Study it in the app“according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be put to shame in nothing, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also the Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.”
according toκατὰmyμουeager expectationτὴν ἀποκαραδοκίανandκαὶhopeἐλπίδαthatὅτιI will be put to shameαἰσχυνθήσομαιinἐνnothing,οὐδενὶbutἀλλ’that withἐνallπάσῃboldness,παρρησίᾳasὡςalways,πάντοτεsonowνῦνalsoκαὶthe MessiahΧριστὸςwill be magnifiedμεγαλυνθήσεταιinἐνmy body,τῷ σώματί μουwhetherεἴτεbyδιὰlifeζωῆςorεἴτεbyδιὰdeath.θανάτου
eager expectation
Eager expectation: waiting with outstretched neck, longing.
Where else “apokaradokian” appearshope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpida” appearsbe ashamed
To be ashamed.
Where else “aischynthēsomai” appearsboldness
Speaking or coming to God without fear.
Where else “parrēsiai” appearsalways
Always.
Where else “pantote” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appearsmagnify
To speak of someone's greatness.
Where else “megalynthēsetai” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmati” appearswhether, or
"Whether ... or", "if".
Where else “eite” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appearsdeath
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears19for I know that this will turn out for me for salvation through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah,
20 · This verse (above)
21For to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain.
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?
