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Philippians 2:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
The Philippians are called to share that joy rather than treating sacrifice as meaningless defeat.
Read It With
- Philippians 2:14–18
Read verses 14–18 together. Verse 18 answers Paul's joy in costly service by asking the Philippians to rejoice with him within the same faithful witness.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 18 is a response to verse 17, not a detached command to feel cheerful. The preceding sacrifice gives the shared joy its meaning.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Philippians 2:12–18 — Live Out God's Work Without GrumblingSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The KJV wording and immediate English context for Philippians 2:12–18.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Philippians 2; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording and punctuation used as the base text for this passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Phil.txt, Philippians 2, verses within Philippians 2:12–18.
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