Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

itself and its Messiah Christ were before the supreme court of the world. Christ had arranged
everything from start to finish, in order to produce the very effect here briefly described ... The entire
guard was not always stationed at Rome, certain divisions were at times posted in adjacent towns.
His daily guards heard all that he said and did, talked about it in their barracks, became interested in
the case, and, when it was now up for hearing, when it was established that the imprisonment had to
do with this Christ of Paul’s teaching, the whole influential body of the imperial guard became
thoroughly conversant with and interested in the case. (R. Lenski)
Philp. 1:13 With the result (conjunction, Result clause) that my
(Gen. Poss.) imprisonments (Acc. Dir. Obj.; chains, bonds) due to
(being in the sphere of) Christ (Instr. Means or Loc. Sph.) have
been (AMInf., gi,nomai , Culminative, Result, Deponent, used with
ωστε) made well known (Pred. Acc., extends the verbal idea;
public notice) throughout the entire (Dat. Spec.) Praetorian
Guard (Dat. Adv.) and (connective) to all (Acc. Spec.) the rest
(Dat. Adv.; SPQR: citizens of Rome).
WHO
Philippians 1:13 w[ste tou.j desmou,j mou fanerou.j evn Cristw/| gene,sqai evn o[lw| tw/|
praitwri,w| kai. toi/j loipoi/j pa,sin
VUL
Philippians 1:13 ita ut vincula mea manifesta fierent in Christo in omni praetorio et in
ceteris omnibus
LWB Philp. 1:14 In fact, the majority of the brethren, because of my imprisonments in the
Lord, have become confident and are continuing to be confident [due to doctrine in their
soul] to have courage beyond measure to communicate the Word [both gospel and
doctrine] without fear.
KW Philp. 1:14 And the great majority of the brethren having come to a settled confidence in the
Lord, having been influenced by the gentle persuasion of my shackles to take that step of
confidence, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly breaking their silence and speaking the word of
God.
KJV Philippians 1:14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are
much more bold to speak the word without fear.
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
Paul explains that his imprisonment had yet another good purpose, in that it served as a springboard
for other believers to communicate (Pictorial Present tense) the gospel without fear. When they
heard about Paul being imprisoned and released on several occasions for preaching the Word, they
because more and more confident (Intensive Perfect tense) and courageous beyond measure (Result
Infinitive) to do the same. So Paul remained in prison for the time being, communicating the Word
of God from within, while other believers fearlessly stepped forward (Latin: no timidity) and