Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
Thus also the apostle of the Lord, beseeching the Macedonians, becomes the interpreter of the divine voice, when he says, "The Lord is at hand; take care that ye be not apprehended empty."[116]
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II
(That) we all know; provided, however, we remember what the same (God) has said through the apostle: "Let your probity appear before men."[130]
Verse 5. _LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN_] The word επιεικες is of very extensive signification; it means the same as επιεικεια, mildness, patience, yieldingness, gentleness, clemency, _moderation_, un...
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN - That is, let it be such that others may see it. This does not mean that they were to make an ostentatious display of it, but that it should be such a charac...
IV. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S STRENGTH, SUFFICIENT FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Stand fast and rejoice (Philippians 4:1)_ 2. Dependence on God and true heart occupation (Philippians 4:5) 3. I...
PHP_4:4-7. JOY AND PEACE. Once again Paul sounds his dominant note of joy. For the fifth and last time he refers to the return of Christ (_cf. Php_1:6; Php_1:10_, Php_2:16, Php_3:20). He deprecates an...
GREAT THINGS IN THE LORD (Php_4:1) _ 4:1 So, then, my brothers, whom I love and yearn for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved._ Through this passage breathes the warmth of Paul's a...
Rejoice in the Lord at all times. I will say it again--Rejoice! Let your gracious gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near. Paul sets before the Philippians two great qualities of the Christi...
MODERATION. forbearance. Greek. _epiekes:_ adjective only here; 1 Timothy 3:3.Titus 3:2. Jam 3:17. 1 Peter 2:18. KNOWN. App-132. UNTO. to, MEN. App-123. LORD. App-98....
_moderation_ R.V., "_forbearance_"; margin, "_gentleness_"; Wyclif, "_patience_"; Tyndale and Cranmer, "_softenes_"; Geneva, "_patient mynde_"; Rheims, "_modestie_"; Lat. versions, _modestia_; Beza, _...
ΤῸ ἘΠΙΕΙΚῈΣ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. Vulg., _Modestia vestra_; A.V., “your moderation”; Wyclif, “youre pacience”; Tindale and ‘Cranmer,’ “youre softenes”; Geneva, “your patient mynde”; Rheims, “your modestie”; Luther,...
ΤΌ ΈΠΙΕΙΚΈΣ (G1933) _adj. n._ приличный, такой, каким следует быть. Это слово обозначает кроткое, терпеливое упорство, способное выстоять в несправедливости, трудностях и плохом обращении без ненавист...
DISCOURSE: 2159 CHRISTIAN MODERATION Philippians 4:5. _Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand_. TO lay the foundation of a sinner’s hope, is the first duty of a minister: but...
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN— _Let your meekness,_ &c.—_The Lord is nigh you._ Both the parts of this verse shew, that St. Paul considers the Philippians in a state of persecution. _Gentleness,_ or _m...
4. REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS: AGAIN I WILL SAY, REJOICE. 5. LET YOUR FORBEARANCE BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 4. Be rejoicing in the Lord (Jesus) always....
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. MODERATION, [ to (G3588) epieikees (G1933), from eikoo (G1502), 'to yield,' whence yieldingness (Trench); or from eikos, 'fitting,' w...
__ 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...
4:5 gentleness (c-3) Or, 'moderation,' 'mildness,' not insisting on one's rights. As 'gentle,' James 3:17 ....
GENTLENESS (ascribed, under the same word, to Christ in 2 Corinthians 10:1) is the opposite of self-assertion and rivalry. Like 'patience' in James 5:8, it is enforced by the nearness of the Lord's ad...
Final Charge. Acknowledgement of Philippian Bounty _VI. Closing Exhortations (Philippians 4:1)_ § 15. Philippians 4:1. With heightened feeling St. Paul resumes the vein of exhortation commenced in Ph...
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL APPEALS FOR A STEADY *FAITH AND FOR UNITY 4:1-3 V1 So then, my dear brothers and sisters, whom I love and I want very...
(4-7) St. Paul returns once more to the exhortation to joy so characteristic of this Epistle. But it is a joy in the sense of the Lord’s being at hand. Hence it turns at once to thanksgiving and praye...
