Confidence in Deliverance
In verse 19, we can tell that Paul is confident because he starts the verse out with the statement, “I _______”
What is “know”
“For to me, to live is __________ and to die is __________.“
What is “Christ” and “gain”
Based on Philippians 1:24, "yet to remain on in the flesh is more _____________ for your sake.”
What is “necessary” or “needful”
Philippians 1:22a states “But if I am to ______ on in the flesh”
What is “live”
Paul was surely confident of Christ's promise in Matthew 10:32: "Everyone ... Who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in _________.
What is “heaven”
Paul knew his present trials would turn out for his future deliverance, believing that “God causes all things to work together for ________ to those who _______ God, to those who are called according to His purpose”
What is “good” and “love”
Christ was Paul's reason for being or ______________ .
Hint: Unscramble the word
C E S I X T E E N
What is “EXISTENCE”
Based on Philippians 1:25, "Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and ______ in the faith,"
What is “joy”
Romans 8:5 contrasts those who live "according to the flesh" with "those according to the Spirit." That's a contrast between unrighteousness and ________________
What is “righteousness”
The Old Testament (Psalm 25:2-3 and other verses) affirms that the _____________ will never be put to shame
What is “righteous”
Paul did not know whether he would be released from prison because he said in verse 20 his deliverance would come "by ______ or ______"
What is “life” or “death”
Those who truly live for Christ have no _______ of death
What is “fear”
Based on Philippians 1:26, "So that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my _______ to you again."
What is “coming”
Flesh in Philippians 1:22a does not refer to ______ but one’s existence in the physical ________.
What is “sin” and “world”
To be put to shame means to be
Hint: Unscramble the word:
D E T P N I O P S I D A
What is “disappointed”
Based on the affirmation in Psalm 22:4-5 “In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.” and many other Psalms, Paul was confident that God would deliver the _____________
What is “righteous”
For Paul, “Life in its ________ is Christ”
What is “sum”
According to Philippians 2:3-4, "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of ______"
What is “others”
Based on 2 Corinthians 10:3, "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh." Although we exist in the physical realm, we do not fight __________ battles with physical weapons
What is “spiritual”
In Philippians 1:20, Paul says, "According to my earnest expectation and hope, know that I shall not be put to _________ in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ shall even now, as always, be exalted in my body.“
What is “shame” or “ashamed”
The Greek word translated "deliverance" (soteria) is the word for __________. Hint: how KJV translates the word in verse 19.
What is “salvation”
In Acts 21:13 Paul’s response was, “….For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to ______ at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
What is “die”
Meno is the Greek word for
What is “remain”
According to 1 Peter 4:2, "Live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the _______ of God."
What is “will”
Paul also had the assurance of this promise at the time of his conversion in Acts 22:14-15 "the God of our fathers has appointed you [Paul] to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to bear an utterance from His mouth. For you will be a _________ for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard"
What is “witness”