Philippians 1:29
For unto you bit is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
ὅτι ὑμῖν ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, οὐ μόνον τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πάσχειν·
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Isaiah 53:10-53:12 10. ¶Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Psalms 22:26-22:29 26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 27. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28. For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. 29. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Acts 5:41 ¶And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
1 Peter 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
he adds a further argument to move them unto that he had exhorted, from God’s freely bestowing, of his mere grace, what he had required of them.
upon the account of Christ’s merit and mediation; not that they could have either evangelical faith, or patience, by virtue of their own strength, Php 4:13.
that they did not only believe Christ, but believe on him, was not from any power of their own, Joh 6:37,44, but of God’s free gift, Eph 2:8, as they had an instance amongst them in Lydia, Act 16:14; unto her and others was this victorious grace of faith freely given by the hearing of the word, which was not unto many others that heard, Mat 13:11 2Th 3:2 Tit 1:1; and as the grace itself was given, so was the exercise of it.
upon the account of Christ, patience was given; so that to suffer, here, doth not only import a power to suffer, but actual suffering; not only the habit of faith, but the act of believing, even as the fruits of trees at the first creation were produced, as well as the trees which had a power to bear them: wherefore, if, by the grace of God, and Spirit of faith, they were empowered actually to believe, Mar 9:24 1Co 15:10 2Co 4:13, having trust through Christ God-ward, 2Co 3:4; and upon the same account they were continually enabled to suffer, not simply, but in bearing testimony to Christ, Act 5:41 1Pe 3:14 4:16; they might be of good comfort and courage, to the daunting of their adversaries.