINTS,THERE" Philippians,3,21,"When Jesus returns (at the rapture) He will change our physical body into something different","BODY,CHANGE,DIFFERENT,HE,JESUS,OUR,PHYSICAL,RAPTURE,RETURNS,SOMETHING,WHEN" Philippians,3,21,"When Jesus returns, He will change our physical body into one that is like His glorious body","BODY,CHANGE,GLORIOUS,HE,HIS,JESUS,LIKE,ONE,OUR,PHYSICAL,RETURNS,WHEN" Philippians,4,1,"A godly church is a crown","CHURCH,CROWN,GODLY" Philippians,4,1,"Christians must stand fast in the Lord","CHRISTIANS,FAST,LORD,MUST,STAND" Philippians,4,1,"It is not wrong to long for the saints","LONG,NOT,SAINTS,WRONG" Philippians,4,1,"It is not wrong to show great affection to the saints","AFFECTION,GREAT,NOT,SAINTS,SHOW,WRONG" Philippians,4,1,"It is not wrong to take joy in the saints","JOY,NOT,SAINTS,TAKE,WRONG" Philippians,4,1,"It is not wrong to tell the saints that you take great joy in them, and you long for them","GREAT,JOY,LONG,NOT,SAINTS,TAKE,TELL,WRONG,YOU" Philippians,4,1,"Paul called the Philippian church 'dearly beloved' twice in the same verse","BELOVED,CALLED,CHURCH,DEARLY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SAME,TWICE,VERSE" Philippians,4,1,"Paul calls the members of the Philippian church dearly beloved","BELOVED,CALLS,CHURCH,DEARLY,MEMBERS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,4,1,"Paul did not teach that since we're going to Heaven we can live as we please; instead he said that since the Lord is coming, we must stand fast","CAN,COMING,FAST,GOING,HE,HEAVEN,INSTEAD,LIVE,LORD,MUST,NOT,PAUL,PLEASE,SAID,SINCE,STAND,TEACH" Philippians,4,1,"Paul did not think it was inappropriate to show great affection to the saints","AFFECTION,GREAT,INAPPROPRIATE,NOT,PAUL,SAINTS,SHOW,THINK" Philippians,4,1,"Paul said that since the Lord is coming for us, and since there is a resurrection ahead, we should stand fast in the Lord","COMING,FAST,LORD,PAUL,RESURRECTION,SAID,SHOULD,SINCE,STAND,THERE" Philippians,4,1,"Paul told the Philippian church that he longed for them","CHURCH,HE,LONGED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TOLD" Philippians,4,1,"Paul told the Philippian church that they were his crown","CHURCH,CROWN,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TOLD" Philippians,4,1,"Paul told the Philippian church that they were his joy","CHURCH,HIS,JOY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TOLD" Philippians,4,1,"The fact that the Lord is coming should drive us to obedience and faithfulness","COMING,DRIVE,FACT,FAITHFULNESS,LORD,OBEDIENCE,SHOULD" Philippians,4,2,"Apparently Euodias and Syntyche were not in agreement with one another","AGREEMENT,ANOTHER,EUODIAS,NOT,ONE,SYNTYCHE" Philippians,4,2,"Christians should be of the same mind in the Lord; this means accepting the doctrines and commandments of the Scriptures, and having the same mind (interpretation) about them","ACCEPTING,CHRISTIANS,COMMANDMENTS,DOCTRINES,INTERPRETATION,LORD,MEANS,MIND,SAME,SCRIPTURES,SHOULD" Philippians,4,2,"Disagreements among Christians need to be resolved","AMONG,CHRISTIANS,DISAGREEMENTS,NEED,RESOLVED" Philippians,4,2,"Euodias was a member of the Philippian church","CHURCH,EUODIAS,MEMBER,PHILIPPIAN" Philippians,4,2,"It is not good for Christians to have disagreements","CHRISTIANS,DISAGREEMENTS,GOOD,NOT" Philippians,4,2,"Paul sought church unity that was based in everyone having the same mind, and everyone looking at the things of God the same way","BASED,CHURCH,EVERYONE,GOD,LOOKING,MIND,PAUL,SAME,SOUGHT,THINGS,UNITY" Philippians,4,2,"Paul told Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord","EUODIAS,LORD,MIND,PAUL,SAME,SYNTYCHE,TOLD" Philippians,4,2,"Syntyche was a member of the Philippian church","CHURCH,MEMBER,PHILIPPIAN,SYNTYCHE" Philippians,4,2,"The way disagreements in the churches should be resolved is by being of the same mind in the Lord; they should not be resolved through compromise or pragmatism, or by disregarding doctrine or ignoring the Scriptures","BEING,CHURCHES,COMPROMISE,DISAGREEMENTS,DOCTRINE,IGNORING,LORD,MIND,NOT,PRAGMATISM,RESOLVED,SAME,SCRIPTURES,SHOULD" Philippians,4,2,"When Euodias and Syntyche disagreed, Paul did not tell them to agree to disagree, or to live with their disagreements; instead he told them to have the same mind","AGREE,DISAGREE,DISAGREED,DISAGREEMENTS,EUODIAS,HE,INSTEAD,LIVE,MIND,NOT,PAUL,SAME,SYNTYCHE,TELL,TOLD,WHEN" Philippians,4,2,"When Euodias and Syntyche had disagreements, Paul didn't tell them to compromise or find the lowest common denominator, or that they should major on the majors and minor on the minors; instead he told them to be of the same mind in the Lord","COMMON,COMPROMISE,DISAGREEMENTS,EUODIAS,FIND,HE,INSTEAD,LORD,LOWEST,MAJOR,MIND,PAUL,SAME,SHOULD,SYNTYCHE,TELL,TOLD,WHEN" Philippians,4,3,"Besides Clement and the women, there were others who were also helping Paul; the apostle wanted the Philippian church to help them as well","APOSTLE,BESIDES,CHURCH,CLEMENT,HELP,HELPING,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,THERE,WANTED,WHO,WOMEN" Philippians,4,3,"Clement was laboring with Paul in the gospel","CLEMENT,GOSPEL,LABORING,PAUL" Philippians,4,3,"Even though Paul was in prison, he tried to get help for the people who were helping him; he was concerned about the needs of others","CONCERNED,HE,HELP,HELPING,HIM,NEEDS,PAUL,PEOPLE,PRISON,TRIED,WHO" Philippians,4,3,"It is good for churches to help those who are laboring in the gospel","CHURCHES,GOOD,GOSPEL,HELP,LABORING,WHO" Philippians,4,3,"Paul called those who were helping him in the gospel his 'fellowlabourers'","CALLED,FELLOWLABOURERS,GOSPEL,HELPING,HIM,HIS,PAUL,WHO" Philippians,4,3,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to help Clement","CHURCH,CLEMENT,HELP,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WANTED" Philippians,4,3,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to help the women who were helping Paul spread the gospel","CHURCH,GOSPEL,HELP,HELPING,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SPREAD,WANTED,WHO,WOMEN" Philippians,4,3,"The book of life is a real thing","BOOK,LIFE,REAL,THING" Philippians,4,3,"The names of Paul's fellow laborers are in the book of life","BOOK,FELLOW,LABORERS,LIFE,NAMES,PAUL" Philippians,4,3,"There are names in the book of life","BOOK,LIFE,NAMES,THERE" Philippians,4,3,"There is an implication that all those whose names are in the book of life are saved","ALL,BOOK,IMPLICATION,LIFE,NAMES,SAVED,THERE,WHOSE" Philippians,4,3,"There were women who labored with Paul in the gospel","GOSPEL,LABORED,PAUL,THERE,WHO,WOMEN" Philippians,4,4,"Christians should always rejoice in the Lord","ALWAYS,CHRISTIANS,LORD,REJOICE,SHOULD" Philippians,4,4,"Christians should be characterized by rejoicing","CHARACTERIZED,CHRISTIANS,REJOICING,SHOULD" Philippians,4,4,"Christians should rejoice in the Lord","CHRISTIANS,LORD,REJOICE,SHOULD" Philippians,4,4,"Even though Paul was in prison, and was being persecuted for his faith in Jesus, he rejoiced and he told others to rejoice with