NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Philippians 3:1
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews "people," whose "mount" is Christ, "prµcised without concisors' hands,[49]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews "people," whose "mount" is Christ, "prµcised without concisors' hands,[49]
CHAPTER III. _The apostle exhorts the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord_, 1. _And to beware of false teachers_, 2. _Shows that Christians are the true circumcision, who worship_ _God in the Spiri...
FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, REJOICE IN THE LORD - That is, in the Lord Jesus; see Philippians 3:3; compare the Acts 1:24 note, and 1 Thessalonians 5:16 note. The idea here is, that it is the duty
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_3:1-3. A WARNING. Paul says Finally although he is only half-way through his epistle; he uses the word again at Php_4:8, though even then he adds fresh paragraphs. Some have tried to find a meanin...
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...
IN. App-104. LORD. App-98. NOT. App-105. GRIEVOUS. irksome. Greek. _oknneros._ See Romans 12:11. SAFE. Greek. _asphales._ See Acts 21:34....
Philippians 3:1-3. Let them cultivate Joy in the Lord, as the true preservative from the Dangers of Judaistic Teaching 1. _Finally_ Lit., "_For the rest_"; "_For what remains_." See Ephesians 6:10, an...
ΤῸ ΛΟΙΠΌΝ. “For the rest”; “For what remains.” So below, Philippians 4:8; and Ephesians 6:10 : τὸ λοιπὸν … ἐνδυναμοῦσθε, κτλ. For St Paul’s use of the phrase see also (λοιπὸν) 1 Corinthians 1:16; (ὃ δ...
FINALLY,—REJOICE— Some have apprehended here a contrast with ch. Philippians 2:25; Philippians 2:28 where the Apostle tells them he had sent Epaphroditus, that they might _rejoice at his coming:_ as i...
OUTLINE OF 3:1-21 Rejoice; Philippians 3:1 F. False teachers contrasted with Paul's example; Philippians 3:2-21; Philippians 4:1 1. Why beware of the law-keepers;...
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. FINALLY, [ to (G3588) loipon (G3063)] - or (not time, but a transit...
_ 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...
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...
III. [6. Original Conclusion of the Epistle (Philippians 3:1). “FINALLY BRETHREN, FAREWELL IN THE LORD.”] (1) FINALLY. — The same word is used in 2 Corinthians 13:11; Ephesians
[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 10 NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. Philippians 3:1 (R.V.) THE third chapter contains the portion of this Epistle in which, perhaps, one is hardest put to it to keep pace with the writer. Here he...
τὸ λοιπόν. Probably A.V. rightly translates “finally” (summing up all his exhortations to them). It must, however, be remembered that in late Greek λοιπόν had come to mean scarcely more than οὖν. Even...
A SALUTATION CHANGED INTO A WARNING....
LOSING ALL TO KNOW CHRIST Philippians 3:1 Precept must be on precept, line on line. The false teachers who dogged Paul's steps insisted on rigid conformity to Judaism, with its rabbinical accretions,...
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...
"BEWARE OF DOGS" The word "finally," according to Vine, was sometimes used by Paul to mark the close of one part of an epistle. It is a transitional word that actually means, "And for the rest". Paul...
Finally, (1) my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. (2) To write the (a) same things to you, to me indeed [is] not grievous, but for you [it is] safe. (1) A conclusion of those things which have been said...
_To write. From hence it would appear, says Grotius, that St. Paul had intended to have finished his letter at the end of the preceding chapter; but something new occurring to him, he added the two fo...
CONTENTS In this Chapter, the Apostle warns the Church against false Teachers. He as strongly points out, and that in his own Example, what are the infallible Marks of Grace in the Heart; namely, to...
(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...
1_Rejoice in the Lord _This is a conclusion from what goes before, for as Satan never ceased to distress them with daily rumors, he bids them divest themselves of anxiety and be of good courage. In th...
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...
FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, REJOICE IN THE LORD,.... The Syriac version reads, "in our Lord", i.e. Christ. The apostle seems as if he was about to conclude his epistle; and therefore, as if he was taking hi...
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. Ver. 1. _Rejoice_] Or farewell in the Lord. _Salutem in sospitato...
_Finally_ Or rather, as το λοιπον should be here rendered, _As for what remains;_ or, what I have further in view in writing this epistle. For the expression cannot here signify _finally_, as our tran...
THE SAME THINGS; which he had before inculcated. Some suppose that he has especial reference to the exhortation to rejoice, which he had already given, chap Philippians 2:18, and repeats again emphati...
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....
THE DANGERS OF JUDAISTIC TEACHING. A joyful admonition changed to a warning:...
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...
Learning How to Count 1 Peter 3:1-11 1. KEY WORDS 1 Finally, grievous, safe 2 Beware, evil, concision 3 Circumcision, worship, spirit 4 Flesh, trust 5 Israel, Hebrew, Pharisee 6 Zeal, persecut...
“FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, REJOICE IN THE LORD. TO WRITE THE SAME THINGS TO YOU, TO ME INDEED IS NOT IRKSOME, BUT FOR YOU IT IS SAFE” “Finally”: Compare with Philippians 4:8. “Literally, ‘as for the rest'...
1-11 Sincere Christians rejoice in Christ Jesus. The prophet calls the false prophets dumb dogs, Isaiah 56:10; to which the apostle seems to refer. Dogs, for their malice against faithful professors...
PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3 PHILIPPIANS 3:1 Paul exhorteth to rejoice in the Lord, and to beware of the false teachers of the circumcision, PHILIPPIANS 3:4 showing that as a Jew he had better grounds of con...
Php_3:1 Finally G3063 my G3450 brethren G80 rejoice G5463 (G5720) in G1722 Lord G2962 me G1698 write G1125 (G5721) things...
‘And so, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.' This may be seen as closing off this passage with a final exhortation to rejoice, and as linking back to ‘receive him _in the Lord_ ', conveying the same i...
PAUL NOW GIVES TWO EXAMPLES OF MEN WHO, LIKE HIMSELF, HAVE THE MIND THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS (PHILIPPIANS 2:19 TO PHILIPPIANS 3:1). Having expressed his own willingness to be ‘poured out as a libation'...
Philippians 3:1. FINALLY, literally ‘as for the rest,' a phrase which St. Paul not unfrequently employs when he is on the point of summing up in some final precepts the teaching of the previous part o...
_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...
FINALLY (το λοιπον). Accusative of general reference, literally, "as for the rest." So again in Philippians 4:8. It (or just λοιπον) is a common phrase towards the close of Paul's Epistles (2 Thessa...
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....
MAY THE LORD. Joy from the Lord = joy in the Lord. "Be jubilant in your knowledge of the Good News of God's finished work in Christ!!!" TO REPEAT. Paul had written many letters to oppose the false tea...
_Finally, my brethren _ PRIDELESS PRIDE 1_._ What were the things not irksome and safe? (1) Counsels in some lost Epistles. (2) Messages delivered by word of mouth through his delegates. (3) Ear...
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 3:1. FINALLY.—Lit. “as to the rest.” The apostle had intended to bring his letter to a close, but something of which We have no information leads him to wa...
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 Chronicles 15:28; 1 Chronicles 16:10; 1 Chronicles 16:31; 1 Chronicles 29:22;...
Finally [τ ο λ ο ι π ο ν]. Lit., for the rest. Frequent in Paul's writings in introducing the conclusions of his letters. See 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 13:11, note. Evide...
The same things — Which you have heard before....
There is no duty which believers do more willingly hear, or more difficultly observe, than the duty of spiritually rejoicing: had our apostle called upon the blessed angels to rejoice, who have neithe...