1 Paul testifies his thankfulness to God, and his love towards them, for the fruits of their faith, and fellowship in his sufferings;
9 daily praying to him for their increase in grace;
12 he shows what good the faith of Christ had received by his troubles at Rome;
21 and how ready he is to glorify Christ either by his life or death;
27 exhorting them to unity;
28 and to fortitude in persecution.

Paul. See on Ro 1:1 1Co 1:1

Timotheus. Ac 16:1-3 1Co 16:10 2Co 1:1 Col 1:1 1Th 1:1 2Th 1:1 1Ti 1:2 Heb 13:23

the servants. Mr 13:34 Joh 12:26 Tit 1:1 Jas 1:1 2Pe 1:1 Jude 1:1 Re 1:1 19:10 22:9

the saints. Ro 1:7 1Co 1:2 2Co 1:1 Eph 1:1,15 2Th 1:10

Philippi. Ac 16:12 *etc: 1Th 2:2

the bishops. Ac 1:20 1Ti 3:1,2 Tit 1:7 1Pe 2:25 Re 1:20 2:1,8,12

and deacons. Ac 6:1-7 1Ti 3:8,10,12,13

2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ro 1:7 2Co 1:2 1Pe 1:2

3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

I thank. Ro 1:8,9 6:17 1Co 1:4

upon. Eph 1:15,16 Col 1:3,4 1Th 1:2,3 3:9 2Th 1:3 2Ti 1:3 Phm 1:4,5

remembrance. or, mention.

4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

in. 9-11

See on Ro 1:9 Eph 1:14 *etc: 1Th 1:2

with. 2:2 3:18 4:1 Lu 15:7,10 Col 2:5 1Th 2:19,20 Phm 1:7 2Jo 1:4

5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

7 4:14 Ac 16:15 Ro 11:17 12:13 15:26 1Co 1:9 2Co 8:1 Eph 2:19-22 Eph 3:6 Col 1:21-23 Phm 1:17 Heb 3:14 2Pe 1:1 1Jo 1:3,7

6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

confident. 2Co 1:15 2:3 7:16 9:4 Ga 5:10 2Th 3:4 Phm 1:21 Heb 10:35

begun. 29 2:13 Joh 6:29 Ac 11:18 16:14 Ro 8:28-30 Eph 2:4-10 Col 2:12 1Th 1:3 2Th 2:13,14 Tit 3:4-6 Heb 13:20,21 Jas 1:16-18 1Pe 1:2,3

will. Ps 138:8 Joh 6:29 Eph 4:12 1Th 5:23,24 2Th 1:11 1Pe 5:10

perform it. or, finish it. Heb 12:2

the day. 10

See on 1Co 1:8 2Pe 3:10

7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

it is. 1Co 13:7 1Th 1:2-5 5:5 Heb 6:9,10

because. 2Co 3:2 7:3

I have you in my heart. or, ye have me in your heart. Ga 5:6 1Jo 3:14

as. Ac 16:23-25 20:23 Eph 3:1 4:1 6:20 Col 4:3,18 2Ti 1:8 2:9 Heb 10:33,34

and in. 17 4:14

partakers of my. or, partakers with me of. See on ver. 5 1Co 9:23 Heb 3:1 1Pe 4:13 5:1

8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

God. See on Ro 1:9 9:1 Ga 1:20 1Th 2:5

how. 2:26 4:1 2Co 13:9 Ga 4:19 Col 2:1 1Th 2:8 2Ti 1:4

in. 2:1 Isa 16:11 63:15 Jer 31:20 Lu 1:78 *marg: 2Co 6:12 7:15 *marg: Col 3:12 Phm 1:12,20 1Jo 3:17

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

this. See on ver. 4

your. 3:15,16 Job 17:9 Pr 4:18 Mt 13:31-33 2Co 8:7 1Th 3:12 4:1,9,10 2Th 1:3 Phm 1:6 1Pe 1:22

in knowledge. 1Co 14:20 Eph 5:17 Col 1:9 3:10 2Pe 1:5,6 3:18

judgment. or, sense. Heb 5:14 *Gr:

