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Andκαὶbeing confidentπεποιθὼςof this,τοῦτοI knowοἶδαthatὅτιI will remainμενῶandκαὶcontinueπαραμενῶwith allπᾶσινof youὑμῖνforεἰςyourὑμῶνprogressτὴν προκοπὴνandκαὶjoyχαρὰνin the faith,τῆς πίστεως
Philippians 1:25
Study it in the app“And being confident of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:25, word by word
- being confidentπεποιθὼςpepoithōs
be confident
To be sure of something, rely on someone.
Where else “pepoithōs” appears- I knowοἶδαoida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oida” appears- I will remainμενῶmenō
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menō” appears- continueπαραμενῶparamenō
continue
Not going away: staying in office or alive.
Where else “paramenō” appears- progressπροκοπὴνprokopēn
progress
Progress, advance.
Where else “prokopēn” appears- joyχαρὰνcharan
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charan” appears- in the faithπίστεωςpisteōs
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appears
The context
24but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
25 · This verse (above)
26so that your boasting may abound in the Messiah Jesus because of me through my presence with you again.
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?