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Phl 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

and if		Phl 2:30; Phl 1:20; Act 20:24; Act 21:13; 2Cr 12:15; 1Th 2:8; 2Ti 4:6; 1Jo 3:16
offered		Gr. poured forth
the sacrifice		Phl 4:18; Rom 12:1; Rom 15:16; Hbr 13:15,16; 1Pe 2:5
I joy		2Cr 7:4; Col 1:24; 1Th 3:7-9

Correlating Passages

and if

	Phl 2:30	Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
	Phl 1:20	According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.
	Act 20:24	But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
	Act 21:13	Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
	2Cr 12:15	And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
	1Th 2:8	So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
	2Ti 4:6	For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
	1Jo 3:16	Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

the sacrifice

	Phl 4:18	But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
	Rom 12:1	I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.
	Rom 15:16	That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
	Hbr 13:15	By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.
	Hbr 13:16	But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
	1Pe 2:5	Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

I joy

	2Cr 7:4	Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
	Col 1:24	Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
	1Th 3:7	Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
	1Th 3:8	For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
	1Th 3:9	For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

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Scott, Thomas. "Philippians 2:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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