28 [a]And in nothing fear your adversaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of salvation, and that of God.

29 [b]For unto you it is given for Christ, that not only ye should believe in him, but also suffer for his sake,

30 [c]Having the same fight, which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 1:28 We ought not to be discouraged, but rather encouraged by the persecutions which the enemies of the Gospel imagine and practice against us: seeing that they are certain witnesses from God himself, both of our salvation, and of the destruction of the wicked.
  2. Philippians 1:29 He proveth that his saying, that persecution is a token of our salvation, because it is a gift of God to suffer for Christ, which gift he bestoweth upon his own, as he doth the gift of faith.
  3. Philippians 1:30 Now he showeth for what purpose he made mention of his afflictions.

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