Philippians 2:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Philippians 2:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 14-18)

The apostle exhorts them in these verses to adorn their Christian profession by a suitable temper and behaviour, in several instances. 1. By a cheerful obedience to the commands of God (Phil. 2:14): “ Do all things, do your duty in every branch of it, without murmurings. Do it, and do not find fault with it. Mind your work, and do not quarrel with it.” God’s commands were given to be obeyed, not t…

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

(vv. 16)

16. Holding forth--to them, and so applying it (the common meaning of the Greek; perhaps here including also the other meaning, “holding fast”). The image of light-bearers or luminaries is carried on from Php 2:15. As the heavenly luminaries’ light is closely connected with the life of animals, so ye hold forth the light of Christ’s “word” (received from me) which is the “life” of the Gentiles (Jo…