Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
positively harmful … perhaps including his Roman citizenship, material possessions, or an assured position in the world – in fact, anything in which he was tempted to trust and which therefore stood over against the personal knowledge of Christ ... Whether the apostle is contrasting this personal knowledge of Christ with inferior forms of knowledge is not certain; but he clearly emphasizes that it is the only knowledge worth having, a knowledge so transcendent in value that it compensates for the loss of everything else. (P. O’Brien) A bare, speculative knowledge of Christ is a great privilege, but if we are content with it, we shall perish. It was not those who saw the ark, but those who entered it who were saved ... Christianity is a system of divine knowledge from God ... if the soul is without knowledge, it is not good. Ignorance is not the mother of devotion ... Sin has got into the heart (mind), knowledge of Christ must also get there. Mere superficial knowledge of Scripture will only aggravate the sinner's doom. Hell is full of it ... But advanced doctrines of Christ have a transforming and assimilating effect on all who believingly contemplate it. If the knowledge of Christ is so excellent, it should be our constant and vigorous effort to increase it, and we should endeavor to extend it to as many of our fellow creatures as we can reach. It is remarkable how Paul makes every other topic tributary to this. All things are but loss in comparison with this knowledge. No knowledge worth having is to be had without diligence, and how sad that many are so busy about lower knowledge that they say they have no time for this. (J.S. Exell) “Skubalon” is also used to describe a half-eaten corpse or lumps of manure, a deliberately vulgar term. Paul's prior gains were now offensive to him. (G.F. Hawthorne) The Greek term “skubalon” means dung, muck, both as excrement and food gone bad, scraps left after a meal, and refuse. It is here used in the first sense (excrement). Although the apostles' language is stark, it is inappropriate to weaken its meaning because of embarrassment, as some of the early church fathers did. (P.T. O'Brien) A special reference to excrement is not uncommon. (M. Silva) Paul also uses a paranomasia – a play on words; Paul has given up all other forms of "gain" in order that he might get the "true gain." (G.F. Hawthorne) Paul’s declaration in this passage reveals his spiritual growth from supergrace status to ultra-supergrace status. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) The “all things” he lost might include confiscation of property, disinheritance by family, as well as the loss of status in Judaism, which he had formerly prized. A considerable cost had been involved in Paul’s glad acceptance of Christ Jesus as his Lord ... He had no regrets. He did not keep harking back to the past, secretly longing for the things he had lost. Quite the reverse. He regarded them as abhorrent. (P. O’Brien) Knowledge is sometimes put for faith: By His knowledge, or the knowledge of Him, shall my righteous servant justify many (Isaiah 53:11). And it is the excellency of knowledge. There is an abundant and transcendent excellency in the doctrine of Christ, or the Christian religion above all the knowledge of nature, and improvements of human wisdom; for it is suited to the case of fallen sinners and furnishes them with all they need and all they can desire and hope for, with all saving wisdom and saving grace. (M. Henry) There is nothing mechanical or fixed about fellowship with Christ. It may be interrupted by decay of zeal, the intrusion of the earthly spirit, the toleration of known sins, the easy domination of self-will, and countless other causes. Hence, to maintain it, there must be the continuous estimating of earthly things at their true value. (W. Nicoll) “Gaining Christ” is a synonym for fulfilling the protocol plan of God. The believer lives the Christian way of life by
following God’s mandates, not by striving to fulfill his own legalistic idea of what ought to please God. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) Philp. 