Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Philippians 3:18
Weeping — As he wrote. Enemies of the cross of Christ — Such are all cowardly, all shamefaced, all delicate Christians.
Weeping — As he wrote. Enemies of the cross of Christ — Such are all cowardly, all shamefaced, all delicate Christians.
Verse 18. _FOR MANY WALK_, c.] The Judaizing teachers continue to preach, who wish to incorporate circumcision, and other ordinances of the law, with the Gospel. They are _THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS O...
FOR MANY WALK - Many live, the Christian life being often in the Scriptures compared with a journey. In order to induce them to imitate those who were the most holy, the apostle says that there were m...
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_3:17-21. A CONTRAST. The Philippians are to follow Paul's example in this matter. It is needed because many live very differently. They are a great grief to him; indulging in gross living and even...
Brothers, unite in imitating me, and keep your gaze on those who live, as you have seen us as an example. For there are many who behave in such a way--I have often spoken to you about them, and I do s...
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...
Philippians 3:18. These verses form. _Parembole,_ App-6....
_many_ Evidently holders of an antinomian parody of the Gospel of grace; see on Philippians 3:12. That there were such in the primeval Church appears also from Romans 16:17-18 (a warning _to_Rome, as...
APPLICATION OF THE THOUGHT OF PROGRESS: WARNING AGAINST UNHOLY MISUSE OF THE TRUTH OF GRACE: THE COMING GLORY OF THE BODY, A MOTIVE TO PURITY...
ΠΟΛΛΟῚ. So early did an antinomian travesty of the Gospel of free grace arise and spread. Similar errors are in view in Romans 16:17-18, where he denounces the utterers of unwholesome χρηστολογία καὶ...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни, ΚΛΑΊΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΛΑΊΩ (G2799) плакать, рыдать, стонать. Причина скорби Святого Павла в том, что они исказ...
DISCOURSE: 2157 A WARNING TO THE EARTHLY-MINDED Philippians 3:18. _Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end...
THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS— That is, "enemies to the doctrine of salvation by a dependance upon _Christ crucified:"_ for while they directed men to seek salvation by observing the ceremonial la...
18. FOR MANY WALK, OF WHOM I TOLD YOU OFTEN, AND NOW TELL YOU EVEN WEEPING, _THAT THEY ARE_ THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST: 19. WHOSE END IS PERDITION, WHOSE GOD IS THE BELLY, AND _WHOSE_ GLORY IS...
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: MANY WALK. Follow not evildoers, because they are "many" (). Their n...
__ Exhortation to Imitate Paul fact that in him alone do we see the resurrection life of Christ interpreted in terms of present conduct. Christ's earthly life needs no such interpretation, so none of...
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...
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...
EVEN WEEPING. — The especial sorrow, we cannot doubt, lay in this, that the Antinomian profligacy sheltered itself under his own preaching of liberty and of the superiority of the Spirit to the Law. T...
(17-21) In these verses St. Paul turns from the party of Pharisaic perfection to the opposite party of Antinomian profligacy, claiming, no doubt, to walk in the way of Christian liberty which he preac...
[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 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...
CHAPTER 15 ENEMIES OF THE CROSS. Philippians 3:18 (R.V.) THE New Testament writers, and not least the Apostle Paul, are wont to bring out their conception of the true Christian life by setting it vi...
πολλοὶ κ. τ. λ. To whom does he refer? Plainly they were persons inside the Christian Church, although probably not at Philippi. This (against Ws [1].) is borne out by the use of περιπατεῖν compared w...
A SOLEMN WARNING AGAINST THE EARTHLY, SENSUAL MIND....
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...
BE CAREFUL WHO YOU FOLLOW Paul wanted the brethren at Philippi to follow him in his constant run toward the goal and mark. He also encouraged them to note those who followed a similar course (1 Peter...
(8) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: (8) He shows what the false apostles truly are, not from malice or...
(17) В¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they a...
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...
18_For many walk _The simple _statement, _in my opinion, is this — _Many walk who mind earthly things, _meaning by this, that there are many who creep upon the ground (195), not feeling the power of G...
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...
FOR MANY WALK,.... אחרניאית, "otherwise", as the Syriac version adds; and which truly explains the words, and gives the sense; they walked not as the apostle and his followers; they walked as men, as...
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, _that they are_ the enemies of the cross of Christ: Ver. 18. _And now tell you weeping_] _Non tam atramento quam lachrymi...
_Brethren, be followers together_ Συμμιμηται, _joint imitators, of me_ Obedient to my directions, and following the pattern which God enables me to set before you; _and mark_ Observe and imitate them;...
(FOR MANY WALK, OF WHOM I HAVE TOLD YOU OFTEN, AND NOW TELL YOU EVEN WEEPING, THAT THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST;...
A warning call:...
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...
Living in the Future Tense 1 Peter 3:17-21 1. KEY WORDS 17 Brethren, followers, mark, ensample 18 Walk, weeping, enemies, cross 19 End, destruction, god, belly, shame, earthly 20 Conversation, h...
“For many walk, of whom. told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ” “For many walk”: Compare with Matthew 7:13; Matthew 21:1; Matthew 22:1;...
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...
He doth, as in a parenthesis, according to our Bibles, allege reasons for his proposals. FOR MANY WALK; there were not a few who did at present walk otherwise, being _evil workers,_ PHILIPPIANS 3:2, n...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians on which our life both sprang up again, and the victory over death was obtained in Christ, whom the children of perdition, the enemies of the Saviour, deny, "who...
Php_3:18 For G1063 many G4183 walk G4043 (G5719) whom G3739 told G3004 (G5707) you G5213 often G4178 and G1161 now...
‘For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,' In contrast with Paul and his fellow-workers are those whose walk is extreme...
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...
_What Examples are_ _to be followed, and what to be avoided,_ 17-21. Having set before the Philippians the necessity for walking in the light which each has, St. Paul now points them to his own life,...
Philippians 3:18. FOR MANY WALK OF WHOM I HAVE TOLD YOU OFTEN. These are the men who offend in an opposite way to the Judaizers. We hear much of them in the Epistles, how in their boastfulness of supe...
I TOLD YOU OFTEN (πολλακις ελεγον). Imperfect active, repetition in Paul s warnings to them.EVEN WEEPING (κα κλαιων). Deep emotion as he dictated the letter and recalled these recreant followers...
Philippians 3:18 The Cross the Measure of Sin. How is it that every sin, even the very least, makes men enemies of the Cross of Christ? I. First, because it was sin that, so to speak, created the Cr...
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...
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...
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....
I HAVE TOLD YOU. Again and again Paul has warned about those who would refuse to follow the fellowship of the Spirit. Compare Acts 20:29-31. WHOSE LIVES MAKE THEM ENEMIES. They are enemies of Christ's...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 3:18 The ENEMIES OF THE CROSS could be the Judaizers of v. Philippians 3:2 or “worldly” people in general....
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 3:17. FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME.—He does not, as some ungracious pastors do, show the steep road to perfection whilst himself staying at the wicket-gate. L...
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 1:18; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 11:29;...
Many walk. No word is supplied describing the character of their walk; but this is brought out by enemies of the cross of Christ, and in the details of ver. 19. The persons alluded to were probably th...