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Come Follow Me 2023: Philippians; Colossians

Philippians; Colossians

October 9–15
“I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me”

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Philippians 1

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JST

(4) Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

(4) Always in every prayer of mine for the steadfastness of you all making request with joy,

(22) But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

(22) But if I live in the flesh, ye are the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I know not.

(21) For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

(21) For to me to live is to do the will of Christ, and to die is my gain.

(23) For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

(23) Now I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

(26) That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

(26) That your rejoicing with me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

(27) Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

(27) Therefore, let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

(28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

(28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries who reject the gospel, which bringeth on them destruction, but [on] you who receive the gospel, salvation—and that of God.

(30) Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

(30) Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now know to be in me.

Philippians 2

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(17) Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

(17) Yea, and if I be offered a sacrifice upon the service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Philippians 3

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(1) Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

(1) Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, and for you it is safe.

(11) If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

(11) …of the just.

(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and who glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Philippians 4

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(6) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

(6) Be afflicted for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

Colossians 1

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(4) Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

(4) Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of your love which ye have to all the saints,

(6) Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

(6) Which is come unto you, as it is in all generations of the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Colossians 2

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(2) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

(2) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God and of Christ, who is God, even the Father.

(7) Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

(7) Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

(20–22) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

(20–22) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances which are after the doctrines and commandments of men, who teach you to touch not, taste not, handle not all those things which are to perish with the using?

(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

(23) Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body as to the satisfying of the flesh, not in any honor to God.

Colossians 4

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(11) And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.

(11) And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-workers in the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.

Reading Resources

Philippians; Colossians

Lynne Hilton Wilson, "Philippians; Colossians," Come Follow Me: The New Testament, 2019.

Background to the Pauline Epistles:

  • Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Epistles of the Apostle Paul: An Overview,” in New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament, ed. Lincoln H. Blumell (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 419-445.
  • Eric D. Huntsman, “The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Structure of Paul’s Letters,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 190–207.

The Divinity of Jesus Christ:

  • Nicholas J. Frederick and Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Paul: Presenting a Deeper, Full Christology” in Thou Art the Christ: The Son of the Living God, The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament, ed. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2018), 192–215.

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