Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Philippians 3:19
Whose (n) end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] (o) glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
(n) Reward.
(o) Which they hunt after from men's hands.
Whose (n) end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] (o) glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
(n) Reward.
(o) Which they hunt after from men's hands.
Verse 19. _WHOSE END_ IS _DESTRUCTION_] This is the _issue_ of their doctrine and of their conduct. They are here described by _three_ characters: 1. _Their god_ is their _belly_-they live not in any...
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION - That is, as they have no true religion, they must perish in the same manner as all sinners. A mere profession will not save them. Unless they are converted, and become the t...
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...
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...
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...
END. Compare Romans 6:21; 2 Corinthians 11:15.Hebrews 6:8. DESTRUCTION. Same as "perdition", Philippians 1:28....
_end_ A word of awful and hopeless import. Cp. Rom 6:21; 2 Corinthians 11:15; Hebrews 6:8; 1 Peter 4:17. _destruction_ R.V., PERDITION. See on...
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...
ΤΈΛΟΣ. A word awful and hopeless. Τὸ γὰρ τέλος ἐκείνων, θάνατος, Romans 6:21. Cp. 2 Corinthians 11:15, ὦν τὸ τέλος ἔσται κατὰ τὰ ἔργα: Hebrews 6:8, ἧς τὸ τὲλος εἰς καῦσιν:...
ΆΠΏΛΕΙΑ (G684) гибель, уничтожение. ΚΟΙΛΊΑ (G2836) желудок. Описание роскошных римских пиров _см._ в DGRA, 303309; LAE, 164f. Это слово может быть обобщающим термином, обозначающим все, принадлежащее...
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...
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION,— See 2 Corinthians 11:15. It has been thought that the Apostle has an eye here to what he had observed of these men before, ch. Philippians 1:28 and so he may be understood a...
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...
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) END - fixed doom (2 Corinthians 11:15). Contrast Romans 6:22. DESTRUCTION - everla...
__ 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...
[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...
(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...
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION.... — The intense severity of this verse is only paralleled by such passages as 2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 1:4; Jude 1:8;...
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...
ἀπώλεια. Paul regards the two issues of human life as σωτηρία and ἀπώλεια (1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15-16). The latter, is a common word for “destruction”. There is much in the Epistles to...
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...
(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...
_EARTHLY THINGS_ ‘Who mind earthly things.’ Php_3:19 Every circumference is generated from a centre; every life must have its pivot. I. GOD IS THE ONE TRUE CENTRE OF OUR LIFE.—It has been said, ‘G...
19_Whose end is destruction _He adds this in order that the Philippians, appalled by the danger, may be so much the more carefully on their guard, that they may not involve themselves in the ruin of t...
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...
WHOSE END [IS] DESTRUCTION,.... Everlasting destruction, the destruction of both body and soul in hell, Matthew 10:28; and this is the end, the reward and issue of bad principles and practices; the br...
Whose end _is_ destruction, whose God _is their_ belly, and _whose_ glory _is_ in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Ver. 19. _Whose god is their belly_] A scavenger, whose living is to empty, is...
_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;...
WHO MIND; seek as their chief good....
A warning call:...
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION, WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY, AND WHOSE GLORY IS IN THEIR SHAME, WHO MIND EARTHLY THINGS.)...
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...
“WHOSE END IS PERDITION, WHOSE GOD IS THE BELLY, AND WHOSE GLORY IS IN THEIR SHAME, WHO MIND EARTHLY THINGS” “Whose end is perdition”: GOD DOES NOT MESS AROUND WITH SUCH PEOPLE. GOD HAS NO TOLERANCE F...
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...
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION; their condition will at last be miserable, as he had limited above, PHILIPPIANS 1:28, of their being under the dismal _token of perdition; _ their end will be _according to t...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Such are the men who believe in their belly, "whose God is their belly, whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things." To them the apostle predi...
Php_3:19 whose G3739 end G5056 destruction G684 whose G3739 god G2316 belly G2836 and G2532 glory G1391 in G1722 their G846 who...
‘Whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.' The people in mind, who were seemingly visiting preachers (for Paul indicates no exception...
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...
Philippians 3:19. WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION. And as St. Peter says (ii 3), this destruction does not slumber, it will soon come. The heresies of destruction, which they bring in, will in the end bring...
_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,...
WHOSE GOD IS THE BELLY (ου το θεος η κοιλια). The comic poet Eupolis uses the rare word Κοιλιοδαιμων for one who makes a god of his belly and Seneca speaks of one who _abdomini servit_. Sensuality...
Philippians 3:19 I. Others, says St. Paul, have their mind set upon things below; appetite is their god; they make the Gospel itself a means of worldly gain; what they pride themselves upon is just wh...
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....
TO END UP IN HELL. APOLEIA. See note on Acts 8:20_. Robert Rainy_ says: "Probably, as was said, the Apostle is speaking of a class of men whose faults were gross, so that at least an Apostolic eye cou...
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 3:3; 1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1 Samuel 2:11;...
Belly. Romans 16:18. So the Cyclops in Euripides : "My flocks which I sacrifice to no one but myself, and not to the gods, and to this my belly the greatest of the gods : for to eat and drink each day...
Whose end is destruction — This is placed in the front, that what follows may be read with the greater horror. Whose god is their belly — Whose supreme happiness lies in gratifying their sensual appet...