Philippians 4:1-3
FIRMNESS AND UNANIMITY ENJOINED.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRMNESS AND UNANIMITY ENJOINED.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, MY BRETHREN, DEARLY BELOVED AND LONGED FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN, SO STAND FAST IN THE LORD, MY DEARLY BELOVED.... [ Continue Reading ]
I BESEECH EUODIAS, AND BESEECH SYNTYCHE, THAT THEY BE OF THE SAME MIND IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I INTREAT THEE ALSO, TRUE YOKE-FELLOW, HELP THOSE WOMEN WHICH LABORED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL, WITH CLEMENT ALSO, AND WITH OTHER MY FELLOW-LABORERS, WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. The apostle here draws the conclusion from the previous exhortation: Therefore, my brethren, beloved and yearned... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY; AND AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REJOICING OF THE CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY IN THEIR FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST. The care-free joy of believers:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. Here the apostle once more brings out the theme of the letter. He was obliged to include this warning against disharmony, but all the while his heart was overflowing with love and joy toward... [ Continue Reading ]
FINALLY, BRETHREN, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHAT SOEVER THINGS ARE JUST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE PURE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT; IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE, AND IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE, THINK ON THESE THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
Christian progress in all virtues:... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THINGS WHICH YE HAVE BOTH LEARNED, AND RECEIVED, AND HEARD, AND SEEN IN ME, DO; AND THE GOD OF PEACE SHALL BE WITH YOU, In order that peace and joy may remain within the Christian hearts and within the Christian congregations, it is necessary that Christians avoid all things which might distur... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I REJOICED IN THE LORD GREATLY THAT NOW AT THE LAST YOUR CARE OF ME BATH FLOURISHED AGAIN, WHEREIN YE WERE ALSO CAREFUL, BUT YE LACKED OPPORTUNITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE KINDNESS OF THE PHILIPPIANS. How Paul accommodated himself to every situation:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT THAT I SPEAK IN RESPECT OF WANT; FOR I HAVE LEARNED IN WHATSOEVER STATE I AM THEREWITH TO BE CONTENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED, AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND; EVERYWHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I AM INSTRUCTED BOTH TO BE FULL AND TO BE HUNGRY, BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO SUFFER NEED.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST, WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME. This passage brings the thanks of Paul for the material help which the Philippian congregation had sent to Rome with Epaphroditus. It was this gift which occasioned the letter, which caused the apostle to write: I rejoiced in the Lord great... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING YE HAVE WELL DONE THAT YE DID COMMUNICATE WITH MY AFFLICTION.... [ Continue Reading ]
The generosity of the Philippians and God's reward:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW YE PHILIPPIANS KNOW ALSO THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL, WHEN I DEPARTED FROM MACEDONIA, NO CHURCH COMMUNICATED WITH ME AS CONCERNING GIVING AND RECEIVING, BUT YE ONLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVEN IN THESSALONICA YE SENT ONCE AND AGAIN UNTO MY NECESSITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BECAUSE I DESIRE A GIFT; BUT I DESIRE FRUIT THAT MAY ABOUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I HAVE ALL AND ABOUND; I AM FULL, HAVING RECEIVED OF EPAPHRODITUS THE THINGS WHICH WERE SENT FROM YOU, AN ODOR OF A SWEET SMELL, A SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE, WELL-PLEASING TO GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW UNTO GOD AND OUR FATHER BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER! AMEN. The apostle now turns the attention of his readers back to the Philippians and their gift, his delicacy and tenderness being unwilling to leave them under the impression as though he did not appreciate their thoughtfulness and love to the... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE EVERY SAINT IN CHRIST JESUS. THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE WITH ME GREET YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREETINGS AND CONCLUSION.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SAINTS SALUTE YOU, CHIEFLY THEY THAT ARE OF CAESAR'S HOUSEHOLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL! AMEN. Every saint, every member of the Philippian congregation, is remembered in the final salutation of the apostle. Being believers, they are saints, cleansed and sanctified by the blood of Christ. The brethren in Rome also wished to be remembere... [ Continue Reading ]