Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
therefore joint participation in the Spirit. (G. Hawthorne) The function of deacons was described by the phrase “to serve tables,” Acts 6:2, and their appointment left the apostles free to devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. (M. Vincent) Now friend, if you ain’t a saint, then you are an ain’t. (J. McGee) Perhaps there is the further thought that by mentioning his colleague’s name along with his own, Paul is showing that Timothy bears witness to the truths he will expound in the letter ... Although Paul did regard it a high honor indeed to be a slave of Christ, he implied by his choice of the word “douloi” that both he and Timothy were totally at the disposal of the Master. (P. O’Brien) It is “in Christ” that salvation comes to us. We read in 3:14 of “the call of God in Christ Jesus.” God’s call, as we shall see, is not an invitation awaiting our response but an authoritative summons – His royal edict of conscription – bringing us into a living relationship with the Lord Jesus. The means by which He makes His call effective is by giving us the gift of faith (1:29), thus enabling us to possess something which we are privileged to call “our own salvation.” But the call itself is issued in Christ Jesus, because all God’s saving purposes are centered in Christ and worked out by Him. To be “in Christ,” then, is to possess what is often spoken of as full salvation: everything necessary to our past, present, future and eternal welfare has been secured for us by the action of God in Christ and is stored up in Christ for us to share and enjoy. (J. Motyer) As the church grew in number, as new and heterogeneous elements were added, as the fervour of devotion cooled and strange forms of disorder sprang up, it became "necessary" to provide for the emergency by fixed rules and definite officers ... The celebration of the first day in the week (as opposed to every day), and the institution of monthly and annual festivals afterwards, were seen to be necessary to stimulate and direct the devotion of the believers. The appointment of definite places of meeting in the earliest days, the erection of special buildings for worship at a later date, were found "indispensable" to the working of the church. But the apostles never lost sight of the "idea" in their teaching. They proclaimed loudly that "God does not dwell in temples made by hands". They indignantly denounced those who "observed days and months and seasons and years". This language is not satisfied by supposing that they condemned only the temple-worship in the one case, that they reprobated only Jewish sabbaths and new moons in the other. It was against a false principle that they waged war, the principle which exalted the means into an end, and gave an absolute intrinsic value to subordinate aids and expedients ... They were no part of the essence of God's message to man in the Gospel: they must not be allowed to obscure the idea of true Christian worship. (J.B. Lightfoot) It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the N.T., the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" (episkopos) and "elder" or "presbyter" (prebuteros). The duties of the presbyters were twofold. They were both rulers and instructors of the congregation. This double function appears in Paul's expression "pastors and teachers", where, as the form of the original seems to show, the two words describe the same office under different aspects. Though "government" was probably the first conception of the office, yet the work of "teaching" must have fallen to the presbyters from the very first and have assumed greater prominence as time went on ... There is no ground for supposing that the work of teaching and the work of governing pertained to separate members. As each had his special gift, so would he devote
himself more or less exclusively to the one or the other of these sacred functions. (J. B. Lightfoot) The title “episkopos” was also given to men who held responsible positions in the state, including those with judicial functions, councillors, treasurers, and military strategists, or who were overseers of religious communities, such as temple officials ... “Diaconos” originally denoted one who rendered service of a lowly kind, particularly serving at table. (P. O’Brien) Double honor shall be paid to those presbyters who have ruled well, but especially to such as "labour in word and doctrine" ... All the responsibility was deferred to a single person, that the thickets of heresies might be rooted out ... It has been shown that in the apostolic writings the two (bishop and presbyter) are only different designations of one and the same office. (J.B. Lightfoot) I acknowledge, indeed, that, as the minds and manners of men are, there cannot be order maintained among the ministers of the Word, without one presiding over the others. I speak of each body of the church in particular. (J. Calvin) Bishop (episkopos) and elder (presbuteros) are synonyms for pastor (poimenos) and teacher (didaskalos). The first of each pair refer to the function of authority while the second of each pair refer to the function of teaching. (G.B. Caird) Paul also mentions the church officers: the overseers, who were the pastors of the local congregations, and the deacons, who were the officers elected to care for the needy and the sick. (J. Boice) Deacons attended to the common needs of the poor and of the sick and to minor chores. (R. Lenski) Philp. 1:1 Paul (Subj. Nom.) and (connective) Timothy (Subj. Nom.), bondslaves (Nom. Appos.) belonging to Christ Jesus (Gen. Poss.), to all (Acc. Spec.) the saints (Dat. Adv.) in union with Christ Jesus (Loc. Sph.), the ones who are located (eivmi, PAPtc.DPN, Descriptive, Substantival, in Apposition) in and around Philippi (Loc. Place), together with overseers (Dat. Accompaniment; guardians, pastors, bishops, superintendents) and (connective) deacons (Dat. Accompaniment; helpers, janitors, waiters on tables): WHO Philippians 1:1 Pau/loj kai. Timo,qeoj dou/loi Cristou/ VIhsou/ pa/sin toi/j a`gi,oij evn Cristw/| VIhsou/ toi/j ou=sin evn Fili,ppoij su.n evpisko,poij kai. diako,noij VUL Philippians 1:1 Paulus et Timotheus servi Iesu Christi omnibus sanctis in Christo Iesu qui sunt Philippis cum episcopis et diaconis LWB Philp. 1:2 Grace [logistical blessings] to you and prosperity [supergrace blessings] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. KW Philp. 1:2 [Sanctifying] grace be to you and [tranquilizing] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. KJV Philippians 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
- Page 1 and 2: Philippians Benjamin W. Brodie Sept
- Page 3 and 4: [perfect integrity & scale of value
- Page 5 and 6: is: from Bible doctrine], if there
- Page 7 and 8: as a student-teacher [apprentice],
- Page 9 and 10: objective [the pinnacle of spiritua
- Page 11 and 12: Philp. 4:10 Now I have received gre
- Page 13 and 14: Church founding is the work of God.
