--- title: "Philippians 1:12-29 KJV - \"But I would ye should understand, bret...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of\" — Read Philippians 1:12-29 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/philippians/1/12-29" --- [ Read](/kjv/philippians/1)[ Commentary](/study/philippians/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/philippians/1) Audio ## Philippians 1:12-29 in Context (Verses 9–30 KJV) [9 ](/kjv/philippians/1/9) And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and *in* all judgment; [10 ](/kjv/philippians/1/10) That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; [11 ](/kjv/philippians/1/11) Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. [12 ](/kjv/philippians/1/12) But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things *which happened* unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; [13 ](/kjv/philippians/1/13) So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other *places*; [14 ](/kjv/philippians/1/14) And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. [15 ](/kjv/philippians/1/15) Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: [16 ](/kjv/philippians/1/16) The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: [17 ](/kjv/philippians/1/17) But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. [18 ](/kjv/philippians/1/18) What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. [19 ](/kjv/philippians/1/19) For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, [20 ](/kjv/philippians/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. [21 ](/kjv/philippians/1/21) For to me to live *is* Christ, and to die *is* gain. [22 ](/kjv/philippians/1/22) But if I live in the flesh, this *is* the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. [23 ](/kjv/philippians/1/23) For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: [24 ](/kjv/philippians/1/24) Nevertheless to abide in the flesh *is* more needful for you. [25 ](/kjv/philippians/1/25) And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; [26 ](/kjv/philippians/1/26) That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. [27 ](/kjv/philippians/1/27) Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; [28 ](/kjv/philippians/1/28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. [29 ](/kjv/philippians/1/29) For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; [30 ](/kjv/philippians/1/30) Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear *to be* in me. 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