Philippians 3:6
What meaning of the philippians 3:6 in the Bible?
What does Philippians 3:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless."
What does Philippians 3:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless."
Verse 6. _CONCERNING ZEAL_] As to my zeal for Pharisaism, I gave the fullest proof of it by persecuting the Church of Christ; and this is known to all my countrymen. _TOUCHING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS_] And...
CONCERNING ZEAL, PERSECUTING THE CHURCH - Showing the greatness of my zeal for the religion which I believed to be true, by persecuting those whom I considered to be in dangerous error. Zeal was suppo...
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) 4. Pressing towards...
PHP_3:4-9. PRIVILEGE AND RENUNCIATION. The contrast between Jew and Christian leads Paul to refer to himself in a striking autobiographical passage, which, though brief, may be compared for spirit and...
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...
CONCERNING, touching. App-104. CHURCH. App-186. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. BLAMELESS. found blameless, i.e. before men. Compare Acts 24:20....
_zeal_ "of God, but not according to true spiritual knowledge (_epignôsis_)," Romans 10:2. Cp. Acts 26:9-11. He implies here that this "zeal" was perfectly sincere, though sinfully conditioned by a mo...
ST PAUL’S OWN EXPERIENCE AS A CONVERTED PHARISEE, AND ITS LESSONS...
ΖΉΛΟΣ (G2205) рвение, ΔΙΏΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377) преследовать, гнать, ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣΑΟΗ _med. (dep.) part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, ΆΜΕΜΠΤΟΣ (G273) невинный (_см._ Philippians 2...
CONCERNING ZEAL, PERSECUTING THE CHURCH;— All that the Apostle can mean here is, that if a zeal for the law were, as the Jews thought it, a ground of confidence, _he_ could lay claim to it with abunda...
4. THOUGH I MYSELF MIGHT HAVE CONFIDENCE EVEN IN THE FLESH: IF ANY OTHER MAN THINKETH TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH, I YET MORE: 5. CIRCUMCISED THE EIGHTH DAY, OF THE STOCK OF ISRAEL, OF THE TRIBE O...
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. CONCERNING - `As touching zeal' (cf. Acts 22:3; Acts 26:9). Sad irony. Even in this mournful Jud...
_ 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...
3:6 found (b-15) _ Genomenos_ , from _ ginomai_ , 'become,' see ch. 2.7, Note o....
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 you...
[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 privile...
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 h...
PAUL'S CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH....
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...
PAUL'S FLESHLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Paul was not putting down Judaism because he had a low place in it. Here was a man who truly could have, if anyone could, placed confidence in fleshly accomplishments....
_If any other thinketh he may have confidence in the flesh, in being of the Jewish race and of their religion, I more; i.e. I have greater reasons to glory than they have, being circumcised of the sto...
(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...
6._As to the righteousness which is in the law _There can be no doubt he means by this the entire righteousness of the law, for it were too meagre a sense to understand it exclusively of the ceremonie...
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...
CONCERNING ZEAL, PERSECUTING THE CHURCH,.... The Vulgate Latin version adds, "of God", as in Galatians 1:13. The apostle was very zealous of the traditions of the elders, and for the law of God, and t...
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Ver. 6. _Concerning zeal_] A blind misguided zeal. _See Trapp on "_ Rom 10:2 _"_ If zeal be not qua...
_Concerning zeal_ For the law and the Jewish religion, and for all those ritual observances which they so eagerly enforce, I myself was once so earnest, that I _persecuted_, and that even to imprisonm...
TOUCHING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS THE LAW; as to that external observance of it on which the Pharisees relied for salvation....
Paul's right to boast:...
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...
“AS TOUCHING ZEAL, PERSECUTING THE CHURCH; AS TOUCHING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS IN THE LAW, FOUND BLAMELESS” “As touching zeal”: “Concerning zeal” (KJV). “His zeal for the law and the protection of...
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...
CONCERNING ZEAL; not lukewarm, but exceedingly fervent in the strictest observances of the Pharisaic order, which was much in external devotion, LUKE 18:12, very solicitous for proselytes, MATTHEW 23:...
Php_3:6 concerning G2596 zeal G2205 persecuting G1377 (G5723) church G1577 concerning G2596 righteousness G1343 which G3588 in G1722 law G3551 G1096 (G5637) blameless G273 zeal - 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Kin...
A WARNING TO BEWARE OF THE JUDAISERS, WHO TAUGHT THAT SALVATION WAS THROUGH THE WORKS OF THE LAW, IS BACKED UP FROM PAUL'S EXPERIENCE IN WHICH HE HAD DISCOVERED THAT ALL SUCH EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN (PHI...
_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...
AS TOUCHING ZEAL (κατα ζηλος). So the old MSS. treating ζηλος as neuter, not masculine. He was a zealot against Christianity, "persecuting the church" (διωκων την εκκλησιαν). He was the ringleader...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _...
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...
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....
SO ZEALOUS. Because he had seen Christianity as a heresy, his zeal had driven him to try to destroy this new thing! Certainly he never forgot what he had done in ignorance (1 Timothy 1:13-16)! SO FAR...
_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. Philippians 3:1). He then warns them about th...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 3:4. THOUGH I MIGHT ALSO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.—They will never be able to say he “speaks evil of that which he knows not.” “If there is any profit...
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 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Kings 10:16; 2 Samuel 21:2; Acts 21:20; Acts 22:3; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:10; Acts 26:5; Acts 26:9;...
Zeal. Ironical. Blameless [γ ε ν ο μ ε ν ο ς α μ ε μ π τ ο ς]. The A. V. does not render the participle, proven or found. Rev., correctly, found blameless....
SEVEN PAIRS OF THINGS A Message of Contrasts Philippians 3:4 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is much said in the Bible by way of contrast. Heaven is contrasted with hell; life is contrasted with death; r...
Having such a zeal for it as to persecute to the death those who did not observe it. Touching the righteousness which is described and enjoined by the Law — That is, external observances, blameless....