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NowδὲI wantβούλομαιyouὑμᾶςto know,Γινώσκεινbrothers,ἀδελφοίthatὅτιthe thingsτὰconcerningκατ’meἐμὲhave turned outἐλήλυθενratherμᾶλλονforεἰςthe advanceπροκοπὴνof the good news,τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
Philippians 1:12
Study it in the app“Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things concerning me have turned out rather for the advance of the good news,”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:12, word by word
- I wantβούλομαιboulomai
want, intend
Want firmly, resolve, intend.
Where else “boulomai” appears- to knowΓινώσκεινGinōskein
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “Ginōskein” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- have turned outἐλήλυθενelēlythen
General meaning: Come; go.
Where else “elēlythen” appears- ratherμᾶλλονmallon
rather
On the contrary, more accurately.
Where else “mallon” appears- the advanceπροκοπὴνprokopēn
progress
Progress, advance.
Where else “prokopēn” appears- of the good newsεὐαγγελίουeuangeliou
good news
Good news: an announcement of victory or of joy. It is the word usually translated "gospel".
Where else “euangeliou” appears
The context
11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.
12 · This verse (above)
13so that my chains have become evident as being in the Messiah throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest,
To study Philippians 1 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Paul in prison, and what effect does he say it had on the spread of the good news (v. 12-14)?
2. What it means
Paul writes, "to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain" (v. 21). What do you think he means?
3. How I live it
Paul rejoices even in hardship (v. 18). What difficult situation today could you look at from another angle?