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andκαὶnotμὴbeing frightenedπτυρόμενοιinἐνanythingμηδενὶbyὑπὸthose who oppose you.τῶν ἀντικειμένωνThisἥτιςisἐστὶνfor themαὐτοῖςa signἔνδειξιςof destruction,ἀπωλείαςbutδὲof yourὑμῶνsalvation,σωτηρίαςandκαὶthisτοῦτοis fromἀπὸGod.θεοῦ
Philippians 1:28
Study it in the app“and not being frightened in anything by those who oppose you. This is for them a sign of destruction, but of your salvation, and this is from God.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:28, word by word
- being frightenedπτυρόμενοιptyromenoi
be frightened
Be frightened, be startled like a horse that shies.
Where else “ptyromenoi” appears- anythingμηδενὶmēdeni
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdeni” appears- those who oppose youἀντικειμένωνantikeimenōn
oppose
Oppose, be against; as a noun, opponent, adversary.
Where else “antikeimenōn” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a signἔνδειξιςendeixis
demonstration, proof
Demonstration, proof: what makes something plain.
Where else “endeixis” appears- of destructionἀπωλείαςapōleias
destruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleias” appears- salvationσωτηρίαςsōtērias
salvation
Salvation.
Where else “sōtērias” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
27Only live as citizens in a manner worthy of the good news of the Messiah, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of the things concerning you: that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul striving side by side for the faith of the good news,
28 · This verse (above)
29For to you it was granted, on behalf of the Messiah, not only to believe in him but also to suffer on behalf of him,
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?