Philippians 4:3

Serving others Fellowship and the church

¹ Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

² I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

⁵ Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

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.

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BSB: Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
KJV: And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
WEB: Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
ASV: Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
DARBY: yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names [are] in [the] book of life.
BLB: Yes, and I ask you, genuine yokefellow, assist these [women] who in the gospel contended together with me, with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names [are] in the book of life.

ÅB: ja, jeg ber også deg, du som med rette kalles Synzygus, kom dem til hjelp! for de har kjempet med meg i evangeliet tillikemed Klemens og mine andre medarbeidere, hvis navn står i livsens bok.
OTB: Ja, jeg ber deg, min sanne følgesvenn, om å hjelpe disse kvinnene som har kjempet sammen med meg i evangeliets sak, sammen med Klemens og resten av mine medarbeidere, hvis navn er i livets bok.
B1930: ja, jeg ber også dig, du som med rette kalles Synzygus, kom dem til hjelp! for de har kjempet med mig i evangeliet tillikemed Klemens og mine andre medarbeidere, hvis navn står i livsens bok.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
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Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
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Philippians 1:27
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
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Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
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Acts 16:14–18
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
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Romans 16:12
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
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