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whoseὧνendτὸ τέλοςis destruction,ἀπώλειαwhoseὧνgodὁ θεὸςis the belly,ἡ κοιλίαandκαὶwhose gloryἡ δόξαis inἐνtheir shame,τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶνwhoοἱthink aboutφρονοῦντεςearthly things.τὰ ἐπίγεια
Philippians 3:19
Study it in the app“whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 3:19, word by word
- endτέλοςtelos
goal
The aim, where something leads.
Where else “telos” appears- is destructionἀπώλειαapōleia
destruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleia” appears- godθεὸςtheos
god
A god of other peoples.
Where else “theos” appears- is the bellyκοιλίαkoilia
belly
The gut, or appetite.
Where else “koilia” appears- whose gloryδόξαdoxa
glory
The greatness and splendor of God.
Where else “doxa” appears- their shameαἰσχύνῃaischynēi
shame
Shame, disgrace; shameful deeds.
Where else “aischynēi” appears- think aboutφρονοῦντεςphronountes
think
To have a certain outlook.
Where else “phronountes” appears- earthly thingsἐπίγειαepigeia
earthly
Earthly, of the earth.
Where else “epigeia” appears
The context
18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now I tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of the Messiah,
19 · This verse (above)
20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus the Messiah,
To study Philippians 3 in a group
1. What it says
What things that Paul once counted as gain does he now count as loss, and why (v. 4-8)?
2. What it means
Paul says, "forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead" (v. 13). What do you think that means?
3. How I live it
Paul keeps pressing on without claiming to be perfect (v. 12-14). What small step can you take today in something you want to grow in?