10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

ye. Isa 7:15,16 Am 5:14,15 Mic 3:2 Joh 3:20 Ro 2:18 7:16,22 8:7 Ro 12:2,9

approve things that are excellent. or, try things that differ. Job 12:11 34:3 Ro 12:2 2Co 11:13-15 Eph 5:10 1Th 5:21 Heb 5:12-14 1Jo 4:1 Re 2:2

that ye may be. 16 Ge 20:5 Jos 24:14 Joh 1:47 Ac 24:16 2Co 1:12 2:17 8:8 Eph 4:15 *marg: Eph 5:27 6:24 1Th 3:13 5:23

without. Mt 16:23 18:6,7 26:33 Ro 14:20,21 16:17 1Co 8:13 10:32 2Co 6:3 Ga 5:11 1Th 3:13

till. See on 1Co 1:8

11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

filled. 4:17 Ps 1:3 92:12-14 Isa 5:2 Lu 13:6-9 Joh 15:2,8,16 Ro 6:22 Ro 15:28 2Co 9:10 Ga 5:22,23 Eph 5:9 Col 1:6,10 Heb 12:11 Jas 3:17,18

are. Ps 92:14,15 Isa 60:21 61:3,11 Mt 5:16 Joh 15:4,5 1Co 10:31 Eph 2:10 Col 1:6 2Th 1:12 Heb 13:15,16 1Pe 2:5,9,12 4:10,11,14

unto. Joh 15:8 Eph 1:12,14

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

that. Ac 21:28 *etc: Ac 22:1-30 28:1-31

rather. Ex 18:11 Es 9:1 Ps 76:10 Ac 8:4 11:19-21 Ro 8:28,37 2Ti 2:9

13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

Ac 20:23,24 21:11-13 26:29,31 28:17,20 Eph 3:1 4:1 6:20 Col 4:3-18

in Christ. or, for Christ. 1Pe 4:12-16

the palace. or, Caesar's court. 4:22

in all other places. or, to all others. 1Th 1:8,9

14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

brethren. 4:1 Col 4:7

waxing. Ac 4:23-31 2Co 1:3-7 Eph 3:13 6:19,20 Col 4:4 1Th 2:2

without. Lu 1:74 12:5-7

15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

preach. 16,18 Ac 5:42 8:5,35 9:20 10:36 11:20 1Co 1:23 2Co 1:19 4:5 1Ti 3:16

even. 2:3 Mt 23:5 Ro 16:17,18 1Co 3:3,4 13:3 2Co 12:20 Ga 2:4 Jas 4:5,6

and. 17 1Pe 5:2-4

16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

not sincerely. See on ver. 10 2Co 2:17 4:1,2

supposing. Job 6:14 16:4 Ps 69:26

17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

that. 7 Ro 1:13-17 1Co 9:16,17 Ga 2:7,8 1Ti 2:7 2Ti 1:11,12 4:6,7 Lu 21:14 Ac 22:1 26:1,24 2Ti 4:16 *Gr:

18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

What. Ro 3:9 6:15 1Co 10:19 14:15

whether. 14-17 Mt 23:14 Mr 12:40

Christ. See on ver. 15

and I. Mr 9:38-40 Lu 9:45,50 1Co 15:11 2Jo 1:9-11

19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

I know. Ro 8:28 1Co 4:17 1Pe 1:7-9

through. 2Co 1:11 Eph 6:18,19

the Spirit. Ro 8:9 Ga 4:6 1Pe 1:11

20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

earnest. Ps 62:5 Pr 10:28 23:18 Ro 8:19

in nothing. Ps 25:2 119:80,116 Isa 45:17 50:7 54:4 Ro 5:5 9:33 2Co 7:14 2Co 10:8 Eph 6:19,20 1Pe 4:16 1Jo 2:28

with. See on ver. 14 2Co 2:14-16

Christ. 2:17 Ro 6:13,19 12:1 1Co 6:20 7:34 2Co 5:15 1Th 5:23

whether. 23,24 Joh 12:27,28 21:19 Ac 20:24 21:13 Ro 14:7-9 1Co 15:31 2Co 4:10 Col 1:24 2Ti 4:6,7 2Pe 1:12-15