him","BEING,FAITH,HE,HIM,HIS,JESUS,PAUL,PERSECUTED,PRISON,REJOICE,REJOICED,TOLD" Philippians,4,5,"Christians should live in such a way that other people can see how they are living","CAN,CHRISTIANS,LIVE,LIVING,PEOPLE,SEE,SHOULD" Philippians,4,5,"Christians should practice moderation (restraint)","CHRISTIANS,MODERATION,PRACTICE,RESTRAINT,SHOULD" Philippians,4,5,"Paul expected the virtuous life of Christians to be visible to everyone, including those who are outside the church","CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,EVERYONE,EXPECTED,INCLUDING,LIFE,OUTSIDE,PAUL,VIRTUOUS,VISIBLE,WHO" Philippians,4,5,"The Lord is at hand; although He is not visibly present with us, He is near us and is not far from us","ALTHOUGH,FAR,HAND,HE,LORD,NEAR,NOT,PRESENT" Philippians,4,5,"The moderation (restraint) of Christians should be made known unto all men","ALL,CHRISTIANS,KNOWN,MADE,MEN,MODERATION,RESTRAINT,SHOULD" Philippians,4,6,"Christians should make supplications to God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,MAKE,SHOULD,SUPPLICATIONS" Philippians,4,6,"Christians should make their requests known to God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,KNOWN,MAKE,REQUESTS,SHOULD" Philippians,4,6,"Christians should pray to God","CHRISTIANS,GOD,PRAY,SHOULD" Philippians,4,6,"Instead of being full of worries and cares, we should make our requests known to God","BEING,CARES,FULL,GOD,INSTEAD,KNOWN,MAKE,OUR,REQUESTS,SHOULD,WORRIES" Philippians,4,6,"Paul said that we should make our requests known to God, but he did not say that God would give us everything we ask for","ASK,EVERYTHING,GIVE,GOD,HE,KNOWN,MAKE,NOT,OUR,PAUL,REQUESTS,SAID,SAY,SHOULD" Philippians,4,6,"The antidote to being full of worry and care is to bring our requests to God","BEING,BRING,CARE,FULL,GOD,OUR,REQUESTS,WORRY" Philippians,4,6,"When Christians cry out to God and make supplications to Him, their supplications should include thanksgiving","CHRISTIANS,CRY,GOD,HIM,INCLUDE,MAKE,SHOULD,SUPPLICATIONS,THANKSGIVING,WHEN" Philippians,4,6,"When Christians pray, their prayers should include thanksgiving","CHRISTIANS,INCLUDE,PRAY,PRAYERS,SHOULD,THANKSGIVING,WHEN" Philippians,4,6,"When Christians pray, they are making requests, not demands; God may grant them or He may not","CHRISTIANS,DEMANDS,GOD,GRANT,HE,MAKING,NOT,PRAY,REQUESTS,WHEN" Philippians,4,7,"Christ is the source of our protection","CHRIST,OUR,PROTECTION,SOURCE" Philippians,4,7,"Christians need peace","CHRISTIANS,NEED,PEACE" Philippians,4,7,"God is the one who gives us peace","GIVES,GOD,ONE,PEACE,WHO" Philippians,4,7,"Our hearts are kept through Christ","CHRIST,HEARTS,KEPT,OUR" Philippians,4,7,"Our minds are kept through Christ","CHRIST,KEPT,MINDS,OUR" Philippians,4,7,"The peace of God passes all understanding","ALL,GOD,PASSES,PEACE,UNDERSTANDING" Philippians,4,7,"The peace of God will keep (protect) our hearts","GOD,HEARTS,KEEP,OUR,PEACE,PROTECT" Philippians,4,7,"The peace of God will keep (protect) our minds","GOD,KEEP,MINDS,OUR,PEACE,PROTECT" Philippians,4,7,"When Christians are full of worries and cares, they should pray; although God may not grant our requests, He will give us peace","ALTHOUGH,CARES,CHRISTIANS,FULL,GIVE,GOD,GRANT,HE,NOT,OUR,PEACE,PRAY,REQUESTS,SHOULD,WHEN,WORRIES" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should be careful about the sort of things they think about","CAREFUL,CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think","CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on