Philippians 4:23

Be with you all. () So B C. But 'Aleph (') A Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'be with your spirit' (the highest of man's three parts, ). AMEN. So 'Aleph (') A Delta f, Vulgate. But B G g omit it....

20-23 The apostle ends with praises to God. We should look upon God, under all our weakness and fears, not as an enemy, but as a Father, disposed to pity us and help us. We must give glory to God as a Father. God's grace and favour, which reconciled souls enjoy, with the whole of the graces in us, which flow from it, are all purchased for us by Christ's merit, and applied by his pleading for us; and therefore are justly called the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ....

Verse Philippians 4:23. _THE GRACE OF OUR LORD_] The usual apostolical benediction, which has often occurred, and been more than once explained. _See Clark on "_Romans 1:7_"_, and _"_Galatians 6:18_"_. The word ημων, _our_, is omitted by many MSS. and several versions, which simply read, _The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ_. BE _WITH YOU ALL._] Instead of παντων, _all_, πνευματος, _Spirit_, is the reading of ADEFG, several others, with the _Coptic,_ _Sahidic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate_, and _Itala_; besides several of the Fathers. There are various subscriptions to this epistle in the different MSS.

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ... - notes, Romans 16:20. In regard to the subscription at the end of this Epistle, it may be remarked, as has been done of the other subscriptions at the end of the Epistles, that it is of no authority whatever. There is no reason, however, to doubt that in this case it is correct. The Epistle bears internal evidence of having been written from Rome, and was doubtless sent by Epaphroditus. See the introduction, section 3. There is considerable variety in the subscription. The Greek is: “It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.” The Syriac: “The Epistle to the Philippians was written from Rome, and sent by Epaphroditus.” The Aethiopic: “To the Philippians, by Timothy.” Remarks On...

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 incentive to steadfastness in the Christian life. He seems scarcely able to find words adequate to express his love for the Philippians; he heaps together epithets of affection, dwelling tenderly on the word "beloved." He tells them of his longing desire to see them, repeating the word used in Philippians 1:8. He calls them his "joy and crown"—his joy now, his crown hereafter. He uses the same words of the other great Macedonian Church in...

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST [BE] WITH YOU ALL,.... The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "with your spirit", as in Galatians 6:18; and so the Alexandrian copy and some others read. This is the apostle's token in all his epistles of the genuineness of them, and which he wrote with his own hand, 2 Thessalonians 3:17; Romans 16:22, Romans 16:24. AMEN: with which all the epistles are concluded; Romans 16:27. The subscription is, [it was] w

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 sorrow, yet with a holy delight that rises above his grief. Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ See how the heart of the apostle is at work; his emotions are not dried up by his personal griefs. He takes a delight in his friends at Philippi; he has a lively recollection of the time when he and Silas were shut up in prison there, and that same night baptized the jailor and his household, and formed the church at Philippi. Philippians 4:2. I beseech Euodias, a

PHILIPPIANS 4:23 tou/ pneu,matoj Although some have supposed that the reading tou/ pneu,matoj was introduced by copyists from Galatians 6:18 or Philemon 1:25, the Committee was impressed by its distinctly superior attestation (î46 a* A B D F G P 6 88 104 241 322 330 424c 436 442 463 1319 1898 2005 2127 itd, g, r vg copsa, bo arm eth), and explained the variant reading pa,ntwn (ac K L...

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 can do all things through Christ (Philippians 4:10) 4. The fellowship of the Philippians (Philippians 4:14) 5. The greeting (Philippians 4:21) Philippians 4:1 And now the

PHP_4:19-23. CONCLUSION. Paul's wants have been supplied, now he is assured that the wants of his friends will also be provided for; the ground of this hope is that God has given glorious riches in Christ. So the apostle utters a doxology to the Father. The letter being written to the whole church, he salutes every member of it designated as every saint (Php_1:1 *). His companions join in his greetings, especially the Christians in Cæ sar's household. These would, for the most part, belong to the vast body of slaves and freedmen, but perhaps include some officers of rank, at the imperial palace. The final benediction, in accordance with Paul's usage, gracefully employs the Greek term of valediction, but with a deepened Christian meaning, so as to breathe a prayer for God's grace on the readers....