unfoldingWord_en_tn/en_tn_51-PHP.tsv

1	Book	Chapter	Verse	ID	SupportReference	OrigQuote	Occurrence	GLQuote	OccurrenceNote
2	PHP	1	1	kze2			0	Paul and Timothy ... and deacons	If your language has a particular way of introducing the authors of a letter, use it here.
3	PHP	1	1	kx8h			0	Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus	Timothy, who are servants of Christ Jesus
4	PHP	1	1	im6v			0	the overseers and deacons	the leaders of the church
5	PHP	1	6	s1l8			0	I am confident	I am sure
6	PHP	1	6	jf4x			0	he who began	God, who began
7	PHP	1	9	v2rw			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul prays for the believers in Philippi and talks about the joy there is in suffering for the Lord.
8	PHP	1	10	s4ec			0	what is excellent	what is most pleasing to God
9	PHP	1	12	tu2t			0	brothers	Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women, because all believers in Christ are members of one spiritual family, with God as their heavenly Father.
10	PHP	1	12	q288			0	has really served to advance the gospel	has caused more people to hear the gospel
11	PHP	1	13	dm1m			0	palace guard	This is a group of soldiers that helped protect the Roman emperor.
12	PHP	1	14	gy47			0	fearlessly speak the word	fearlessly speak God's message
13	PHP	1	15	vw1s			0	Some indeed even proclaim Christ	Some people preach the good news about Christ
14	PHP	1	15	f32h			0	out of envy and strife	because they do not want people listening to me, and they want to cause trouble
15	PHP	1	15	v1sb			0	and also others out of good will	but other people do it because they are kind and they want to help
16	PHP	1	16	qf4p			0	The latter	Those who proclaim Christ out of good will
17	PHP	1	16	st7k			0	for the defense of the gospel	to teach everyone that the message of Jesus is true
18	PHP	1	18	ah9v			0	Only that in every way—whether from false motives or from true—Christ is proclaimed	As long as people preach about Christ, it does not matter if they do it for good reasons or for bad reasons
19	PHP	1	18	c8tr			0	in this I rejoice	I am happy because people are preaching about Jesus
20	PHP	1	19	qp81			0	this will result in my deliverance	because people proclaim Christ, God will deliver me
21	PHP	1	19	x3fs			0	through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ	because you are praying and the Spirit of Jesus Christ is helping me
22	PHP	1	19	c48j			0	Spirit of Jesus Christ	Holy Spirit
23	PHP	1	21	p9b7			0	For to me	These words are emphatic. They indicate that this is Paul's personal experience.
24	PHP	1	22	y9fv			0	Yet which to choose?	But which should I choose?
25	PHP	1	25	bu8d			0	Being convinced of this	Since I am sure that it is better for you that I stay alive
26	PHP	1	27	ej2s			0	striving together	working hard together
27	PHP	1	28	i9yt	figs-you		0	Do not be frightened in any respect	This is a command to the Philippian believers. If your language has a plural command form, use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
28	PHP	1	28	l495			0	This is a sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation—and this from God	Your courage will show them that God will destroy them. It will also show you that God will save you
29	PHP	1	30	x4z3			0	having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now you hear in me	suffering in the same way that you saw me suffer, and that you hear I am still suffering
30	PHP	2	1	xye5			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul advises the believers to have unity and humility and reminds them of Christ's example.
31	PHP	2	1	m84k			0	if there is any fellowship in the Spirit	if you have fellowship with the Spirit
32	PHP	2	1	l2px			0	if there are any tender mercies and compassions	if you have experienced many of God's acts of tender mercy and compassion
33	PHP	2	3	y1le			0	Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit	Do not serve yourselves or think of yourselves as better than others
34	PHP	2	4	ezk6			0	Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others	Do not care only about what you need, but also about what others need
35	PHP	2	6	hs4q			0	he existed in the form of God	everything that is true of God was true of him
36	PHP	2	7	yu25	figs-metaphor		0	he emptied himself	Paul speaks of Christ as if he were a container in order to say that Christ refused to act with his divine powers during his ministry on earth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
37	PHP	2	8	hi57			0	even death of a cross	even to dying on a cross
38	PHP	2	9	qsy9	figs-metaphor		0	above every name	The name is more important, more to be praised than any other name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
39	PHP	2	10	kfb4			0	under the earth	Possible meanings are 1) the place where people go when they die or 2) the place where demons dwell.
40	PHP	2	12	jnp3			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul encourages the Philippian believers and shows them how to live the Christian life before others and reminds them of his example.