21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

to live. See on ver. 20 2:21 1Co 1:30 Ga 6:14 Col 3:4

to die. 23 Isa 57:1,2 Ro 8:35-39 1Co 3:22 2Co 5:1,6,8 1Th 4:13-15 Re 14:13

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

live. 24 2Co 10:3 Ga 2:20 Col 2:1 1Pe 4:2

this. Ps 71:18 Isa 38:18,19

I wot. Ge 21:26 39:8 Ex 32:1 Ac 3:17 Ro 11:2

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

in. 2Sa 24:14 1Th 2:1,13 Lu 12:50 2Co 6:12

a desire. Lu 2:29,30 Joh 13:1 2Co 5:8 2Ti 4:6

with. Job 19:26,27 Ps 49:15 Lu 8:38 23:43 Joh 14:3 17:24 Ac 7:59 2Co 5:8 1Th 4:17 Re 14:13

far. Ps 16:10,11 17:15 73:24-26 Re 7:14-17

24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

22,25,26 Joh 16:7 Ac 20:29-31

25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

confidence. 2:24 Ac 20:25

for. Lu 22:32 Joh 21:15-17 Ac 11:23 14:22 Ro 1:11,12 15:18,29 2Co 1:24 Eph 4:11-13

joy. Ps 60:6 Ro 5:2 15:13 1Pe 1:8

26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

2:16-18 3:1,3 4:4,10 So 5:1 Joh 16:22,24 2Co 1:14 5:12 7:6

27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

let. 3:18-21 Eph 4:1 Col 1:10 1Th 2:11,12 4:1 Tit 2:10 2Pe 1:4-9 2Pe 3:11,14

the gospel. Ro 1:9,16 15:16,29 2Co 4:4 9:13 Ga 1:7

whether. 2:12,24

I may. Eph 1:15 Col 1:4 1Th 3:6 Phm 1:5 3Jo 1:3,4

that ye. 2:1,2 4:1 Ps 122:3 133:1 Mt 12:25 1Co 1:10 15:58 16:13,14 2Co 13:11

in one. Jer 32:39 Joh 17:20,21 Ac 2:46 4:32 Ro 12:4,5 1Co 12:12 *etc: Eph 4:3-6 Jas 3:18 Jude 1:3

the faith. Pr 22:23 Ac 24:24 Ro 1:5 10:8 Eph 1:13 1Ti 1:11,19 2Ti 4:7

28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

in. Isa 51:7,12 Mt 10:28 Lu 12:4-7 21:12-19 Ac 4:19-31 5:40-42 1Th 2:2 2Ti 1:7,8 Heb 13:6 Re 2:10

an. 2Th 1:5,6 1Pe 4:12-14

but. Mt 5:10-12 Ro 8:17 2Ti 2:11,12

and that. Ge 49:18 Ps 50:23 68:19,20 Isa 12:2 Lu 3:6 Ac 28:28

29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

it is. Ac 5:41 Ro 5:3 Jas 1:2 1Pe 4:13

not. Mt 16:17 Joh 1:12,13 6:44,45 Ac 13:39 14:27 Eph 2:8 Col 2:12 Jas 1:17,18

30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

the same. Joh 16:33 Ro 8:35-37 1Co 4:9-14 15:30-32 Eph 6:11-18 Col 2:1 1Th 2:14,15 3:2-4 2Ti 2:10-12 4:7 Heb 10:32,33 12:4 Re 2:10,11 Re 12:11

which. Ac 16:19-40 1Th 2:2

now. See on ver. 13