praiseworthy things","CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on virtuous things","CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK,VIRTUOUS" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are honest","CHRISTIANS,HONEST,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are just","CHRISTIANS,JUST,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are lovely","CHRISTIANS,LOVELY,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are of good report","CHRISTIANS,GOOD,REPORT,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are pure","CHRISTIANS,PURE,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK" Philippians,4,8,"Christians should think on whatever things are true","CHRISTIANS,SHOULD,THINGS,THINK,TRUE" Philippians,4,8,"Paul does not mock the Philippian church for thinking about things that are pure and lovely; instead he encourages it","CHURCH,ENCOURAGES,HE,INSTEAD,LOVELY,MOCK,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PURE,THINGS,THINKING" Philippians,4,8,"Paul once again refers to the members of the Philippian church as 'brethren'","AGAIN,BRETHREN,CHURCH,MEMBERS,ONCE,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REFERS" Philippians,4,8,"Paul wanted the Philippian church to think on good and virtuous and pure things","CHURCH,GOOD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PURE,THINGS,THINK,VIRTUOUS,WANTED" Philippians,4,9,"If we want God to be with us then we need to obey Him","GOD,HIM,IF,NEED,OBEY,WANT" Philippians,4,9,"It is a very serious matter to disregard the teachings of Paul and go another way","ANOTHER,DISREGARD,GO,MATTER,PAUL,SERIOUS,TEACHINGS" Philippians,4,9,"Paul said that if the church obeyed his teachings then God would be with them; this implies that if they rejected his teachings then God would not be with them","CHURCH,GOD,HIS,IF,IMPLIES,NOT,OBEYED,PAUL,REJECTED,SAID,TEACHINGS" Philippians,4,9,"Paul wanted the church to follow his example","CHURCH,EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,HIS,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,4,9,"Paul wanted the church to practice the things they had heard from him","CHURCH,HEARD,HIM,PAUL,PRACTICE,THINGS,WANTED" Philippians,4,9,"Paul wanted the church to practice the things they had learned from him","CHURCH,HIM,LEARNED,PAUL,PRACTICE,THINGS,WANTED" Philippians,4,9,"Paul wanted the church to practice the things they had received from him","CHURCH,HIM,PAUL,PRACTICE,RECEIVED,THINGS,WANTED" Philippians,4,9,"Paul was very clear that the teachings he had given to the church were binding, and the church needed to follow them; obedience to his words and teachings was not optional, and his words and teachings could not be disregarded","BINDING,CHURCH,CLEAR,FOLLOW,GIVEN,HE,HIS,NEEDED,NOT,OBEDIENCE,OPTIONAL,PAUL,TEACHINGS,WORDS" Philippians,4,10,"Paul rejoiced that the Philippian church was helping to meet his needs","CHURCH,HELPING,HIS,MEET,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICED" Philippians,4,10,"Previously the Philippian church had been concerned about Paul, but they had lacked the opportunity to help him","CHURCH,CONCERNED,HELP,HIM,LACKED,OPPORTUNITY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PREVIOUSLY" Philippians,4,10,"Previously the Philippian church had not taken care of Paul's needs, but now that had changed","CARE,CHANGED,CHURCH,NEEDS,NOT,NOW,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PREVIOUSLY,TAKEN" Philippians,4,10,"The Philippian church was taking