Philippians 2:1-4
THE NEED OF LOVING HUMILITY. Philippians 2:1... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEED OF LOVING HUMILITY. Philippians 2:1... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THERE BE, THEREFORE, ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST, IF ANY COMFORT OF LOVE, IF ANY FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT, IF ANY BOWELS AND MERCIES,... [ Continue Reading ]
FULFILL YE MY JOY THAT YE BE LIKE-MINDED, HAVING THE SAME LOVE, BEING OF ONE ACCORD, OF ONE MIND.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NOTHING BE DONE THROUGH STRIFE OR VAINGLORY, BUT IN LOWLINESS OF MIND LET EACH ESTEEM OTHER BETTER THAN THEMSELVES.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 blessings of mercy. To this he adds a new thought: If, now, there be any admonition in Christ, if any urgi... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST'S HUMILITY. Philippians 2:5 Christ's state of humiliation and its lesson:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO, BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD, THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, AND TOOK UPON HIM THE FORM OF A SERVANT, AND WAS MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BEING FOUND IN FASHION AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH, EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS. His admonition to meekness and humility the apostle supports in the most emphatic manner: After this manner think in yourselves that also was in Christ Jesus. The Christians should... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, AND GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME,... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ's state of exaltation:... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, OF THINGS IN HEAVEN AND THINGS IN EARTH AND THINGS UNDER THE EARTH,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER. The enthusiasm of the apostle here carries him beyond his original scope, in a triumphant description of Christ's exaltation: On which account also God has highly exalted Him and given to Him the name, th... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YE HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE APPLICATION OF THE ADMONITION TO TRUE WORKS OF SANCTIFICATION. Philippians 2:12... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT IS GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT MURMURINGS AND DISPUTINGS,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YE MAY BE BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS, THE SONS OF GOD, WITHOUT REBUKE, IN THE MIDST OF A CROOKED AND PERVERSE NATION, AMONG WHOM YE SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE, THAT I MAY REJOICE IN THE DAY OF CHRIST THAT I HAVE NOT RUN IN VAIN, NEITHER LABORED IN VAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, AND IF I BE OFFERED UPON THE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE OF YOUR FAITH, I JOY, AND REJOICE WITH YOU ALL.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE SAME CAUSE ALSO DO YE JOY, AND REJOICE WITH ME. The apostle here draws a conclusion and makes a practical application: Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always been obedient, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation. In ac... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS TO SEND TIMOTHEUS SHORTLY UNTO YOU THAT I ALSO MAY BE OF GOOD COMFORT WHEN I KNOW YOUR STATE.... [ Continue Reading ]
RECOMMENDATION OF TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS. Paul's reason and object in sending Timothy:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I HAVE NO MAN LIKEMINDED, WHO WILL NATURALLY CARE FOR YOUR STATE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ALL SEEK THEIR OWN, NOT THE THINGS WHICH ARE JESUS CHRIST'S.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE KNOW THE PROOF OF HIM, THAT, AS A SON WITH THE FATHER, HE HATH SERVED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM, THEREFORE, I HOPE TO SEND PRESENTLY, SO SOON AS I SHALL SEE HOW IT WILL GO WITH ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I TRUST IN THE LORD THAT I ALSO MYSELF SHALL COME SHORTLY. The entire paragraph is concerned with personal matters, as if Paul were hurrying to a close. His recommendation of Timothy shows the intimacy of the feeling between these two men, a cordial relation which the difference in age in no way... [ Continue Reading ]
YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS, MY BROTHER AND COMPANION IN LABOR AND FELLOW-SOLDIER, BUT YOUR MESSENGER, AND HE THAT MINISTERED TO MY WANTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The return of Epaphroditus to Philippi:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE LONGED AFTER YOU ALL, AND WAS FULL OF HEAVINESS, BECAUSE THAT YE HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD BEEN SICK.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR INDEED HE WAS SICK NIGH UNTO DEATH; BUT GOD HAD MERCY ON HIM; AND NOT ON HIM ONLY, BUT ON ME ALSO, LEST I SHOULD HAVE SORROW UPON SORROW.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SENT HIM, THEREFORE, THE MORE CAREFULLY, THAT, WHEN YE SEE HIM AGAIN, YE MAY REJOICE, AND THAT I MAY BE THE LESS SORROWFUL,... [ Continue Reading ]
RECEIVE HIM, THEREFORE, IN THE LORD WITH ALL GLADNESS, AND HOLD SUCH IN REPUTATION;... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE FOR THE WORK OF CHRIST HE WAS NIGH UNTO DEATH, NOT REGARDING HIS LIFE, TO SUPPLY YOUR LACK OF SERVICE TOWARD ME. It may be that Timothy made the journey to Philippi with Epaphroditus; but, however that may be, the latter left immediately after the writing of this letter and acted as its bear... [ Continue Reading ]