Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philippians 1:28

"and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;" — Philippians 1:28 (ASV)

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition,

"Away with them! Away with them!" cried the heathen; "those who are not ashamed to acknowledge the crucified Christ are only worthy of perdition." But of what was their courage a token to themselves?

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

They give you up as lost because they cannot frighten you; they take it as a token of your perdition that you are not terrified by them, and it is so to them; yet, to you, the peacefulness with which you can endure slander and persecution should be a token of your salvation.

But to you of salvation, and that of God.

For when saints can bear fierce persecution without flinching, it is an evident sign that they are saved by the grace of God.