What Does Philippians 1:16 Mean in the King James?

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

Philippians 1:16 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Here “affliction” is pressure raised against someone already bound: the verse shows added harm as a second form of constriction.

THE MEANING

The anointed one is proclaimed through rivalry, while an insincere motive aims added pressure at someone already confined. The proclamation and the motive coexist; neither erases the other.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A true proclamation proves that the one speaking it is sincere.

THE ROOT

θλῖψιν

thlipsin

GROWS FROM

θλιβ-

thlib-

To press, squeeze, or crowd.

The word translated “affliction” carries the sense of pressure. Beside the bonds, it makes the intention concrete: to press harder against someone already restrained.

ALSO GROWS

thlibō: To press or crowd.

θλίβω

This verb is the source of the pressure-word used for “affliction” here.

thlibomenoi: Being pressed or troubled.

θλιβόμενοι

The same word family appears in 2 Corinthians 4:8, where pressure is real but does not define the whole outcome.

δεσμοῖς

desmois

GROWS FROM

δεσμ-

desm-

A tie or bond; restraint.

“Bonds” names an existing restraint, so the added pressure has somewhere specific to land. The verse holds confinement and further pressure together in one image.

ALSO GROWS

deō: To bind or tie.

δέω

The verb reveals the binding action beneath the noun “bonds.”

desmos: A bond, tie, or chain.

δεσμός

This noun names the restraint already present when others aim to add pressure.

THE PATTERN

Hostile intent can press against a person without deciding what the pressure ultimately carries.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Genesis 50:20 · KJVThe verse holds harmful intent beside an outcome that brings life, showing that intent does not control everything that comes through it.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

Acts 16:25 · KJVTheir song is heard within confinement; the pressure around them does not contain what they express.

Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

2 Timothy 2:9 · KJVThe verse places bonds and suffering beside a word that remains unbound.

THE THREAD

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:8 · KJV

Philippians uses ⁨θλῖψις⁩ (thlipsis), meaning pressure or affliction, from ⁨θλίβω⁩ (thlibō), meaning to press; 2 Corinthians uses ⁨θλιβόμενοι⁩ (thlibomenoi), meaning being pressed, for “troubled.” The shared root lets the pressure remain real while the connected verse shows it does not close every way forward.

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