41	PHP	2	12	e359			0	my beloved	my dear fellow believers
42	PHP	2	12	c1ix			0	in my presence	when I am there with you
43	PHP	2	12	u5ng			0	in my absence	when I am not there with you
44	PHP	2	13	m6b8			0	both to will and to work for his good pleasure	so that you will want to do what pleases him and will be able to do what pleases him
45	PHP	2	16	m1z7	figs-metaphor		0	run	The scriptures often use the image of walking to represent conducting one's life. Running is living life intensively. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
46	PHP	2	19	dr9c			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul tells the Philippian believers about his plan to send Timothy soon and that they should treat Epaphroditus as special.
47	PHP	2	19	gml9			0	But I have hope in the Lord Jesus	But I confidently expect the Lord Jesus to allow me
48	PHP	2	20	d9mw			0	For I have no one else with his same attitude	No one else here loves you as much as he does
49	PHP	2	22	gm8i	figs-simile		0	as a son with his father, so he served with me	Fathers and sons love each other and work together. Timothy was not really Paul's son, but he worked with Paul as a son works with his father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
50	PHP	2	24	yn62			0	I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon	I am sure, if it is the Lord's will, that I will also come soon
51	PHP	2	25	k4wz	translate-names		0	Epaphroditus	This is the name of a man sent by the Philippian church to minister to Paul in prison. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
52	PHP	2	25	qsd6			0	your messenger and servant for my needs	who brings your messages to me and helps me when I am in need
53	PHP	2	26	gxn9			0	he was very distressed, and he longed to be with you all	he was very worried and wanted to be with you all
54	PHP	2	29	y95x			0	Welcome Epaphroditus	Gladly receive Epaphroditus
55	PHP	2	30	ns1y	figs-metaphor		0	he came near death	Paul here speaks of death as if it were a place that one could go to. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
56	PHP	2	30	g98z	figs-metaphor		0	fill up what you could not do in service to me	Paul speaks of his needs as if they were a container that Epaphroditus filled with good things for Paul. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
57	PHP	3	1	e79h			0	Connecting Statement:	In order to warn his fellow believers about Jews who would try to get them to follow the old laws, Paul gives his own testimony about when he persecuted believers.
58	PHP	3	1	zu9l			0	brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).
59	PHP	3	1	ymm2			0	rejoice in the Lord	be happy because of all the Lord has done
60	PHP	3	1	q4pt			0	For me to write these same things again to you is no trouble for me	It is no trouble for me to write these things again to you
61	PHP	3	2	zin8			0	the dogs ... those evil workers ... those who mutilate the flesh	These are three different ways of describing the same group of false teachers. Paul is using strong expressions to convey his feeling about these Jewish Christian teachers.
62	PHP	3	2	cka6	figs-hyperbole		0	mutilate	Paul is exaggerating about the act of circumcision to insult the false teachers. The false teachers said God will only save a person who is circumcised, who cuts off the foreskin. This action was required by the law of Moses for all male Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
63	PHP	3	3	k8ph			0	have no confidence in the flesh	do not trust that only cutting our flesh will please God
64	PHP	3	5	am85			0	the eighth day	seven days after I was born
65	PHP	3	6	n51b			0	I persecuted the church	I attacked Christians
66	PHP	3	7	y1sg	figs-metaphor		0	I have considered them as loss	Paul speaks of that praise as if he were now viewing it as a business loss instead of a profit. In other words, Paul says that all his religious acts of righteousness are worthless before Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
67	PHP	3	8	cv55			0	because of the surpassing value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord	because knowing Christ Jesus my Lord is worth so much more
68	PHP	3	8	afs4			0	so that I may gain Christ	so that I may have only Christ
69	PHP	3	9	g9a9			0	not having a righteousness of my own from the law	Paul knows that he cannot become righteous by obeying the law.
70	PHP	3	10	vj4s			0	the power of his resurrection	his power that gives us life
71	PHP	3	10	xw42	figs-activepassive		0	becoming like him in his death	Possible meanings are 1) Paul wants to be like Christ by dying as Christ died or 2) Paul wants his desire to sin to become as dead as Jesus was before he was raised. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
72	PHP	3	12	xk5q			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul urges the believers at Philippi to follow his present example because of heaven and the new bodies that wait for believers. He speaks of how he works as hard as he can to be like Christ, knowing that God will allow him to live forever in heaven, as if he were a runner racing for the finish line.
73	PHP	3	12	ms3v			0	received these things	These include knowing Christ, knowing the power of his resurrection, sharing in Christ's suffering, and being united with Christ in his death and resurrection ([Philippians 3:8-11](./08.md)).