3:8 Indeed (affirmative), and I cannot emphasize this enough (emphatic; "more than that" or “let me be clearer on this point”), I myself also (adjunctive) conclude (h`ge,omai, PMI1S, Perfective, Deponent) the all things (Acc. Dir. Obj.; my former human celebrityship) to be (eivmi, PAInf., Static, Inf. As Dir. Obj. of Verb) loss (Acc. Appos.; considerable damage, forfeit, heavy loss of something, hindrance; the perspective obtained in spiritual self-esteem) compared to the surpassing greatness (u`pere,cw, PAPtc.ASN, Descriptive, Substantival) of the knowledge (Gen. Appos.; intimate fellowship with) of Christ Jesus (Obj. Gen.) my (Gen. Rel.) Lord (Gen. Appos.), for Whom (Acc. Dir. Obj.) I have been caused to suffer the loss of (zhmio,w, API1S, Ingressive; forfeited, sustained injury) all (Acc. Measure) things (Acc. Dir. Obj.; family, friends, money, easy living, status as a great Jewish leader). In fact (emphatic), I myself conclude (h`ge,omai, PMI1S, Perfective, Deponent; after mature consideration) all these things to be (ellipsis) piles of excrement (Acc. Appos.; dung, droppings, rubbish, refuse, scraps flung to dogs), in order that (purpose) I may gain (kerdai,nw, AASubj.1S, Ingressive, Result; synonym for fulfilling the protocol plan of God) Christ (Acc. Dir. Obj.; appropriate His life as ones's own, his perfections & graces), WHO Philippians 3:8 avlla. menou/nge kai. h`gou/mai pa,nta zhmi,an ei=nai dia. to. u`pere,con th/j gnw,sewj Cristou/ VIhsou/ tou/ kuri,ou mou di o]n ta. pa,nta evzhmiw,qhn kai. h`gou/mai sku,bala i[na Cristo.n kerdh,sw VUL Philippians 3:8 verumtamen existimo omnia detrimentum esse propter eminentem scientiam Iesu Christi Domini mei propter quem omnia detrimentum feci et arbitror ut stercora ut Christum lucri faciam LWB Philp. 3:9 Also that I may be found in Him [living a progressive spiritual life on earth in union with Christ], not holding up my own righteousness from the law [illegitimate], but that [righteousness] through the faithfulness of Christ [legitimate], that righteousness from God within the context of faith [doctrine], KW Philp. 3:9 Yes, in order that I might in the observation of others be discovered by them to be in Him, not having as my righteousness that righteousness which is of the law, but that righteousness which is through faith in Christ, that righteousness which is from God on the basis of faith.
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following God’s mandates, not <strong>by</strong> striving to fulfill his own legalistic idea of what ought to please<br />
God. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.)<br />
Philp. 3:8 Indeed (affirmative), and I cannot emphasize this<br />
enough (emphatic; "more than that" or “let me be clearer on<br />
this point”), I myself also (adjunctive) conclude (h`ge,omai,<br />
PMI1S, Perfective, Deponent) the all things (Acc. Dir. Obj.;<br />
my former human celebrityship) to be (eivmi, PAInf., Static,<br />
Inf. As Dir. Obj. of Verb) loss (Acc. Appos.; considerable<br />
damage, forfeit, heavy loss of something, hindrance; the<br />
perspective obtained in spiritual self-esteem) compared to<br />
the surpassing greatness (u`pere,cw, PAPtc.ASN, Descriptive,<br />
Substantival) of the knowledge (Gen. Appos.; intimate<br />
fellowship with) of Christ Jesus (Obj. Gen.) my (Gen. Rel.)<br />
Lord (Gen. Appos.), for Whom (Acc. Dir. Obj.) I have been<br />
caused to suffer the loss of (zhmio,w, API1S, Ingressive;<br />
forfeited, sustained injury) all (Acc. Measure) things (Acc.<br />
Dir. Obj.; family, friends, money, easy living, status as a<br />
great Jewish leader). In fact (emphatic), I myself conclude<br />
(h`ge,omai, PMI1S, Perfective, Deponent; after mature<br />
consideration) all these things to be (ellipsis) piles of<br />
excrement (Acc. Appos.; dung, droppings, rubbish, refuse,<br />
scraps flung to dogs), in order that (purpose) I may gain<br />
(kerdai,nw, AASubj.1S, Ingressive, Result; synonym for<br />
fulfilling the protocol plan of God) Christ (Acc. Dir. Obj.;<br />
appropriate His life as ones's own, his perfections &<br />
graces),<br />
WHO <strong>Philippians</strong> 3:8 avlla. menou/nge kai. h`gou/mai pa,nta zhmi,an ei=nai dia. to. u`pere,con th/j<br />
gnw,sewj Cristou/ VIhsou/ tou/ kuri,ou mou di o]n ta. pa,nta evzhmiw,qhn kai. h`gou/mai sku,bala i[na<br />
Cristo.n kerdh,sw<br />
VUL <strong>Philippians</strong> 3:8 verumtamen existimo omnia detrimentum esse propter eminentem scientiam<br />
Iesu Christi Domini mei propter quem omnia detrimentum feci et arbitror ut stercora ut Christum<br />
lucri faciam<br />
LWB Philp. 3:9 Also that I may be found in Him [living a progressive spiritual life on earth<br />
in union with Christ], not holding up my own righteousness from the law [illegitimate], but<br />
that [righteousness] through the faithfulness of Christ [legitimate], that righteousness from<br />
God within the context of faith [doctrine],<br />
KW Philp. 3:9 Yes, in order that I might in the observation of others be discovered <strong>by</strong> them to be<br />
in Him, not having as my righteousness that righteousness which is of the law, but that<br />
righteousness which is through faith in Christ, that righteousness which is from God on the basis<br />
of faith.