“Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Philippians 1 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.