Philipper 2:17

17 Wenn ich aber auch als Trankopfer über das Opfer und den Dienst eures Glaubens gesprengt werde, so freue ich mich und freue mich mit euch allen.

Philipper 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 2:17

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 the sacrifice; and the laying down of his life for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel: which he knew not how soon might be, though he was in some hopes of a deliverance for the present, and therefore speaks of it in an hypothetical way: yet he expected it sooner or later; and that whenever it was, it would be as the libation upon the offering.

Upon the sacrifice and service of your faith;
he had been the means of bringing them to the faith of Christ, in which they were an offering acceptable to God, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost; see ( Romans 15:16 ) ; and should he suffer and shed his blood in the cause of Christ, it would be as a libation on them, as a sacrifice; it would be for the sake of preaching the doctrine of faith, by which they were brought to believe on Christ; and it would be for the further confirmation of their faith, and as a drink offering acceptable unto God; upon all which accounts it would be matter of joy to him.

I joy and rejoice with you all;
meaning at his sufferings and death, and the advantages thereof to Christ, to his churches, and to himself.

Philipper 2:17 In-Context

15 auf daß ihr tadellos und lauter seid, unbescholtene Kinder Gottes, inmitten eines verdrehten und verkehrten Geschlechts, unter welchem ihr scheinet wie Lichter in der Welt,

16 darstellend das Wort des Lebens, mir zum Ruhm auf den Tag Christi, daß ich nicht vergeblich gelaufen bin, noch auch vergeblich gearbeitet habe.

17 Wenn ich aber auch als Trankopfer über das Opfer und den Dienst eures Glaubens gesprengt werde, so freue ich mich und freue mich mit euch allen.

18 Gleicherweise aber freuet auch ihr euch und freuet euch mit mir.

19 Ich hoffe aber in dem Herrn Jesus, Timotheus bald zu euch zu senden, auf daß auch ich gutes Mutes sei, wenn ich eure Umstände weiß.