King James Version

Philippians 1:16

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to add” (ἐγείρειν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to bring against [him]” (ἐπιφέρειν) before the here.

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofἐριθείαςeritheiascontentionἐριθεία (eritheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “contention”, the of-formG2052(the seeking of followers and adherents by means of gifts, the seeking of followers, hence) ambition, rivalry, self-seeking; a feud, faction.contentionτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.καταγγέλλουσινkatangellousinto proclaimκαταγγέλλω (katangellō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to proclaim”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2605I declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate.οὐχouchnotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἁγνῶςhagnōssincerelyἁγνῶςadverb — “sincerely”G55purely, sincerely, with pure motives, honestly.This verse uses “sincerely”.sincerelyοἰόμενοιoiomenoisupposingοἶμαι (oimai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “supposing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3633I think, suppose, expect, imagine.supposingθλῖψινthlipsinafflictionθλῖψις (thlipsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “affliction”, the object formG2347persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation.This verse uses “affliction”.afflictionἐγείρεινegeireinto ariseἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, present active infinitive — “to arise”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δεσμοῖςdesmoisbondsδεσμός (desmos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “bonds”, the to- or for-formG1199a bond, chain, imprisonment; a string or ligament, an impediment, infirmity.bondsμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

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ἐπιφέρεινepiphereinto addἐπιφέρω (epipherō)verb, present active infinitive — “to add”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2018I bring forward (against), impose, inflict.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

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American Standard Version (1901)

the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

Young’s Literal Translation

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

World English Bible

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

Darby Translation

These indeed out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the glad tidings;

Douay-Rheims

Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

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