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being confidentπεποιθὼςof this very thing,αὐτὸ τοῦτοthatὅτιthe one who beganὁ ἐναρξάμενοςa goodἀγαθὸνworkἔργονinἐνyouὑμῖνwill complete itἐπιτελέσειuntilἄχριthe dayἡμέραςof the MessiahΧριστοῦJesus.Ἰησοῦ
Philippians 1:6
Study it in the app“being confident of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of the Messiah Jesus.”
Paul is convinced God will complete the good work he began in youGrace
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:6, word by word
- being confidentπεποιθὼςpepoithōs
be confident
To be sure of something, rely on someone.
Where else “pepoithōs” appears- the one who beganἐναρξάμενοςenarxamenos
begin
Begin, make a start on something.
Where else “enarxamenos” appears- a goodἀγαθὸνagathon
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathon” appears- workἔργονergon
task
The job given to someone.
Where else “ergon” appears- will complete itἐπιτελέσειepitelesei
complete, finish
Complete, finish, carry something out.
Where else “epitelesei” appears- untilἄχριachri
until
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appears- the dayἡμέραςhēmeras
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmeras” appears- of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears
The context
5because of your fellowship in the good news from the first day until now,
6 · This verse (above)
7Just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, all of you being sharers with me in grace, both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the good news.
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?