What Does Philippians 1:25 Mean in the King James?
And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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
The Greek roots of “confidence” and “faith” are kin, so the presence that stays with you serves the very trust that brings both progress and joy.
THE MEANING
The verse places a sustaining presence beside you, oriented toward the progress and joy of your trust. Trust can be growing and joyful at the same time; neither has to wait for the other to finish.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Your trust must finish advancing before joy can belong to it.
THE ROOT
πεποιθώς
pepoithōs
GROWS FROM
πείθω
peithō
To persuade, convince, or win over; in middle and passive forms, to be persuaded and trust.
The word translated “confidence” is πεποιθώς (pepoithōs, having been persuaded and therefore trusting), from πείθω (peithō, persuade or win trust). “Faith” is πίστις (pistis, trust or reliance), from that same word family, so Greek connects the staying presence with the trust it serves. Confidence here is trust taking shape as dependable presence.
ALSO GROWS
pepoithēsis: Confidence, reliance
πεποίθησις
This related noun makes confidence a form of reliance, not merely certainty about an outcome.
pistis: Trust, reliance, faith
πίστις
The “faith” whose progress and joy the verse names belongs to the same family as its “confidence.”
pistos: Trustworthy, reliable
πιστός
This related word describes what can be trusted, bringing out the relational steadiness implicit in remaining with others.
THE PATTERN
Trust is strengthened through presence that serves its growth and makes room for joy.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.THE THREAD
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:The same root, πείθω (peithō, persuade or win trust), stands behind the confidence here and the confidence of Philippians 1:6; faith, πίστις (pistis, trust or reliance), belongs to that same word family. There, trust rests in a work already begun in you; here, it takes the shape of a staying presence whose purpose is your progress and joy.
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