Philippians 2:16 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁶ offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

²⁷ What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops.

⁸ I tell you, everyone who will acknowledge me before men, the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God,

⁶³ The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life,

²⁶ Brothers! Descendants of the house of Abraham, and those others among you who reverence God! It is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

⁸ No! This is what it says: "God's message is close to you, on your lips and in your mind"—that is, the message about faith that we preach. ⁹ For if with your lips you acknowledge the message that Jesus is Lord, and with your mind you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed." ¹² There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him. ¹³ For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁴ But how are they to call upon him if they have not believed in him? And how are they to believe him if they have never heard him? And how are they to hear unless someone preaches to them? ¹⁵ And how are men to preach unless they are sent to do it? As the Scripture says, "How welcome is the coming of those who bring good news!" ¹⁶ It is true, they have not all accepted the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what we have told?"

²⁶ So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air.

¹⁴ as some of you have come to understand me, and that you will understand that you have a right to be proud of me, as I have of you, on the Day of our Lord Jesus.

² It was in obedience to a revelation that I went. I laid before them the good news that I preach to the heathen, presenting it privately to the leaders, for fear my efforts might be or might have been futile.

¹¹ I begin to be afraid that perhaps the labor I spent on you was wasted.

²⁶ So you will find in me fresh cause for Christian exultation, through having me with you again. ²⁷ Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

¹⁹ For what hope or happiness shall we have or what prize to be proud of in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes, except you?

⁵ That was why, when I could not bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and all our labor might be lost.

¹⁵ Do your best to win God's approval as a workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, but rightly shapes the message of truth. ¹⁶ Leave worldly, empty phrases alone, for they lead people deeper and deeper into godlessness, ¹⁷ and their teaching spreads like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,

¹² For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind.

²³ for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.

¹ It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life—

¹⁷ "Come," say the Spirit and the bride. Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wants it come and take without cost living water.