YOUR MODERATION. — The word here rendered “moderation,” properly denotes a sense of what is seemly, or equitable, as distinct from what is required by strict duty or formal law. Such distinction the w...
CHAPTER 17 PEACE AND JOY. Philippians 4:2 (R.V.) DR. LIGHTFOOT has observed that the passages in the Acts of the Apostles which record the Macedonian experiences of Paul have a good deal to say abou...
GENERAL EXHORTATIONS ON THE RIGHT SPIRIT AND THE RIGHT CONDUCT OF LIFE....
τ. ἐπιεικ. “Reasonableness.” Matthew Arnold finds in this a preeminent feature in the character of Jesus and designates it “sweet reasonableness” (see _Literature and Dogma_, pp. 66, 138). The trait c...
INSPIRING EXHORTATIONS Philippians 4:1 What a strong and faithful heart was Paul's! Poor and despised though he was, he had both joys and crowns of which no hostile force could deprive him. He lived...
Passing from particular to general instruction, the apostle first enjoined the grace of rejoicing. Twice he repeated his injunction. Moreover, he charged the Philippians that forbearance toward all me...
MAINTAINING THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND Paul was in a Roman prison, yet he could tell those in the Philippian church, "Rejoice...rejoice". The reason for this can only be that he was "in the Lord" and kne...
(4) Let your (e) moderation be known unto all men. (5) The Lord [is] at hand. (4) The second is, that taking all things in good part, they behave themselves moderately with all men. (e) Your quiet a...
(4) Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. (5) Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. (6) Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication wi...
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...
5_Your moderation _This may be explained in two ways. We may understand him as bidding them rather give up their right, than that any one should have occasion to complain of their sharpness or severit...
The Philippians were therefore to stand fast in the Lord. This is difficult when the general tone is lowered; painful also, for one's walk becomes much more solitary, and the hearts of others are stra...
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN,.... The Vulgate Latin reads, "your modesty". The Syriac and Arabic versions, "your meekness", or "humility"; graces which accompany moderation, and are very...
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord _is_ at hand. Ver. 5. _Let your moderation_] Or equality, such as was that of David, Psalms 26:12. The scales of his mind hung equal, giving him li...
_Rejoice in the Lord alway_ For, as believers in Christ, as children and heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ of the heavenly, incorruptible inheritance, and as persons assured that all things, e...
MODERATION; mildness, especially towards opposers. THE LORD IS AT HAND; to deliver you, and punish your persecutors. The shortness and uncertainty of time should moderate our desire for earthly thing...
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND....
THE REJOICING OF THE CHRISTIANS ESPECIALLY IN THEIR FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST. The care-free joy of believers:...
His heart overflowing at the contemplation of such an Object, the apostle in Ch.4 dwells upon the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus to supremely satisfy the soul. If in Ch.3 Christ is his Object in Glory,...
You Don't Have to Worry! 1 Peter 4:1-9 1. KEY WORDS 1 Beloved, longed, crown, fast 2 Beseech, same, mind 3 Intreat, yokefellow, book of life 4 Rejoice, alway 5 Moderation, at hand 6 Careful, s...
“LET YOUR FORBEARANCE BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND” “Let”: This is. choice. “FORBEARANCE”: “Forbearing spirit be plain to everyone” (TCNT). “The Greek term contains the idea of yielding...
2-9 Let believers be of one mind, and ready to help each other. As the apostle had found the benefit of their assistance, he knew how comfortable it would be to his fellow-labourers to have the help...
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN; exercising an even temper of mind, in governing the sensual appetite, with modesty, patience, and gentleness, in opposition to all impetuousness and inordinacy of affecti...
Php_4:5 Let G1097 your G5216 gentleness G1933 known G1097 (G5682) all G3956 men G444 Lord G2962 hand G1451 your -...
FINAL WORDS OF ADMONITION AND GUIDANCE (PHILIPPIANS 4:1). Approaching the end of his letter on the glorious note found in the previous verses Paul now takes them back in Philippians 4:1 to that revela...
PAUL NOW GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS BELOVED PHILIPPIANS (PHILIPPIANS 4:4). Paul now commences a series of injunctions in staccato form which are not directly connected in the Greek. In a sense ea...
