Philippians Chapter 1 verse 5 Holy Bible
for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;
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Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;
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because of your fellowship with the gospel, from the first day until now;
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For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
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for your partnership{The word translated "partnership" (koinonia) also means "fellowship" and "sharing."} in furtherance of the Gospel from the first day until now;
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for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; rather, as R.V., for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel. This verse should be taken in connection with Ver. 3. St. Paul thanks God for their help, their co-operation towards the work of the gospel. They helped forward the work by their prayers, their labors, and their liberal bounty. This fellowship began "in the beginning of the gospel," when the Philippians sent aid to the apostle at Thessalonica and Corinth; it continued "until now" ten years; they had just sent their alms to St. Paul at Rome by phroditus (Philippians 4:10).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) For your fellowship in the gospel.--More properly, towards the gospel, or, as affecting the gospel. The construction is illustrated by the more limited use of the same Greek word (as in Romans 15:26; 2Corinthians 9:13) in the sense of "contribution"; in which case the word "towards" introduces the objects of the almsgiving there specified. Accordingly St. Paul must be taken here to mean the fellow-working of the Philippians in the ministry of the gospel, of which he speaks still more distinctly in Philippians 1:7. That fellow-working had been shown (see Philippians 4:15) even "in the beginning of the gospel," by a contribution to St. Paul's needs--not perhaps his personal needs only--which from them, and (so far as we know) from them only, he consented to accept.
