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havingἔχοντεςthe sameτὸν αὐτὸνstruggleἀγῶναthatοἷονyou sawεἴδετεinἐνmeἐμοὶandκαὶnowνῦνhear to beἀκούετεinἐνme.ἐμοί
Philippians 1:30
Study it in the app“having the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear to be in me.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:30, word by word
- havingἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- struggleἀγῶναagōna
struggle
The hard effort of a life of faith, like a contest.
Where else “agōna” appears- thatοἷονhoion
such as
Of what kind, such as.
Where else “hoion” appears- you sawεἴδετεeidete
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eidete” appears- hear to beἀκούετεakouete
hear of
To hear about something.
Where else “akouete” appears
The context
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,
30 · This verse (above)
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?