George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Philippians 2:4
The things that are his. Self-love and self-interest are the two great sources of divisions. The Christian religion teaches a contrary doctrine. (Calmet)
The things that are his. Self-love and self-interest are the two great sources of divisions. The Christian religion teaches a contrary doctrine. (Calmet)
PHILIPPIANS 2:4 e[kastoj On the basis of the weight of external evidence and the fact that everything else in the context is plural, a majority of the Committee preferred e[kastoj (î46 a C D K L P mo...
Verse Philippians 2:4. _LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS_] Do nothing through self-interest in the things of God; nor arrogate to yourselves _gifts, graces_, and _fruits_, which belong to _others...
LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS - That is, be not selfish. Do not let your care and attention be wholly absorbed by your own concerns, or by the concerns of your own family. Evince a tender inter...
II. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S PATTERN CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Oneness of mind through self effacement (Philippians 2:1)_ 2. The humiliation and exaltation of Christ (Philippians 2:5) 3. Work out your own salva...
PHP_2:1-4. UNITY AND HUMILITY. An exhortation based on the help that Christ gives, the word rendered consolation meaning help of various kinds, especially in the form of encouragement. This comes from...
If the fact that you are in Christ has any power to influence you, if love has any persuasive power to move you, if you really are sharing in the Holy Spirit, if you can feel compassion and pity, comp...
THE CAUSES OF DISUNITY (Php_2:1-4)...
LOOK. Greek. _slopeo._ See Luke 11:35. NOT. App-105. EVERY MAN. each one. ALSO, &c.. on the things of others also. OTHERS. App-124....
_Look_ Better, with documentary evidence, LOOKING. "_Look … on_" becomes in R.V. "_look … to_," a change not greatly needed. The look is the look of sympathy, kindly interest, _self-forgetful_cooperat...
ἝΚΑΣΤΟΙ (first occurrence). So ABG2, 17, vulg, Bas Ambr. אCD2K2LP, most cursives, goth syr (pesh and harkl), Hilar Victorin ἕκαστος. All recent editors (but Wordsw) ἕκαστοι. But the evidence for ἕκαστ...
ΤΆ ΈΑΥΤΏΝ (G1438) вещи других; то есть другие, кроме тех, кто назван. О противопоставлении _см._ BD, 161. ΈΚΑΣΤΟΣ (G1538) каждый, ΣΚΟΠΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΚΟΠΈΩ (G4648) смотреть, рассматрив...
LOOK NOT EVERY MAN, &C.— "Let no one among you be only solicitous for his own profit; but let every one desire, and, as he has opportunity, further the profit of others." See Philippians 2:21....
Philippians 2:1. If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2. make full my joy, that ye be of...
OUTLINE OF 1:27-2:18 D. Exhortation to a worthy manner of life; Philippians 1:27-30; Philippians 2:1-18 1. Plea for steadfast striving; Philippians 1:27-30 a
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. [A B C Delta G, Vulgate, read hekastoi (G1538) skopountes (G4648) ... hekastoi (G1538); 'Aleph (') hekastos ...
_PARTICIPATION IN THE EVANGEL_ 27 The citizenship or enfranchisement here referred to is celestial, not terrestrial. THE PHILIPPIANS' SUFFERING 29 It is our privilege to enjoy the sufferings which...
2:4 [qualities], (k-6) Or 'advantages.'...
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S APPEAL FOR UNITY AND *HUMILITY 2:1-4 V1 You are united with Christ and that encourages you. You know the comfort of...
LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS. — This verse similarly describes the positive effect of this “being of one mind” as consisting in power of understanding and sympathy towards “the things of other...
II. (1-4) In this section the hint given above, in the allusion to “one spirit” and “one soul,” is expanded into a direct exhortation to unity of spirit, as shown both by absence of self-assertion an...
[3. Exhortation (Philippians 1:27 to Philippians 2:4). (1) To STEADFASTNESS AND CONFIDENCE UNDER PERSECUTION (Philippians 1:27). (2) To UNITY OF SPIRIT, based on humility and self-f
CHAPTER 6 THE MIND OF CHRIST. Philippians 2:1 (R.V.) In the verses last considered the Apostle had begun to summon his Philippian friends to Christian duty. But so far his words bear the character o...
The authorities are pretty evenly balanced in the case of the alternative readings ἕκαστος and ἕκαστοι (see crit. note). Probably edd. are right in preferring the latter, both on account of the variet...
EXHORTATION TO UNITY OF SPIRIT AND LOWLINESS....
FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE OF SELF-SURRENDER Philippians 2:1 In all Scripture-indeed, in all literature-there is no passage which combines such extraordinary extremes as this. The Apostle opens the golden...
The apostle now urged those to whom he wrote to fill his joy to the full. In order to do this he indicated two causative facts which suggested two resulting experiences, and then referred to conduct i...
COMPLETING PAUL'S JOY THROUGH UNITY The Philippian church had already given Paul much cause for rejoicing (1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 4:1). He pleaded with them to complete his joy by being united in though...
(1) В¶ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, (2) Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same...
There is no epistle in the New Testament which gives so little space to the development of. doctrine as this to the Philippians. Need it be said that it has not the less its own proper office on that...
_AGAINST CONTROVERSY_ ‘Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also...
But this, too, produced its effects. The apostle desired that their joy should be full, and that unity among the Philippians should be perfect; for his absence had allowed some seeds of disunion and d...
LOOK, NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS,.... Not but that a man should take care of his worldly affairs, and look well unto them, and provide things honest in the sight of all men, for himself and his f...
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Ver. 4. _Look not every man, &c._] Self is a great stickler, but must be excluded where love shall be maintained. He...
