Philippians 2:22
20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.
24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
- KJV
- But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
- WEB
- But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
- ASV
- But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
- DARBY
- But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.
- BLB
- But you⁺ know his proven worth, that as a child [with] a father he served with me in the gospel.
- ÅB
- men hans prøvede troskap kjenner dere, at slik som en sønn tjener sin far, slik har han tjent med meg for evangeliet.
- OTB
- Men dere vet om hans prøvede karakter, at han tjente med meg i evangeliets arbeid som en sønn med sin far.
- B1930
- men hans prøvede troskap kjenner I, at likesom en sønn tjener sin far, således har han tjent med mig for evangeliet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:9
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:22
And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:18
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
Read in contextActs 16:3–12
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:24
In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
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