I urge you, then. "Because you know all these things I just mentioned are true, I ask you just one thing more. Make my joy complete by really being one in Christ!" What Paul describes in this verse is a messianic community with a life style which finds its main expression in love and respect, and a common goal!
Verse Philippians 2:2. _FULFIL YE MY JOY_] Ye ought to complete my joy, who have suffered so much to bring you into the possession of these blessings, by being _like-minded_ with myself, having _the s...
FULFIL YE MY JOY - Fill up my joy so that nothing shall be wanting to complete it. This, he says, would be done by their union, zeal, and humility; compare John 3:29. THAT YE BE LIKE-MINDED - Greek Th...
II. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S PATTERN CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Oneness of mind through self effacement (Philippians 2:1)_ 2. The humiliation and exaltation of Christ (Philippians 2:5) 3. Work out your own salva...
PHP_2:1-4. UNITY AND HUMILITY. An exhortation based on the help that Christ gives, the word rendered consolation meaning help of various kinds, especially in the form of encouragement. This comes from...
THE CAUSES OF DISUNITY (Php_2:1-4)...
If the fact that you are in Christ has any power to influence you, if love has any persuasive power to move you, if you really are sharing in the Holy Spirit, if you can feel compassion and pity, comp...
FULFIL. Complete. App-125. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. BE LIKEMINDED. mind, or think the same thing. Greek. _phroneo._ OF ONE ACCORD. Greek. _sumpsuchos_. Only here. OF ONE MIND. minding ...
_Fulfil ye my joy_ Lit. "_fill_" it. He already rejoices in them (Philippians 1:4); but the manifestation in them of the unity of holy love would _complete_the reasons and the experience of that joy....
ΠΛΗΡΏΣΑΤΕ. His cup of joy for Philippi (Philippians 1:4) needed only the certainty that the Philippians were one in holy love, to be full to the brim. ἽΝΑ ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ ΦΡΟΝΗ͂ΤΕ. On the construction, see o...
ΠΛΗΡΏΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) наполнять. Частица ΪΝ { (G2443) (что) используется для ввода объекта просьбы, незаметно выделяя его (Ellicott; _см._ также BD, 199f). ΦΡΟΝΉΤΕ _praes. co...
DISCOURSE: 2143 UNITY RECOMMENDED Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my j...
FULFIL YE MY JOY,— He had told them, ch. Philippians 1:25 that his coming again to them would be for the promotion of the _joy of their faith:_ now in these words he demands of them a suitable return;...
Philippians 2:1. If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2. make full my joy, that ye be of...
OUTLINE OF 1:27-2:18 D. Exhortation to a worthy manner of life; Philippians 1:27-30; Philippians 2:1-18 1. Plea for steadfast striving; Philippians 1:27-30 a
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. FULFIL - i:e., Make full. I have joy in you: complete it by that which is still wanting-namely, unit...
_PARTICIPATION IN THE EVANGEL_ 27 The citizenship or enfranchisement here referred to is celestial, not terrestrial. THE PHILIPPIANS' SUFFERING 29 It is our privilege to enjoy the sufferings which...
2:2 that (h-4) 'That' depends on an understood exhortation....
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S APPEAL FOR UNITY AND *HUMILITY 2:1-4 V1 You are united with Christ and that encourages you. You know the comfort of...
II. (1-4) In this section the hint given above, in the allusion to “one spirit” and “one soul,” is expanded into a direct exhortation to unity of spirit, as shown both by absence of self-assertion an...
[3. Exhortation (Philippians 1:27 to Philippians 2:4). (1) To STEADFASTNESS AND CONFIDENCE UNDER PERSECUTION (Philippians 1:27). (2) To UNITY OF SPIRIT, based on humility and self-f
THAT YE BE LIKEMINDED, HAVING THE SAME LOVE, BEING OF ONE ACCORD, OF ONE MIND. — In this verse there is again a four-fold division; but of a different kind. St. Paul begins with the exhortation not un...
CHAPTER 6 THE MIND OF CHRIST. Philippians 2:1 (R.V.) In the verses last considered the Apostle had begun to summon his Philippian friends to Christian duty. But so far his words bear the character o...
_Semper in discordiis aperta est janua Satanae ad spargendas impias doctrinas, ad quas repellendas optima munitio est consensus_ (Calv.). πληρ.… ἵνα. The ἵνα clause seems exactly = Latin _gerund. Cf._...
EXHORTATION TO UNITY OF SPIRIT AND LOWLINESS....
FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE OF SELF-SURRENDER Philippians 2:1 In all Scripture-indeed, in all literature-there is no passage which combines such extraordinary extremes as this. The Apostle opens the golden...
The apostle now urged those to whom he wrote to fill his joy to the full. In order to do this he indicated two causative facts which suggested two resulting experiences, and then referred to conduct i...
COMPLETING PAUL'S JOY THROUGH UNITY The Philippian church had already given Paul much cause for rejoicing (1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 4:1). He pleaded with them to complete his joy by being united in though...
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the (c) same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind. (c) Equal love....
(1) В¶ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, (2) Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same...
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...
