Phili 1:7 | NET2full | STEP | For it is right for me to think this about all of you , because I have you in my heart , since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me .

‏ Philippians 1:7

7 For ^{▼▼tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”} it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ^{▼▼tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”} since both in my imprisonment ^{▼▼tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.} and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ^{▼▼tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.} together with me.