Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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perspective of enduring faithfulness in light of everlasting reward. (G. Sapaugh) All eleven uses of κλησισ (calling) in the N.T. have reference to the call of God to salvation. (H.A. Kent) Paul refers to the occasion when the winner of the race is summoned to the elevated stand of the judge and receives his prize from the umpire, the αγovoθετεσ. (H.A. Kent) The prize is entrance into rest and, with that great company of the μεταχoι, inheritance of the kingdom. This is what he means when he says he hopes to attain to the "out-resurrection." He hopes to earn a place among that special class of resurrected saints who have been faithful to their Master to the final hour and will hear Him say: "Well Done!" (J. Dillow) Here is the secret: the apostle is characterized by that same desire that characterized Moses and David, a desire to enter into a deep, personal, intimate, experiential knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ whom he already loves and faithfully serves. He has an appetite for the person of Christ. (J. Pentecost) Christians are humbled by the contrast between what they are and what they desire to be. (R. Jamieson) You will inevitably face momentum tests as a necessary part of life; obstacles lie astride the path of every believer’s growth. Testing is not an exception to God’s grace; testing is an expression of God’s grace. God either permits testing or directly sends testing, but His timing is always perfect. Only doctrine can keep pace with God’s timing, and you accelerate your advance only by successfully overcoming obstacles. Indeed, you must pass tests to obtain the prize of sharing God's happiness in Gate 8 of the love complex ... When you periodically encounter challenges to your progress, you either increase or lose momentum, depending on whether you pass or fail the test. Distractions to spiritual momentum can become the Christian’s nemesis or one of the greatest opportunities for scoring tactical victories in the angelic conflict ... As the believer grows, his positive volition itself changes. Beyond simply opting to hear, accept, or apply Bible doctrine, positive volition becomes an expression of his own spiritual autonomy. Firmly grounded in truth, his doctrinal thinking becomes his outlook on life. He acquires a scale of values in which his relationship with God has first priority. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) Christian leadership is a very demanding thing, costly in time and energy, imposing severe demands on mind and body, requiring much to ensure the present and future welfare of the church of God and the care of others. These things are absorbing as well as demanding and they come with the force of inescapable priorities in the leader’s programme. It is easy, therefore, to be a leader and to forget to be a Christian, allowing personal targets of spiritual growth to become misted over; to encourage others to prayer and Bible reading and to let one’s own attention to these means of grace become perfunctory or even negligible – always with the excuse of the next duty, the coming meeting, the pressing appointment. Paul did not say, “I would love to pursue personal growth in holiness but sadly I must be otherwise occupied.” Neither will he allow anyone else to say, “Such pursuit of holiness is only for apostles, not for ordinary folk like me.” It is for the brethren, the whole range of believers. (J. Stott) The mechanics of recovery from sin are fourfold: (1) name the sin to immediately receive complete divine forgiveness and to reestablish the absolute status of spirituality, the control of your soul by the Holy Spirit; (2) isolate the sin to stop any bitterness; (3) forget the sin so as not to reclaim guilt; (4) keep moving in the spiritual life. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.)
