Filipi 4:4

4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

Filipi 4:11

4:11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

Filipi 3:18

3:18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

Filipi 2:16

2:16 by holding on to ¹  the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Filipi 1:14

1:14 and most of the brothers and sisters, ²  having confidence in the Lord ³  because of my imprisonment, now more than ever ⁴  dare to speak the word ⁵  fearlessly.

Filipi 4:8

4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, ⁶  whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.

Filipi 3:12

Keep Going Forward

3:12 Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected – but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. ⁷ 

Filipi 4:9

4:9 And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

Filipi 3:2

3:2 Beware of the dogs, ⁸  beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! ⁹ 

Filipi 3:5

3:5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee. ¹⁰ 

Filipi 4:1

Christian Practices

4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, ¹¹  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

[2:16]  ¹ tn Or “holding out, holding forth.”

[1:14]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[1:14]  ³ tn Or “most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord, having confidence.”

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “even more so.”

[1:14]  ⁵ tc A number of significant mss have “of God” after “word.” Although τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) is amply supported in the Alexandrian and Western texts (א A B [D*] P Ψ 048^vid 075 0278 33 81 1175 al lat co), the omission is difficult to explain as either an intentional deletion or unintentional oversight. To be sure, the pedigree of the witnesses is not nearly as great for the shorter reading (Ì⁴⁶ D² 1739 1881 Ï), but it explains well the rise of the other reading. Further, it explains the rise of κυρίου (kuriou, “of the Lord”), the reading of F and G (for if these mss had followed a Vorlage with τοῦ θεοῦ, κυρίου would not have been expected). Further, τοῦ θεοῦ is in different locations among the mss; such dislocations are usually signs of scribal additions to the text. Thus, the Byzantine text and a few other witnesses here have the superior reading, and it should be accepted as the original.

[4:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[3:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “that for which I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.” The passive has been translated as active in keeping with contemporary English style.

[3:2]  ⁸ sn Dogs is a figurative reference to false teachers whom Paul regards as just as filthy as dogs.

[3:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “beware of the mutilation.”

[3:5]  ¹⁰ sn A Pharisee was a member of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[4:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.