Study it in the app“Just 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.”
Just asκαθώςit isἐστινrightδίκαιονfor meἐμοὶto thinkφρονεῖνthisτοῦτοaboutὑπὲρallπάντωνof you,ὑμῶνbecauseδιὰ τὸI haveἔχειν μεyouὑμᾶςinἐνmy heart,τῇ καρδίᾳallπάνταςof youὑμᾶςbeingὄνταςsharers with meσυγκοινωνούς μουin grace,τῆς χάριτοςbothτεinἔνmy chainsτοῖς δεσμοῖς μουandκαὶinἐνthe defenseτῇ ἀπολογίᾳandκαὶconfirmationβεβαιώσειof the good news.τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsright
What is proper and fair.
Where else “dikaion” appearsthink
To have a certain outlook.
Where else “phronein” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echein” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appearssharer, partner
Sharer, partner: someone who shares something with others.
Where else “synkoinōnous” appearsgrace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charitos” appearsbond, chain
Bond, chain; prison.
Where else “desmois” appearsdefense
Defense: a speech in reply to an accusation.
Where else “apologiai” appearsconfirmation
Confirmation, making something firm and proven.
Where else “bebaiōsei” appearsgood news
Good news: an announcement of victory or of joy. It is the word usually translated "gospel".
Where else “euangeliou” appearsIt can also be understood as “because you have me in your heart.”
6being 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8For God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of the Messiah Jesus.
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?
