Furtherance - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Furtherance

* Notes:

(1) In Philippians 1:12, Philippians 1:25, AV, prokope, a striking forward" (pro, "forward," kopto, "to cut"), is translated "furtherance;" "progress" in RV, as in 1 Timothy 4:15. Originally the word was used of a pioneer cutting his way through brushwood. See PROGRESS.

(2) In Philippians 1:5 the RV "(for your fellowship) in furtherance of the Gospel," and in Philippians 2:22, "in furtherance of the Gospel," are, lit., "unto the Gospel."

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words