Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
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Gill's Exposition
Yea, and if I be offered,.... Or "poured out", as the drink offerings of wine or oil were; meaning the effusion of his blood, which he compares to a libation, or drink offering, which was poured upon…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, and if I be offered - Margin, “poured forth.” The mention of his labors in their behalf, in the previous verse, seems to have suggested to him the sufferings which he was likely yet to endure on…
Adam Clarke
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service - The metaphor appears to be still carried on. As it was customary for the weather-beaten mariner, when he had gained his port, to offer a…
The apostle exhorts them in these verses to adorn their Christian profession by a suitable temper and behaviour, in several instances. 1. By a cheerful obedience to the commands of God (Phi 2:14): "Do…
Cambridge Bible
Yea, and if&c. He takes up the last word, characteristically. "Labouredfor you, did I say? Nay, if I have to say also died, poured out my heart's blood, it is only joy to me."
be offered upon Lit. and…
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