Philippians 1:20
Context1:20 My confident hope 1 is that I will in no way be ashamed 2 but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. 3
Philippians 4:10
Context4:10 I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.) 4
Philippians 4:15
Context4:15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
1 tn Grk “according to my eager expectation and hope.” The κατά (kata) phrase is taken as governing the following ὅτι (Joti) clause (“that I will not be ashamed…”); the idea could be expressed more verbally as “I confidently hope that I will not be ashamed…”
2 tn Or possibly, “be intimidated, be put to shame.”
3 tn Grk “whether by life or by death.”
4 tn Grk “for you were even concerned, but you lacked opportunity.”