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Philippians 3:15
Let us, therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Let us, therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
PHILIPPIANS 3:15 fronw/men {A} In place of the hortatory subjunctive, which is appropriate in the context, the indicative is read by a L and a few other witnesses, probably through scribal inadverte...
Verse 15. _AS MANY AS BE PERFECT_] As many as are _thoroughly_ _instructed_ in Divine things, who have cast off all dependence on the law and on every other system for salvation, and who discern God c...
LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS BE PERFECT - see the notes at Philippians 3:12. Or, rather, those who would be perfect; or who are aiming at perfection. It can hardly be supposed that the apostle would a...
III. CHRIST, THE OBJECT AND THE GOAL CHAPTER 3 __ 1. The true circumcision (Philippians 3:1) 2. Paul's past experience (Philippians 3:4) 3. The one passion (Philippians 3:8)...
PHP_3:10-16. AIM AND ASPIRATION. In exchange for the proud Jewish privileges that he has renounced, Paul has a new pursuit. His aim is to know Christ and the power that comes from His resurrection, th...
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY (Php_3:1) _ 3:1 As for what remains, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble to me to write the same things to you, and for you it is safe._ Paul sets down two very...
Not that I have already obtained this, or that I am already all complete but I press on to try to grasp that for which I have been grasped by Jesus Christ. Brothers, I do not count myself to have obta...
PERFECT. App-126. BE THUS MINDED. have this in mind. Greek. _phroneo,_ as in verses: Php 16:19. BE... MINDED. Same word. OTHERWISE. Greek. _heteros_. Only used thus here. Compare App-124. REVEAL....
_perfect_ An adjective, not a perfect participle, as was the kindred word (" _perfected_") in Philippians 3:12. Is there a contradiction between this place and that? On the surface, but not really. Th...
HIS SPIRITUAL CONDITION IS ONE OF PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION...
ΤΈΛΕΙΟΙ. Here is an apparent discrepancy with his rejection of the thought of his being “perfected,” just above. But he seems to be taking up here, with a sort of loving irony, a word used by those wh...
ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) каждый, те, кто. ΤΈΛΕΊΟΣ (G5046) совершенный, зрелый. Имеется в виду взрослый человек в отличие от ребенка (Lightfoot). ΦΡΟΝΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΦΡΟΝΈΩ (G5426) думать, относиться...
DISCOURSE: 2155 HOLY AMBITION ENCOURAGED Philippians 3:13. _Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unt...
LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS BE PERFECT, &C.— "Such is the situation of my own mind, and the ardour of desire with which I am pressing after farther attainments in the Divine life. _Let as many of us...
15. LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS ARE PERFECT, BE THUS MINDED: AND IF IN ANYTHING YE ARE OTHERWISE MINDED, THIS ALSO SHALL GOD REVEAL UNTO YOU: 16. ONLY WHEREUNTO WE HAVE ATTAINED, BY THAT SAME _RULE_...
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. THEREFORE - resuming . PERFECT - full-grown (no longer 'bab...
_ THE LIVING EXAMPLES_ 19 The word soul has lost its significance in English, especially in its compounds, hence we render idiomatically "good cheer," for "well souled" and "equally sensitive" for "e...
3:15 perfect, (g-6) Or 'full-grown,' as 1 Corinthians 14:20 ....
DANGERS AND HOPES OF THE PRESENT SITUATION _V. Interjected Warnings (Philippians 3:1)_ § 11. PHILIPPIANS 3:1. FINALLY (lit. 'For the rest'), MY BRETHREN, brings the close of the letter in sight (see...
LET US, SO MANY AS BE PERFECT (the true 'initiates,' in contrast with those alluded to in Philippians 3:12), BE THUS MINDED—as much as to say, 'Those really deep in Christian knowledge will think in t...
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 3 PAUL WARNS THEM AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS 3:1-3 V1 Finally, my friends, *rejoice in the *Lord. To write the same things to yo...
PERFECT. — The word is apparently used with a touch of irony (as perhaps the word “spiritual” in Galatians 6:1), in reference to those who hold themselves “to have already attained, to be already perf...
[7. Words of Warning (Philippians 3:1 to Philippians 4:3). (1) AGAINST THE JUDAISERS. (_a_) _Warning against confidence_ “_in the flesh,”_ illustrated by his own renunciation of all Jewish privileg...
CHAPTER 14 CHRISTIAN LIFE A RACE. Philippians 3:12 (R.V.) VARIOUS passages in this Epistle suggest that the Apostle's Philippian friends or some of them were relaxing in diligence; they were failing...
CHAPTER 11 THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. Philippians 3:8 (R.V.) MR. ALEXANDER KNOX, in a letter to a friend, makes the following remark: "Religion contains two sets of truths, which I may venture to deno...
THE MARK OF THE MATURE CHRISTIAN, TO PRESS FORWARD....
τέλειοι. What Paul understands by τέλ. we can easily discover from Ephesians 4:13-14; Colossians 1:28; Colossians 4:12, 1 Corin
PRESSING ON “UNTO THE PRIZE” Philippians 3:13 The nearer the saint comes to the perfect life, the farther he feels from it. It is only when we have climbed the foothills that we realize how lofty the...
This is the great chapter of the autobiography of Paul. First, he emphasized the story of his past in a most remarkable way. Then referring to these things as gains (the word in the original is plural...
PRESSING ON TO THE PRIZE Having forgotten all that was in the past, the apostle pressed, or stretched forward like a runner trying to break the tape, toward the prize of salvation in Christ (1 Peter 3...
(7) Let us therefore, as many as be (m) perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. (7) The conclusion of this exhortation standing upon t...