care of Paul's needs","CARE,CHURCH,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,TAKING" Philippians,4,10,"There may be times when people want to help, but lack the opportunity to do so","DO,HELP,LACK,OPPORTUNITY,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WANT,WHEN" Philippians,4,10,"When a church takes care of the needs of a suffering saint, that is a cause for rejoicing","CARE,CAUSE,CHURCH,NEEDS,REJOICING,SAINT,SUFFERING,TAKES,WHEN" Philippians,4,11,"Contentment is something we need to learn","CONTENTMENT,LEARN,NEED,SOMETHING" Philippians,4,11,"Even though Paul was in prison, he was content","CONTENT,HE,PAUL,PRISON" Philippians,4,11,"It is good to be content with whatever state we are in","CONTENT,GOOD,STATE" Philippians,4,11,"Paul had learned to be content in whatever state he found himself","CONTENT,FOUND,HE,HIMSELF,LEARNED,PAUL,STATE" Philippians,4,11,"Paul rejoiced that the Philippian church was helping him, but that was not because he wanted their stuff; he had learned to be content with what he had","BECAUSE,CHURCH,CONTENT,HE,HELPING,HIM,LEARNED,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REJOICED,STUFF,WANTED,WHAT" Philippians,4,12,"Christians must be content in all things","ALL,CHRISTIANS,CONTENT,MUST,THINGS" Philippians,4,12,"Christians must be content wherever they are","CHRISTIANS,CONTENT,MUST" Philippians,4,12,"Christians should be content regardless of their circumstances; we should be content in good situations and in bad situations, in rich situations and poor situations","BAD,CHRISTIANS,CIRCUMSTANCES,CONTENT,GOOD,POOR,REGARDLESS,RICH,SHOULD,SITUATIONS" Philippians,4,12,"It is not a sin to have a life that abounds in blessings and prosperity; God does not require Christians to take a vow of poverty and suffering","ABOUNDS,BLESSINGS,CHRISTIANS,GOD,LIFE,NOT,POVERTY,PROSPERITY,REQUIRE,SIN,SUFFERING,TAKE,VOW" Philippians,4,12,"Paul did not need the riches of this world in order to be content","CONTENT,NEED,NOT,ORDER,PAUL,RICHES,WORLD" Philippians,4,12,"Paul knew how to abound when he was suffering","ABOUND,HE,KNEW,PAUL,SUFFERING,WHEN" Philippians,4,12,"Paul knew how to be full when he was hungry","FULL,HE,HUNGRY,KNEW,PAUL,WHEN" Philippians,4,12,"Paul said he was instructed to be both full and hungry","FULL,HE,HUNGRY,INSTRUCTED,PAUL,SAID" Philippians,4,12,"Paul said he was instructed to both abound and suffer need","ABOUND,HE,INSTRUCTED,NEED,PAUL,SAID,SUFFER" Philippians,4,12,"Paul was content when his life abounded with great blessings","ABOUNDED,BLESSINGS,CONTENT,GREAT,HIS,LIFE,PAUL,WHEN" Philippians,4,12,"Paul was content when his life circumstances brought him very low","BROUGHT,CIRCUMSTANCES,CONTENT,HIM,HIS,LIFE,LOW,PAUL,WHEN" Philippians,4,12,"The quality of our life circumstances should not impact our ability to be content; we must be content regardless of how well off we are","ABILITY,CIRCUMSTANCES,CONTENT,IMPACT,LIFE,MUST,NOT,OFF,OUR,QUALITY,REGARDLESS,SHOULD" Philippians,4,13,"Christ can give us the strength to be content in very terrible situations, where we are suffering greatly","CAN,CHRIST,CONTENT,GIVE,GREATLY,SITUATIONS,STRENGTH,SUFFERING,TERRIBLE,WHERE" Philippians,4,13,"Christ enables us to do all things; there are no things that we cannot do with Christ","ALL,CANNOT,CHRIST,DO,NO,THERE,THINGS" Philippians,4,13,"Christ is the one who strengthens us","CHRIST,ONE,STRENGTHENS,WHO" Philippians,4,13,"In order to do all things we need the strength that comes only from