2_Fulfil ye my joy_. Here again we may see how little anxiety he had as to himself, provided only it went well with the Church of Christ. He was kept shut up in prison, and bound with chains; he was r...
But this, too, produced its effects. The apostle desired that their joy should be full, and that unity among the Philippians should be perfect; for his absence had allowed some seeds of disunion and d...
FULFIL YE MY JOY,.... The Arabic version adds, "by these things"; meaning not his joy in the Lord Jesus Christ, which arose from views of interest his person, blood, and righteousness; which was had b...
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, _being_ of one accord, of one mind. Ver. 2. _Being of one accord, of one mind_] Hereunto those many "ones" should move us mentioned by o...
FULFILL YE MY JOY THAT YE BE LIKE-MINDED, HAVING THE SAME LOVE, BEING OF ONE ACCORD, OF ONE MIND....
THE NEED OF LOVING HUMILITY. Philippians 2:1...
In the first chapter we have seen that Christ is the very principle of life that motivates the apostle in whatever circumstances, - and so indeed it should be for all believers. Chapter 2 now brings C...
The Great Example 1 Peter 2:1-11 1. KEY WORDS 1 Consolation, comfort, fellowship, bowels 2 Likeminded, accord, mercies 3 Strife, vainglory, lowliness, esteem 4 Look, own things 5 Mind 6 Form,...
“make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” “MAKE FULL”: “Make it completely full” _(Lenski p. 764). _“My joy”: “The apostle calls upon thes...
1-4 Here are further exhortations to Christian duties; to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, according to the example of the Lord Jesus. Kindness is the law of Christ's kingdom, the lesson of his...
FULFIL YE MY JOY; viz. the exercise of those graces he had been joyful for, which would be an addition to that joy he had for them, and the making of it much more abundant, contributing as much as the...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians with an undivided heart and a willing mind, "being of one accord and of one judgment,"[58] Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians "that ye all speak the sam...
Php_2:2 fulfill G4137 (G5657) my G3450 joy G5479 by G2443 like-minded G846 G5426 (G5725) having G2192 (G5723) same...
‘Make full my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind,' The incentives mentioned are intended to persuade them to be ‘of the same mind, having the sam...
THE CALL TO UNITY AND LOVE IN THE WAY THAT HAD BEEN EXEMPLIFIED BY JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND WHICH GOD WILL WORK WITHIN THEM AS THEY GIVE ATTENTION TO EXPERIENCING THEIR SALVATION TO THE FULL (PHILIPPI...
THE CALL TO UNITY (PHILIPPIANS 2:1). In the light of the example of Christ into which they are to enter in their minds (‘let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus' - Philippians 2:5), and...
_Exhortations to unity and humility enforced by the example of Christ,_ 1-11. Following up the exhortation with which the last chapter closed, that the Philippians should stand fast in one spirit, the...
Philippians 2:2. FULFIL YE MY JOY. The Philippian church had already caused him much joy (see Philippians 4:1-10): there is, however, one thing yet wanting. He has little blame to bring against them,...
FULFIL (πληρωσατε). Better here, "fill full." Paul's cup of joy will be full if the Philippians will only keep on having unity of thought and feeling (το αυτο φρονητε, present active subjunctive, k...
Philippians 2:2 I. _Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be of one mind._St. Paul's happiness was not quite complete until he could see those whom he loved and he loved these Philippians walking in unity. There...
Philippians 2:1 I. "If" is not in this case a sign of doubt or hesitation, but, on the contrary, a sign of the most assured certainty. As employed by Paul, it is equivalent to "If there is any water...
Philippians 2:1. _if there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having...
Philippians 2:1. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having t...
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having...
CONTENTS: Christ, the believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service. The outworking of inworked salvation. The apostolic example. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus. C...
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ._ Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one...
_If there be therefore any consolation in Christ _ CHRISTIAN UNITY I. The doctrine of Christian unity. 1. This unity is inward and consists of harmonious spiritual feeling. (1) It can only subsist...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 2:1 Encouragement to Humble Service. Paul calls the Philippians to unite in love and humility (vv. Philippians 2:1), following
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 2:1. CONSOLATION IN CHRIST.—_Exhortation_ would be better, inasmuch as consolation anticipates the comfort of the next phrase. COMFORT OF LOVE.—Encourageme...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 2:1 IF THERE BE THEREFORE, ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST. Mark the fervor of the apostle. Ὅρα πῶς λιπαρῶς πῶς σφοδρῶς πῶς μετὰ συμπαωείας πολλῆς (Chrysostom). He appeals...
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if [there is] any comfort of love, if [there is] any fellowship of the Spirit, if [there is] any bowels [compassion] and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, tha...
1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:4; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 3:9;...
Fulfill [π λ η ρ ω σ α τ ε]. Or complete. Compare John 3:29. Be like - minded [τ ο α υ τ ο φ ρ ο ν η τ ε]. Lit., think the same thing. The expression is a general one for concord, and is defined in t...
HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD LIVE Philippians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We were told that when Minister Wu, of China, was addressing an American audience in Washington, D. C., upon comparative religions, he s...
Think the same thing — Seeing Christ is your common Head. Having the same love — To God, your common Father. Being of one soul — Animated with the same affections and tempers, as ye have all drank ill...