(1) В¶ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. (2) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the conci...
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...
15_As many as are perfect _Lest any one should understand this as spoken of the generality of mankind, as though he were explaining the simple elements to those that are mere children in Christ, he de...
In Chapter 3 Paul resumes his exhortation; but it was not burdensome to him, and it was safe for them (danger being present and his tender love watchful), to renew his warnings and instructions respec...
LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS BE PERFECT,.... Not absolutely, but comparatively, with respect to other believers, in a lower class of knowledge and experience; and not with respect to degrees, but part...
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Ver. 15. _As many as be perfect_] Comparatively, or conceited...
_Let us, as many as are perfect_ As many as are genuine believers in Christ, thorough Christians, justified and regenerated, new creatures in Christ, and so fit for the Christian race of duty and suff...
BE PERFECT; have attained to mature Christian knowledge. BE THUS MINDED; have my mind as just described. BE OTHERWISE MINDED; if any had not attained to so much light as to their duty, let them impro...
It is far from irksome to the apostle to turn again to speak of "rejoicing in the Lord." Simple and elementary as is his exhortation, he is not wearied in repeating "the same things..... For you it is...
Let's Win the Race! 1 Peter 3:12-16 1. KEY WORDS 12 Attained, perfect, apprehend 13 Count, forgetting, reaching, before 14 Press, mark, prize, calling 15 Perfect, minded, reveal 16 Walk, rule,...
1 Peter 3:15 “Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you” “Let us therefore”: THIS LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY...
12-21 This simple dependence and earnestness of soul, were not mentioned as if the apostle had gained the prize, or were already made perfect in the Saviour's likeness. He forgot the things which wer...
A learned man reads it from the Greek to this purpose: As many therefore as are perfect, let us think this; and if ye think any thing otherwise, even this also God will, or may, reveal to you, (beside...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I And yet he reckons himself perfect, because he has been emancipated from his former life, and strives after the better life, not as perfect in knowledge, b...
Php_3:15 Therefore G3767 let G5426 as G3745 mature G5046 have G5426 this G5124 mind G5426 (G5725) and G2532 anything G1536 thin
‘Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded, and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also will God reveal to you,' In Philippians 3:12 Paul declared that he was not already ‘pe...
HIS KNOWING OF CHRIST INVOLVES PARTICIPATION WITH HIM IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION WITH HIM IN HIS SUFFERINGS, BY HIMSELF RECOGNISING THAT HE HAS DIED WITH CHRIST. AND HIS...
Philippians 3:15. LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS BE PERFECT. The apostle uses the word ‘perfect,' as our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount: ‘Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfec...
_Preparation to conclude, interrupted by a digression on false teaching,_ 3-16. St. Paul has now touched on all the topics on which he is about to write to the Philippians as their special concern, an...
AS MANY AS BE PERFECT (οσο τελειο). Here the term τελειο means relative perfection, not the absolute perfection so pointedly denied in verse Philippians 3:12. Paul here includes himself in the grou...
PERFECT (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
Philippians 3:15 Toleration. I. In proportion as we really love the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall love those who love Him, be it in never so clumsy or mistaken a fashion, and love those too whom He lov...
The Holy Ghost incited this Epistle by the pen of his servant Paul. May he also write it on our hearts! Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._ When you get to «finally,» when...
Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._ As much as to say, «If this were the last sentence that I should write to you, I would say, Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.' I...
Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._ Let this be the end of everything; before you get to the end of it, and when you do get to the end of it, «rejoice in the Lord.» It is in...
CONTENTS: Christ, the object of the believer's faith, desire and expectation. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let those reckon themselves unspeakable losers, who by adhering t...
Philippians 3:2. _Beware of dogs,_ judaizing teachers and false apostles, which bite and devour the flock; dogs which bark in ignorance against the person of Christ, and the gospel of God our Saviour....
WHO ARE SPIRITUALLY MATURE. This is a play on words: he is not _perfect,_ he is _mature._ Those who are _mature_ should have this attitude: forget the past; run straight toward the goal. IF, HOWEVER....
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 3:15 MATURE is the same adjective translated “perfect” in v. Philippians 3:12. Paul is essentially saying, “If you are really
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 3:1 Opponents of the Gospel: Where Does Righteousness Come From? Paul calls on the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord (v. Philippi
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 3:12. NOT AS THOUGH I HAD ALREADY ATTAINED.—The word for “attained” may possibly refer to the turning-point in St. Paul’s history, and so the phrase would...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 3:1 FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, REJOICE IN THE LORD. This word "finally" (τὸ λοιπόν is frequently used by St. Paul to introduce a practical conclusion after the doctrinal portion...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Philippians 3. Again, remember that the background of this epistle, Paul is chained to a Roman soldier in Rome, in prison, writing to the Philippians. The keynote of...
1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 John 2:5; 2 Timothy 3:17;...
Toward the mark [κ α τ α σ κ ο π ο ν]. Rev., goal. Bear down upon [κ α τ α]. Skopov mark, only here in the New Testament. See on look, ch. 2 4. Used in the classics of a mark for shooting at, or as a...
Let us, as many as are perfect — Fit for the race, strong in faith; so it means here. Be thus minded — Apply wholly to this one thing. And if in anything ye — Who are not perfect, who are weak in fait...
Are Christians perfect, or still on the way? PROBLEM: In this verse, Paul calls on those who “are perfect” (KJV) to act as he did, but only three verses earlier he claimed that he was not “already pe...
LET AS MANY AS BE PERFECT, that is, grown Christians, instructed thoroughly in their Christian duty, who, compared with others, may be called PERFECT, BE THUS MINDED, as. am, namely, to believe the ci...