Christ","ALL,CHRIST,COMES,DO,NEED,ONLY,ORDER,STRENGTH,THINGS" Philippians,4,13,"We can do all things through Christ (not through our own abilities)","ABILITIES,ALL,CAN,CHRIST,DO,NOT,OUR,OWN,THINGS" Philippians,4,13,"We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us","ALL,CAN,CHRIST,DO,STRENGTHENS,THINGS,WHO" Philippians,4,13,"We need Christ in order to do all things","ALL,CHRIST,DO,NEED,ORDER,THINGS" Philippians,4,13,"When Paul said that he can do all things through Christ, he was talking about being content while suffering in prison","ALL,BEING,CAN,CHRIST,CONTENT,DO,HE,PAUL,PRISON,SAID,SUFFERING,TALKING,THINGS,WHEN,WHILE" Philippians,4,14,"Churches who ease the affliction of suffering saints are doing a good thing","AFFLICTION,CHURCHES,DOING,EASE,GOOD,SAINTS,SUFFERING,THING,WHO" Philippians,4,14,"Even though Paul was content while suffering in prison, the Philippian church did the right thing when they helped ease his afflictions","AFFLICTIONS,CHURCH,CONTENT,EASE,HELPED,HIS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRISON,RIGHT,SUFFERING,THING,WHEN,WHILE" Philippians,4,14,"It is not wrong to ease the afflictions of suffering saints","AFFLICTIONS,EASE,NOT,SAINTS,SUFFERING,WRONG" Philippians,4,14,"Paul was being afflicted","AFFLICTED,BEING,PAUL" Philippians,4,14,"The Philippian church helped Paul when he was being afflicted","AFFLICTED,BEING,CHURCH,HE,HELPED,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WHEN" Philippians,4,15,"Although Paul worked with many churches, the only church that reached out to help him was the Philippian church","ALTHOUGH,CHURCH,CHURCHES,HELP,HIM,MANY,ONLY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REACHED,WORKED" Philippians,4,15,"At some point in the past, before Paul wrote this letter from prison, he departed from Macedonia","BEFORE,DEPARTED,HE,LETTER,MACEDONIA,PAST,PAUL,POINT,PRISON,SOME,WROTE" Philippians,4,15,"It seems that the Philippian church gave money to Paul, and met his financial needs in some way","CHURCH,FINANCIAL,GAVE,HIS,MONEY,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SEEMS,SOME" Philippians,4,15,"Paul did not reach out to the Philippian church in order to have his needs met; instead they wrote to him","CHURCH,HIM,HIS,INSTEAD,NEEDS,NOT,ORDER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REACH,WROTE" Philippians,4,15,"The Philippian church knew that they were the only church that reached out to Paul to help him","CHURCH,HELP,HIM,KNEW,ONLY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,REACHED" Philippians,4,15,"The Philippian church sought out Paul in order to help meet his financial needs","CHURCH,FINANCIAL,HELP,HIS,MEET,NEEDS,ORDER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SOUGHT" Philippians,4,15,"When Paul left Macedonia, the only church that wrote to Paul about meeting his needs was the Philippian church","CHURCH,HIS,LEFT,MACEDONIA,MEETING,NEEDS,ONLY,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,4,15,"When Paul left Macedonia, the Philippian church wrote to him about giving to him in order to meet his needs","CHURCH,GIVING,HIM,HIS,LEFT,MACEDONIA,MEET,NEEDS,ORDER,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,WHEN,WROTE" Philippians,4,15,"When Paul talks about giving and receiving, he never mentions tithing; there is never a hint that Christians are supposed to pay the tithe of the Mosaic Law","CHRISTIANS,GIVING,HE,LAW,MENTIONS,MOSAIC,NEVER,PAUL,PAY,RECEIVING,SUPPOSED,TALKS,THERE,TITHE,TITHING,WHEN" Philippians,4,16,"At some point before Paul wrote