‘Let your forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.' The second exhortation is that their forbearance and neighbourliness and unjudgmental attitude in the face of persecution should be dem...
_How to be ready for the coming of the Lord,_ 4-7. Turning from special exhortation, St. Paul gives some general precepts to the whole church. In these he exhorts to a religious joy, and this should b...
Philippians 4:5. LET YOUR FORBEARANCE BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN. Let them see that you behave with gentleness even in all the opposition of your adversaries. Thus shall they be taught that there is a powe...
YOUR FORBEARANCE (το επιεικες υμων). "Your gentleness," "your sweet reasonableness" (Matthew Arnold), "your moderation." Old adjective (επι, εικος) as in James 3:17; 1 Timothy 3:3. Article and neute...
Philippians 4:4 A Life of Prayer a Life of Peace. St. Paul in these words bids the Christians of Philippi to carry all their sorrows and fears to the throne of Christ. He specially bids them remember...
Philippians 4:5 The Great Expectation. I. It has been the expectation of the coming of the Lord which ever since the time of the Apostles has always been the inspiration of the Christian world. The n...
Philippians 4:5 I. It is not easy to determine in which of two senses the former clause is to be taken. The Lord is near in position, and the Lord is near in approach. In either sense we can connect t...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ It is a great joy to a minister, as it was to the apostle Paul...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the lord, my dearly beloved._ Paul had a very warm affection for the church at Philippi. You...
This Epistle was written by Paul when he was in prison, with iron fetters about his wrists; yet there is no iron in the Epistle. It is full of light, life, love, and joy, blended with traces of sorro...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, do stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ You know that the church at Philippi was very dear to the apos...
CONTENTS: Christ the believer's strength and source of joy and peace. Giver of victory over anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Euodias, Syntyche, Clement. CONCLUSION: The believer's hope and pro...
Philippians 4:6. _Be careful for nothing let your requests be made known unto God._ Not that we are to abandon all care, or become careless, about the things of the present life, for that would be inc...
SHOW A GENTLE ATTITUDE. Gentleness and kindness are characteristics of Christ! See 2 Corinthians 10:1 and note. COMING SOON. Christians live in a "last hour" situation. See 1 John 2:18 and note....
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:5 REASONABLENESS. Seeking what is best for everyone and not just for oneself. THE LORD IS AT HAND. Jesus will return as judge and will hold people responsible for the...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:1 Concluding Encouragement and Thanksgiving. Paul calls for reconciliation, joyful faith, and disciplined thinking....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 4:5. LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN.—This moderation or forbearance is the very opposite of the spirit which will “cavil on the ninth part of a hair” in the...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 4:1 THEREFORE, MY BRETHREN DEARLY BELOVED AND LONGED FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN. The apostle here, as in 1 Corinthians 15:58, urges the hope of a glorious resurrection as an incent...
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for (Philippians 4:1), What a beautiful words by Paul to the church, expressing his heart, just bearing his heart to them, "Dearly beloved, I long for...
1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 9:25;...
Rejoice. See on ch. Philippians 1:4, and 2 Corinthians 13:11. Moderation [τ ο ε π ι ε ι κ ε ς]. Wrong. Rev., correctly, forbearance. See on gentle, 1 Peter 2:18. The Lord is at hand. See on...
TENDER WORDS FROM A PRISON CELL Philippians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no Epistle that so beautifully displays the inner life-throbs of Paul, as does the Epistle to the Philippians....
PRAYER Philippians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The spirit of prayer must ever be the spirit of the believer. He who knows the place and power of prayer knows the victory of the Christian life. He who, i...
Let your gentleness — Yieldingness, sweetness of temper, the result of joy in the Lord. Be known — By your whole behaviour. To all men — Good and bad, gentle and froward. Those of the roughest tempers...
Is the Lord’s coming at hand or far off? PROBLEM: According to this passage, “The Lord is at hand” (cf. 1 Peter 4:7). However, other passages portray Christ’s coming as not being immediate, but as hav...
That is, let your mildness and gentleness towards others, your meekness and patience under your own trials, be very conspicuous, because the Lord is at hand to execute judgment on his own crucifiers,...