the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Filipi 1:12
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Aku menghendaki, saudara-saudara, supaya kamu tahu, bahwa apa yang terjadi atasku ini justru telah menyebabkan kemajuan Injil,
Aku suka kamu mengetahui, hai saudara-saudaraku, bahwa segala perkara yang sudah berlaku atasku itu sudah jadi semata-mata kepada kemajuan berita Injil,
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Bible Verse Review
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that: Acts 21:28-36, Acts 22:1-30, Acts 28:1-31
rather: Exodus 18:11, Esther 9:1, Psalms 76:10, Acts 8:4, Acts 11:19-21, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:37, 2 Timothy 2:9
Reciprocal: Judges 14:14 - Out of the eater Acts 4:4 - many Acts 8:1 - and they Acts 19:21 - I must Acts 25:12 - unto Caesar shalt Romans 15:32 - I may Ephesians 3:13 - at Ephesians 6:21 - that 2 Timothy 4:17 - by
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And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth [both] budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.
God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.
For like as the ground bringeth foorth her fruite, and as the garden shooteth foorth seede: so shall the Lorde God cause righteousnesse and prayse to floorishe foorth before all the heathen.
For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of her selfe, first the blade, then the eare, after that, the full corne in the eare.
For euery tree is knowen by his fruite: for of thornes do not me gather fygges, nor of busshes, gather they grapes.
He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse:
Be not deceaued, God is not mocked: For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But I would ye should understand, brethren,.... The church at Philippi having heard of the apostle's troubles, he was very desirous that they should have a true and right understanding of them, and especially of the use they had been of, and were like to be of more and more; and that partly that such as were weak among them might not be offended and staggered, and partly that all might be comforted; as also that they might be animated and encouraged hereby to endure, with patience and cheerfulness, whatsoever afflictions might befall them for the sake of Christ: his sufferings are more obscurely expressed in the next clause, and more clearly in Philippians 1:13,
that the things [which happened] unto me; by which he intends, not anything done by him, or his labour in the ministry, which had been greatly succeeded for the spread of the Gospel; as the Syriac version suggests, rendering the phrase, דסוערני דילי, "that my work makes more abundant progress in the Gospel": but his sufferings on account of the Gospel, which though said to happen, were not things of chance but of appointment; for as all the sufferings of Christ the head, were by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, so are those of all the members of his mystical body, and of his ministers who are appointed to these things, and they for them; of which Christ has given previous notice, so that they do not come unexpected, but are looked for by them; nor are they over distressed with them, being supported with the presence, Spirit, grace, and favour of God; hence they can rejoice in them, in hope of the glory of God; and as the afflictions of Gospel ministers, the quality and quantity of them, are fixed and settled by divine appointment, and which accordingly come upon them, so the use of them is also determined, and which have their sure and certain effect as the apostle's had; for the very things by which men designed to have hindered the spread of the Gospel, he says,
have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the Gospel. The Gospel, though it is good news and glad tidings of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ; yet is very disagreeable to carnal men, they are enemies to it; and do all they can to stop its progress, to shut the open door of it, and hinder its course by speaking reproachfully of it, and writing against it, and especially by persecuting its professors, and particularly its ministers; which oftentimes proves rather a furtherance than an hinderance of it; for hereby the Gospel, like gold and silver tried in the fire, shines out the more brightly, with more lustre and glory, and has the greater influence on the minds of men; persecution in one place has often been the means of carrying and spreading the Gospel in many others; see Acts 8:1; and has been God's ordinance for the conversion of multitudes of souls, where it has been the fiercest and hottest; insomuch that it became a common saying in primitive times, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church; and hereby also the Gospel has been confirmed, and they that have embraced it have been the more established in it. The apostle's sufferings and bonds were for the confirmation and defence of the Gospel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But I would ye should understand - Paul here turns to himself, and goes into a somewhat extended account of his own feelings in his trials, and of the effects of his imprisonment at Rome he wished them to understand what his circumstances were, and what had been the effect of his imprisonment, probably, for such reasons as these:
(1) They were tenderly attached to him, and would feel an interest in all that pertained to him.
(2) It was possible that they might hear unfounded rumors about the manner of his treatment, and he wished that they should understand the exact truth.
(3) He had real intelligence to communicate to them that would be joyful to them, about the effect of his imprisonment, and his treatment there; and he wished them to rejoice with him.
That the things which happened unto me - The accusations against him, and his imprisonment at Rome. He had been falsely accused, and had been constrained to appeal to Caesar, and had been taken to Rome as a prisoner; Acts 25–28. This arrest and imprisonment would seem to have been against his success as a preacher; but he now says that the contrary had been the fact.
Have fallen out - Have resulted in. Literally, “have come.” Tyndale. “My business is happened.”
The furtherance - The increase, the promotion of the gospel. Instead of being a hindrance, they have been rather an advantage.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. That the things which happened unto me — St. Paul was at this time a prisoner at Rome, and it appears probable that he had already been called to make a defence for himself, and to vindicate the doctrines of the Gospel; and this he had been enabled to do in such a manner that the honour of the Gospel had been greatly promoted by it. As the Philippians loved him greatly, he felt it right to give them this information relative to his state, and how God had turned his bonds to the advantage of that cause on account of which he was bound.