🙏WEB · Philippians 1:25

What does Philippians 1:25 mean?

"Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,"

— Philippians 1:25 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.

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But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

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Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

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Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

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that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

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Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

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and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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