this letter from prison he was in Thessalonica","BEFORE,HE,LETTER,PAUL,POINT,PRISON,SOME,THESSALONICA,WROTE" Philippians,4,16,"God used the Philippian church to help meet the financial needs of Paul","CHURCH,FINANCIAL,GOD,HELP,MEET,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,USED" Philippians,4,16,"Paul did not supply all of his financial needs himself; there were times when the Philippian church helped him by giving to him","ALL,CHURCH,FINANCIAL,GIVING,HELPED,HIM,HIMSELF,HIS,NEEDS,NOT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SUPPLY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Philippians,4,16,"While Paul was in Thessalonica, the Philippian church gave him a gift to help meet his needs","CHURCH,GAVE,GIFT,HELP,HIM,HIS,MEET,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,THESSALONICA,WHILE" Philippians,4,17,"Churches should bear fruit","BEAR,CHURCHES,FRUIT,SHOULD" Philippians,4,17,"Churches that give to the needs of suffering saints are bearing fruit","CHURCHES,FRUIT,GIVE,NEEDS,SAINTS,SUFFERING" Philippians,4,17,"Paul desired that the church bear fruit","BEAR,CHURCH,DESIRED,FRUIT,PAUL" Philippians,4,17,"Paul wanted the churches to abound in bearing fruit","ABOUND,CHURCHES,FRUIT,PAUL,WANTED" Philippians,4,17,"Paul was grateful for their gift, but it was not because he wanted money or coveted their stuff; instead Paul desired that the church bear fruit","BEAR,BECAUSE,CHURCH,COVETED,DESIRED,FRUIT,GIFT,GRATEFUL,HE,INSTEAD,MONEY,NOT,PAUL,STUFF,WANTED" Philippians,4,17,"When the church gave to Paul, the church was actually bearing fruit","ACTUALLY,CHURCH,FRUIT,GAVE,PAUL,WHEN" Philippians,4,18,"Even though Paul was suffering in prison and had nothing, he said he had everything","EVERYTHING,HE,NOTHING,PAUL,PRISON,SAID,SUFFERING" Philippians,4,18,"Even though Paul was suffering in prison, he said that he abounded","ABOUNDED,HE,PAUL,PRISON,SAID,SUFFERING" Philippians,4,18,"It pleases God when churches take care of suffering saints","CARE,CHURCHES,GOD,PLEASES,SAINTS,SUFFERING,TAKE,WHEN" Philippians,4,18,"It seems that Epaphroditus was the person who delivered the gift from the Philippian church to Paul","CHURCH,DELIVERED,EPAPHRODITUS,GIFT,PAUL,PERSON,PHILIPPIAN,SEEMS,WHO" Philippians,4,18,"Paul said that he was full because he received the gift that the Philippian church had given to him","BECAUSE,CHURCH,FULL,GIFT,GIVEN,HE,HIM,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,RECEIVED,SAID" Philippians,4,18,"The gift that the Philippian church gave to Paul was a sweet smell","CHURCH,GAVE,GIFT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SMELL,SWEET" Philippians,4,18,"The gift that the Philippian church gave to Paul was an acceptable sacrifice","ACCEPTABLE,CHURCH,GAVE,GIFT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SACRIFICE" Philippians,4,18,"The gift that the Philippian church gave to Paul was pleasing to God","CHURCH,GAVE,GIFT,GOD,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PLEASING" Philippians,4,18,"The gifts that churches give are a sacrifice","CHURCHES,GIFTS,GIVE,SACRIFICE" Philippians,4,18,"The Philippian church sent a gift to Paul","CHURCH,GIFT,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SENT" Philippians,4,19,"God has glory","GLORY,GOD" Philippians,4,19,"God has wealth","GOD,WEALTH" Philippians,4,19,"God is the one who meets our needs","GOD,MEETS,NEEDS,ONE,OUR,WHO" Philippians,4,19,"God will meet all of our needs; (it does not say He will meet all of our desires or