Philippians 1:28 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Philippians 1:28 —

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2 Timothy 1:7-8
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. …
2 Thessalonians 1:5-6
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: …
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2 Timothy 2:11-12
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: …
Isaiah 51:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 27-30)

The apostle concludes the chapter with two exhortations:— I. He exhorts them to strictness of conversation (Phil. 1:27): Only let your conversation be as becometh the gospel of Christ. Observe, Those who profess the gospel of Christ should have their conversation as becomes the gospel, or in a suitableness and agreeableness to it. Let it be as becomes those who believe gospel truths, submit to gos…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 28)

28. terrified--literally, said of horses or other animals startled or suddenly scared; so of sudden consternation in general. which--your not being terrified. evident token of perdition--if they would only perceive it (2Th 1:5). It attests this, that in contending hopelessly against you, they are only rushing on to their own perdition, not shaking your united faith and constancy. to you of salvati…