Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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A victorious runner in the Greek games received a festive garland on his head. At the Judgment Seat of Christ, believers will receive different crowns for distinctive achievements. To the apostle, the Philippian believers represented his joy of victory because he knew that his race and labor in Philippi had not been in vain. (R. Gromacki) Even as Paul writes of the Christian’s warfare, Paul says that the practical outcome for the Christian is not so much to advance into battle as to stand. God does not tell us to march into battle or to conquer. He tells us to stand, and the implication of that command is that God has already done or is doing the conquering. We are only to hold the ground He conquers. (J. Boice) Paul’s rejoicing in the day of examination will come from the approval of the Lord Jesus Christ on the race he has run. That which attests the genuineness of his apostleship and the genuineness of his gospel is the fact that there are groups of believers who have been regenerated, whose lives are transformed, and who are themselves on their way to glory. (J. Pentecost) Always, the pastor-teacher is more spiritually mature than anyone who is under his teaching for any length of time. No believer can exceed the growth of his right pastor-teacher. The Ultra Cross, or “wreath of glory” – the highest decoration – is therefore related to the gift and function of the pastor, even though all believers can win it by attaining ultra-supergrace. The pastor is delighted that those who listen to his teaching day after day, year after year, are motivated by an enthusiasm for doctrine that parallels his own. He will receive, as it were, an “oak leaf cluster” affixed to his own Ultra Cross for every member of his flock whom he leads to ultra-supergrace. He thus anticipates the pleasure of presenting the mature members of his congregation at the Judgment Seat of Christ and of watching them receive fantastic riches, vast sections of heaven, and untold eternal blessings. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) We have seen the philosophy of Christian living, the pattern for Christian living, the prize for Christian living, and now we shall see the power for Christian living. All the others would be meaningless and useless if there were no power for them. A philosophy of life is no good unless there is power to carry it out. A pattern is no good unless there is power supplied to have that pattern in our own lives. A prize is no good if we cannot achieve the goal. Therefore, power is all important. We will find in this chapter that joy is the source of power; prayer is the secret of power; and contemplation of Christ is the sanctuary of power. (J. McGee) Escrow blessings for time belong to the believers whom Scripture identifies as recipients of eternal rewards or crowns, their escrow blessings for eternity. Distribution of escrow blessings for time and eternity depends on the believer’s execution of the protocol plan of God in time. Learn Bible doctrine, gain spiritual momentum, grow up, and attain maturity! (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) Philp. 4:1 Therefore (inferential), my (Gen. Rel.) brethren (Voc. Address; non-supergrace believers) and (connective) beloved ones (Voc. Address; ultra-supergrace believers, desired ones), my (Poss. Gen.) inner happiness (Nom. Appos., relating back to the non-supergrace believers; source of joy) and (connective) my wreath (Nom. Appos., relating back to the ultra-supergrace believers; Ultra Cross crown of glory,
pride; a military wreath awarded for valour in battle), in this same way (Adv. Manner; referring back to the aforementioned mandates for the spiritual life) stand firm (sth,kw, PAImp.2P, Durative, Command; be stabilized, no retreating, as a soldier stands firmly in battle) in the Lord (Loc. Sph.), beloved ones (Voc. Address). WHO Philippians 4:1 {Wste avdelfoi, mou avgaphtoi. kai. evpipo,qhtoi cara. kai. ste,fano,j mou ou[twj sth,kete evn kuri,w| avgaphtoi, VUL Philippians 4:1 itaque fratres mei carissimi et desiderantissimi gaudium meum et corona mea sic state in Domino carissimi LWB Philp. 4:2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind [doctrinal thinking] in the Lord. KW Philp. 4:2 Euodia I exhort, please, and Syntyche, I exhort, please, to be of the same mind in the Lord. KJV Philippians 4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Paul calls upon two women in Philippi (Aoristic Present tense) to align their thinking in accordance with Bible doctrine. They are well known women who have made considerable contributions to Paul and many new believers in the region. Evidently there was a “cat fight” going on and it was causing problems in the local church. Paul implores them both to get together in their thinking (Durative Present tense), to have the same mind in the Lord; they may not agree on everything, but they do need to come to some sort of agreement or compromise on the unknown topic at hand. He does not take sides in their argument. With the exception of their animosity for each other, both women were fine Christians. Euodia’s name means “prosperous journey,” and Syntyche’s name means “pleasant acquaintance.” They need to quit bickering and live up to their names. REVELANT OPINIONS In I Corinthians 2:16 Paul said that we believers have the "mind of Christ." As we submit to the mind of Christ via Bible doctrine, then He works out His will through us in order that there should be unity in the body. In order to be like-minded, they must all "put on the mind of Christ," be saturated with the Word. This is Christian fellowship and the unity of the faith. (J.D. Pentecost) The friction between these two women had to be eliminated. To show no partiality, Paul used the same verb of appeal twice (I urge). Both shared equal blame for their disruptive conduct. The fact that the apostle criticized them in this public letter shows that the entire church must have known about their
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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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things concerning you [your status
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with him), who (Subj. Nom., qualita
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togetherness in our day. There can
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It might not be an immediate or a p
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KJV Philippians 2:26 For he longed
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Philp. 2:27 For (explanatory) truly
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appreciated him when he was there,
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Poss.) lack (Acc. Dir. Obj.; unfini
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diverted from that which God intend
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their work was sometimes overruled
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dispensation of the Church Age is r
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and still do not have confidence (p
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