Philp. 3:14 I keep on advancing (diw,kw, PAI1S, Progressive; pursuing, through momentum testing in Gate 7; spiritual autonomy) towards (Directional Prep.) the goal (Acc. Double Dir. Obj.; mark, prize, reward, victor's wreath or crown), for the prize (Acc. Dir. Obj.; reward, decoration given by the Supreme Umpire) of the upward (Adv. Place; heavenly, high calling) station in life (Subj. Gen.; the position or vocation of ruling and reigning in the millenium - reserved for winners only, the μεταχoι) from God (Abl. Source; God Himself issues the calling and the divine plan) in (by means of) Christ Jesus (Loc. Sph./Instr. Means). WHO Philippians 3:14 kata. skopo.n diw,kw eivj to. brabei/on th/j a;nw klh,sewj tou/ qeou/ evn Cristw/| VIhsou/ VUL Philippians 3:14 ad destinatum persequor ad bravium supernae vocationis Dei in Christo Iesu LWB Philp. 3:15 Therefore, as many as are mature ones [in supergrace A or B status], let us continue objective thinking [divine viewpoint]. In fact, if you are thinking differently [negative attitude], God will reveal even that [human viewpoint] to you. KW Philp. 3:15 As many therefore as are spiritually mature [in a relative sense], let us be constantly of this mind. And if, as is the case, in anything you are differently minded, and that in an evil sense, this also will God reveal to you. KJV Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Paul encourages all mature believers in supergrace A or B status (Hortatory Subjunctive mood) to keep on thinking objectively (Durative Present tense). This is objective thinking while under the pressures of momentum testing, not sitting on your porch in a rocking-chair. This is a continuous action type of thinking, not a one-shot decision to change your life. There is no such thing as an absolute state of maturity, where no further growth is possible. So no matter what spiritual state you are in, keep on thinking divine viewpoint so you may continue to progress. In fact, if you are thinking with human viewpoint (Descriptive Present tense), in a state of subjectivity, God will reveal (Predictive Future tense) this negative attitude to you. One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit is to convict you of sin, so you may acknowledge that sin to God (1 John 1:9) and recover the filling of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is sensitive to bad attitudes, human viewpoint thinking and subjectivity. Pay attention to the promptings of the Spirit that tell you to change your attitude and confess your sins to the Father in the name of Christ Jesus. There are also going to be differences in opinion between students of the Bible. Rarely do any of
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Philippians Benjamin W. Brodie Sept
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[perfect integrity & scale of value
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is: from Bible doctrine], if there
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as a student-teacher [apprentice],
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objective [the pinnacle of spiritua
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Philp. 4:10 Now I have received gre
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Church founding is the work of God.
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paramount importance, both to Paul
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thinking is sucked into his mind (
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deacons. KJV Philippians 1:1 Paul a
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himself more or less exclusively to
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city as a whole. I would go so far
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he was in prison. “Fellowship in
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depends on how you translate the Fu
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faith and to grow in holiness, God
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ule too absolutely. If one article
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Remember when I said Paul was think
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virtue love? Yes, but he is piling
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one enters fully into this entire c
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extremely rich and abundant (PASubj
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always be ready for action, to inst
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time and eternity. Spiritual maturi
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REVELANT OPINIONS For Paul the goal
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itself and its Messiah Christ were
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WHO Philippians 1:14 kai. tou.j ple
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TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Paul again c
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words is to regard the opposition t
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their conduct and speech in public.
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apartment to live in, and attorney
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the Lord gives him more years to li
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face-to-face with Christ. So either
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spiritual autonomy, which is the ne
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united with him in death. In one se
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said to enter Sheol or Hades. After
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Philp. 1:24 Yet (adversative, post-
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KW Philp. 1:26 In order that your r
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Present tense), holding their groun
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doom] for them, but for you, delive
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side. The Constative Aorist tense p
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Murray) Foreknowledge means that sa
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(an Attributive article refers back
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conditional clause is a protasis of
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is always room for more! If the Phi
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KJV Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be
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affairs. It is the selfish, preoccu
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KW Philp. 2:6 Who has always been a
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VUL Philippians 2:6 qui cum in form
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He laid aside the form of God. In s
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conversation. (P. O’Brien) Philp.
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REVELANT OPINIONS It is not at the
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continue their experiential sanctif
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Paul gives the Philippians their "e
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long as we are in fellowship with H
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undertaken in the strength that the
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to be disputed. This greatly adorns
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jaws of (the sin unto) death ... Un
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But as you might guess by the posit
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REVELANT OPINIONS Paul's privilege
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The "all things" cannot be complete
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LWB Philp. 4:15 Now you Philippians
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VUL Philippians 4:16 quia et Thessa
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Paul counters these vicious accusat
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material needs. (P. O’Brien) God
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(Acc. Dir. Obj.). WHO Philippians 4
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Philippians, W.B. Harrison Philippi
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