Philippians Chapter 2 verse 30 Holy Bible
because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.
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because for the sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death. The readings vary between "Christ" and "the Lord." One ancient manuscript reads simply, "for the work's sake." The work in this case consisted in ministering to the wants of St. Paul. Translate the following words, with R.V., he came nigh unto death. Not regarding his life; rather, as R.V., hazarding his life, which translation represents the best-supported reading, παραβολευσάμενος: the verb literally means "to lay down a stake, to gamble." Hence the word Parabolani, the name given to certain brotherhoods in the ancient Church who undertook the hazardous work of tending the sick and burying the dead in times of pestilence. The A.V. represents the reading παραβουλευσάμενος consulting amiss. To supply your lack of service toward me; rather, as R.V., that which was lacking in your service. The Philippians are not blamed. Epaphroditus did that which their absence prevented them from doing. His illness was caused by over-exertion in attending to the apostle's wants, or, it may be, by the hardships of the journey. Υμῶν must be taken closely with ὑστέρημα, the lack of your presence. St. Paul, with exquisite delicacy, represents the absence of the Philippians as something lacking to his complete satisfaction, something which he missed, and which Epaphroditus supplied.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) Not regarding his life.--According to the true reading, the sense is "having hazarded his life; literally, having gambled with his life, not merely having staked it, but staked it recklessly. It is possible that (as Bishop Wordsworth suggests) there may be allusion to the caution money, staked in a cause to show that it was not frivolous and vexatious, and forfeited in case of loss; and that Epaphroditus, risking his life through over-exertion in the cause of St. Paul, as a prisoner awaiting trial, is therefore said to have gambled with his life. This would give a special appropriateness to the allusion. But it is, perhaps, too artificial, and the figure is in itself intelligible and striking.To supply your lack of service.--There is not in the original the touch of reproach which our version may seem to imply. Epaphroditus' presence and activity are said to have "filled up the one thing wanting" to make the service of the Philippians effective for its purpose.