74	PHP	3	12	i5ld			0	But I press on	But I keep trying
75	PHP	3	13	tzg8			0	Brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).
76	PHP	3	14	lmr6	figs-metaphor		0	the upward calling	Possible meanings are that Paul speaks of living eternally with God as if God were to call Paul to ascend 1) to heaven as Jesus did or 2) the steps to the podium where winners of races received prizes, as a metaphor for meeting God face to face and receiving eternal life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
77	PHP	3	17	uxc5			0	brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).
78	PHP	3	18	ab61			0	Many are walking ... as enemies of the cross of Christ	These words are Paul's main thought for this verse.
79	PHP	3	18	zwp3			0	I have often told you	I have told you many times
80	PHP	3	18	h6pc			0	am telling you with tears	am telling you with great sadness
81	PHP	3	21	eye2			0	He will transform our lowly bodies	He will change our weak, earthly bodies
82	PHP	3	21	b2bc			0	into bodies formed like his glorious body	into bodies like his glorious body
83	PHP	4	1	xmc4			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul continues with some specific instructions to the believers in Philippi on unity and then gives instructions to help them live for the Lord.
84	PHP	4	1	fe2y			0	Therefore, my beloved brothers whom I long for	My fellow believers, I love you and I greatly desire to see you
85	PHP	4	1	ngs7			0	brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).
86	PHP	4	1	dz44			0	in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved friends	so continue living for the Lord in the way that I have taught you, dear friends
87	PHP	4	3	cm3u	translate-names		0	along with Clement	Clement was a man who was a believer and worker in the church at Philippi. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
88	PHP	4	3	s9h9			0	whose names are in the Book of Life	whose names God has written in the Book of Life
89	PHP	4	5	snk5			0	The Lord is near	Possible meanings are 1) The Lord Jesus is near to the believers in spirit or 2) the day the Lord Jesus will return to the earth is near.
90	PHP	4	6	h63g			0	in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God	whatever happens to you, ask God for everything you need with prayer and thanks
91	PHP	4	7	u1sz			0	the peace of God	the peace that God gives
92	PHP	4	7	zr4x			0	which surpasses all understanding	which is more than we can understand
93	PHP	4	8	b8ig			0	Finally	As Paul ends his letter, he gives a summary of how believers should live to have peace with God.
94	PHP	4	8	fxn5			0	brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).
95	PHP	4	8	r275			0	whatever things are lovely	whatever things are pleasing
96	PHP	4	8	i5gl			0	if there is anything excellent	if they are morally good
97	PHP	4	8	e9eb			0	if there is anything to be praised	and if they are things that people praise
98	PHP	4	9	m145			0	that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me	that I have taught and shown you
99	PHP	4	10	pwh9			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul begins to thank the Philippians for a gift that they have sent him. He begins in verse 11 to explain that he is thanking them for this gift simply because he is grateful, not because he needs them to give him anything more.
100	PHP	4	11	ew5e			0	in all circumstances	no matter what my situation is
101	PHP	4	12	lgp9	figs-explicit		0	I know what it is to be poor ... to have plenty	Paul knows how to live happily having either no possessions or many possessions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
102	PHP	4	12	i9vp	figs-parallelism		0	how to be well-fed or to be hungry, and how to have an abundance or to be in need	These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize that he has learned how to be content in any situation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
103	PHP	4	13	z1pb			0	I can do all things through him who strengthens me	I can do all things because Christ gives me strength
104	PHP	4	14	bs72			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul continues explaining that he is thanking the Philippians for their gift to him simply because he is grateful, not because he needs them to give him anything more (see [Philippians 3:11](../03/11.md)).
105	PHP	4	15	w23w	figs-metonymy		0	the beginning of the gospel	Paul refers to the gospel here as meaning his preaching of the gospel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
106	PHP	4	18	p6y1			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul finishes thanking the Philippians for their gift (see [Philippians 3:11](../03/11.md)) and assures them that God will take care of them.
107	PHP	4	18	fs44			0	I have received everything in full	Possible meanings are 1) Paul has received everything that the Philippians sent or 2) Paul is using humor to continue the business metaphor from [Philippians 3:8](../03/08.md) and saying that this part of the letter is a receipt for commercial goods that Epaphroditus delivered.
108	PHP	4	18	en6t	figs-explicit		0	even more	Paul means plenty of the things that he needs for himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
109	PHP	4	19	xmk2			0	according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus	from his glorious riches that he gives through Christ Jesus
110	PHP	4	21	h2jr			0	The brothers	This refers to those people who were either ministering with or to Paul.
111	PHP	4	21	z65a			0	brothers	See how you translated this in [Philippians 1:12](../01/12.md).