_Let nothing be done_ among you _through strife_ A spirit of contradiction or contention, which is inconsistent with your being _like- minded; or vain glory_ Desire of praise; wishing to draw the eyes...
While the gospel inculcates universal humility and benevolence, it produces these virtues in all who savingly embrace it, and thus shows itself to be divine....
LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS, BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON THE THINGS OF OTHERS. The apostle had urged the Philippian Christians to stand firm in the common battle and to contend for the great blessi...
THE NEED OF LOVING HUMILITY. Philippians 2:1...
In the first chapter we have seen that Christ is the very principle of life that motivates the apostle in whatever circumstances, - and so indeed it should be for all believers. Chapter 2 now brings C...
The Great Example 1 Peter 2:1-11 1. KEY WORDS 1 Consolation, comfort, fellowship, bowels 2 Likeminded, accord, mercies 3 Strife, vainglory, lowliness, esteem 4 Look, own things 5 Mind 6 Form,...
“NOT LOOKING EACH OF YOU TO HIS OWN THINGS, BUT EACH OF YOU ALSO TO THE THINGS OF OTHERS” “Not”: This verse tells us how we are to consider one another above our own selves. “LOOKING”: “Present activ...
1-4 Here are further exhortations to Christian duties; to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, according to the example of the Lord Jesus. Kindness is the law of Christ's kingdom, the lesson of his...
Ver. 4,5. LET; most translations do express the causal or rather illative Greek particle, which ours doth here omit as an expletive. However, the apostle doth urge them to the exercise of self-denial,...
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II "Care not merely about your own (things), but (about your) neighbour's? "[18]...
Php_2:4 each G1538 look G4648 (G5720) not G3361 interests G1438 but G235 G1538 also G2532 interests G3588 others G2087...
THE CALL TO UNITY (PHILIPPIANS 2:1). In the light of the example of Christ into which they are to enter in their minds (‘let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus' - Philippians 2:5), and...
THE CALL TO UNITY AND LOVE IN THE WAY THAT HAD BEEN EXEMPLIFIED BY JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND WHICH GOD WILL WORK WITHIN THEM AS THEY GIVE ATTENTION TO EXPERIENCING THEIR SALVATION TO THE FULL (PHILIPPI...
‘Not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.' This is then summed up in terms of genuine consideration for others. Not as seen in a determination to make t...
Philippians 2:4. NOT LOOKING EACH OF YOU TO HIS OWN THINGS, BUT EACH OF YOU ALSO TO THE THINGS OF OTHERS. According to the best texts, this is another participial sentence continuing the explanation o...
_Exhortations to unity and humility enforced by the example of Christ,_ 1-11. Following up the exhortation with which the last chapter closed, that the Philippians should stand fast in one spirit, the...
LOOKING (σκοπουντες). Present active participle of σκοπεω from σκοπος (aim, goal). Not keeping an eye on the main chance for number one, but for the good of others....
Philippians 2:4 Courtesy. I. Courtesy is the expression in outward manner of deference for the most delicate susceptibilities of others. It is doubtless, on the one side, a habit; it is practised ins...
Philippians 2:3 The Discipline of the Christian Character. I. The Christian character is set before us in manifold and diversified ways in the Bible. The Christian character in its completeness is th...
Philippians 2:1 I. "If" is not in this case a sign of doubt or hesitation, but, on the contrary, a sign of the most assured certainty. As employed by Paul, it is equivalent to "If there is any water...
Philippians 2:1. _if there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having...
Philippians 2:1. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having t...
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having...
CONTENTS: Christ, the believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service. The outworking of inworked salvation. The apostolic example. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus. C...
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ._ Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one...
AND LOOK OUT FOR. See 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:33 and notes....
_If there be therefore any consolation in Christ _ CHRISTIAN UNITY I. The doctrine of Christian unity. 1. This unity is inward and consists of harmonious spiritual feeling. (1) It can only subsist...
_Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory _ I. There are two ways of doing even the best work. Through strife and through love. This was seen in chap. 1, where two classes of preachers were...
_Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others _ OUR OWN AND OTHERS’ THINGS This is but a practical application of sentiments and dispositions already enforced. Th...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 2:1 Encouragement to Humble Service. Paul calls the Philippians to unite in love and humility (vv. Philippians 2:1), following
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 2:3 Paul realizes that everyone naturally looks out for his or her OWN INTERESTS. The key is to take that same level of concern and apply it ALSO to the
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 2:1. CONSOLATION IN CHRIST.—_Exhortation_ would be better, inasmuch as consolation anticipates the comfort of the next phrase. COMFORT OF LOVE.—Encourageme...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 2:1 IF THERE BE THEREFORE, ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST. Mark the fervor of the apostle. Ὅρα πῶς λιπαρῶς πῶς σφοδρῶς πῶς μετὰ συμπαωείας πολλῆς (Chrysostom). He appeals...
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if [there is] any comfort of love, if [there is] any fellowship of the Spirit, if [there is] any bowels [compassion] and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, tha...
1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 12:22;...
Look [σ κ ο π ο υ ν τ ε ς]. Attentively : fixing the attention upon, with desire for or interest in. So Romans 16:17; Philippians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18. Hence often to aim at; compare skopov the ma...
HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD LIVE Philippians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We were told that when Minister Wu, of China, was addressing an American audience in Washington, D. C., upon comparative religions, he s...
Aim not every one at his own things — Only. If so, ye have not bowels of mercies....
The apostle here, dissuadeth from another sin, which is very destructive of unity and peace, of concord and love; and that is, the sin of inordinate self-love, whereby we regard only our own honour an...