wishes)","ALL,DESIRES,GOD,HE,MEET,NEEDS,NOT,OUR,SAY" Philippians,4,19,"God will meet our needs by His riches and His glory","GLORY,GOD,HIS,MEET,NEEDS,OUR,RICHES" Philippians,4,19,"God will use Jesus to meet our needs","GOD,JESUS,MEET,NEEDS,OUR,USE" Philippians,4,19,"Paul told the Philippian church, who had met his needs when he was in prison, that God would meet their needs","CHURCH,GOD,HE,HIS,MEET,NEEDS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRISON,TOLD,WHEN,WHO" Philippians,4,20,"God has everlasting glory","EVERLASTING,GLORY,GOD" Philippians,4,20,"Paul referred to God as our Father","FATHER,GOD,OUR,PAUL,REFERRED" Philippians,4,20,"Unto God be glory forever and ever","FOREVER,GLORY,GOD" Philippians,4,20,"Unto our heavenly Father be glory forever and ever","FATHER,FOREVER,GLORY,HEAVENLY,OUR" Philippians,4,20,"While Paul was in prison, he glorified God","GLORIFIED,GOD,HE,PAUL,PRISON,WHILE" Philippians,4,21,"It is good to greet other Christians","CHRISTIANS,GOOD,GREET" Philippians,4,21,"Paul saw value in sending greetings to other Christians","CHRISTIANS,GREETINGS,PAUL,SAW,SENDING,VALUE" Philippians,4,21,"Paul told the Philippian church to salute (greet) every Christian","CHRISTIAN,CHURCH,EVERY,GREET,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SALUTE,TOLD" Philippians,4,21,"Paul wanted the church to greet all of the saints","ALL,CHURCH,GREET,PAUL,SAINTS,WANTED" Philippians,4,21,"Paul was not alone; he had other Christians with him","ALONE,CHRISTIANS,HE,HIM,NOT,PAUL" Philippians,4,21,"The Christians are the saints; the saints are not a special group of people, but are all Christians","ALL,CHRISTIANS,GROUP,NOT,PEOPLE,SAINTS,SPECIAL" Philippians,4,21,"The Christians who were with Paul sent their greetings to the Philippian church","CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,GREETINGS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,SENT,WHO" Philippians,4,21,"There were other Christians who were with Paul","CHRISTIANS,PAUL,THERE,WHO" Philippians,4,22,"All of the Christians who were with Paul sent their greetings","ALL,CHRISTIANS,GREETINGS,PAUL,SENT,WHO" Philippians,4,22,"Paul did not think it was wrong for a Christian to work in Caesar's household","CAESAR,CHRISTIAN,HOUSEHOLD,NOT,PAUL,THINK,WORK,WRONG" Philippians,4,22,"Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison in Rome","HE,LETTER,PAUL,PRISON,ROME,WHILE,WROTE" Philippians,4,22,"Sending greetings to someone is not a meaningless gesture","GREETINGS,MEANINGLESS,NOT,SENDING,SOMEONE" Philippians,4,22,"The Christians who were in Caesar's household had contact with Paul","CAESAR,CHRISTIANS,CONTACT,HOUSEHOLD,PAUL,WHO" Philippians,4,22,"The Christians who were in Caesar's household sent their greetings to the Philippian church","CAESAR,CHRISTIANS,CHURCH,GREETINGS,HOUSEHOLD,PHILIPPIAN,SENT,WHO" Philippians,4,22,"There were Christians who were part of Caesar's household","CAESAR,CHRISTIANS,HOUSEHOLD,PART,THERE,WHO" Philippians,4,23,"Churches need the grace of God","CHURCHES,GOD,GRACE,NEED" Philippians,4,23,"It is good to pray that God would give grace to churches","CHURCHES,GIVE,GOD,GOOD,GRACE,PRAY" Philippians,4,23,"Jesus is Lord","JESUS,LORD" Philippians,4,23,"Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ)","CHRIST,JESUS,MESSIAH" Philippians,4,23,"Paul ends his letter with 'amen' (let it be)","AMEN,ENDS,HIS,LET,LETTER,PAUL" Philippians,4,23,"Paul prayed that the grace of Jesus would be with the Philippian church","CHURCH,GRACE,JESUS,PAUL,PHILIPPIAN,PRAYED"