- Page 15 and 16: paramount importance, both to Paul
- Page 17 and 18: thinking is sucked into his mind (
- Page 19: deacons. KJV Philippians 1:1 Paul a
- Page 23 and 24: city as a whole. I would go so far
- Page 25 and 26: he was in prison. “Fellowship in
- Page 27 and 28: depends on how you translate the Fu
- Page 29 and 30: faith and to grow in holiness, God
- Page 31 and 32: ule too absolutely. If one article
- Page 33 and 34: Remember when I said Paul was think
- Page 35 and 36: virtue love? Yes, but he is piling
- Page 37 and 38: one enters fully into this entire c
- Page 39 and 40: extremely rich and abundant (PASubj
- Page 41 and 42: always be ready for action, to inst
- Page 43 and 44: time and eternity. Spiritual maturi
- Page 45 and 46: REVELANT OPINIONS For Paul the goal
- Page 47 and 48: itself and its Messiah Christ were
- Page 49 and 50: WHO Philippians 1:14 kai. tou.j ple
- Page 51 and 52: TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Paul again c
- Page 53 and 54: words is to regard the opposition t
- Page 55 and 56: their conduct and speech in public.
- Page 57 and 58: apartment to live in, and attorney
- Page 59 and 60: the Lord gives him more years to li
- Page 61 and 62: face-to-face with Christ. So either
- Page 63 and 64: spiritual autonomy, which is the ne
- Page 65 and 66: united with him in death. In one se
- Page 67 and 68: said to enter Sheol or Hades. After
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himself more or less exclusively to the one or the other of these sacred functions. (J. B. Lightfoot)<br />
The title “episkopos” was also given to men who held responsible positions in the state, including<br />
those with judicial functions, councillors, treasurers, and military strategists, or who were overseers<br />
of religious communities, such as temple officials ... “Diaconos” originally denoted one who<br />
rendered service of a lowly kind, particularly serving at table. (P. O’Brien)<br />
Double honor shall be paid to those pres<strong>by</strong>ters who have ruled well, but especially to such as "labour<br />
in word and doctrine" ... All the responsibility was deferred to a single person, that the thickets of<br />
heresies might be rooted out ... It has been shown that in the apostolic writings the two (bishop and<br />
pres<strong>by</strong>ter) are only different designations of one and the same office. (J.B. Lightfoot) I acknowledge,<br />
indeed, that, as the minds and manners of men are, there cannot be order maintained among the<br />
ministers of the Word, without one presiding over the others. I speak of each body of the church in<br />
particular. (J. Calvin) Bishop (episkopos) and elder (presbuteros) are synonyms for pastor<br />
(poimenos) and teacher (didaskalos). The first of each pair refer to the function of authority while<br />
the second of each pair refer to the function of teaching. (G.B. Caird) Paul also mentions the church<br />
officers: the overseers, who were the pastors of the local congregations, and the deacons, who were<br />
the officers elected to care for the needy and the sick. (J. Boice) Deacons attended to the common<br />
needs of the poor and of the sick and to minor chores. (R. Lenski)<br />
Philp. 1:1 Paul (Subj. Nom.) and (connective) Timothy (Subj.<br />
Nom.), bondslaves (Nom. Appos.) belonging to Christ Jesus (Gen.<br />
Poss.), to all (Acc. Spec.) the saints (Dat. Adv.) in union with<br />
Christ Jesus (Loc. Sph.), the ones who are located (eivmi,<br />
PAPtc.DPN, Descriptive, Substantival, in Apposition) in and around<br />
Philippi (Loc. Place), together with overseers (Dat.<br />
Accompaniment; guardians, pastors, bishops, superintendents) and<br />
(connective) deacons (Dat. Accompaniment; helpers, janitors,<br />
waiters on tables):<br />
WHO <strong>Philippians</strong> 1:1 Pau/loj kai. Timo,qeoj dou/loi Cristou/ VIhsou/ pa/sin toi/j a`gi,oij evn<br />
Cristw/| VIhsou/ toi/j ou=sin evn Fili,ppoij su.n evpisko,poij kai. diako,noij<br />
VUL<br />
<strong>Philippians</strong> 1:1 Paulus et Timotheus servi Iesu Christi omnibus sanctis in Christo Iesu qui<br />
sunt Philippis cum episcopis et diaconis<br />
LWB Philp. 1:2 Grace [logistical blessings] to you and prosperity [supergrace blessings] from<br />
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
KW<br />
Philp. 1:2 [Sanctifying] grace be to you and [tranquilizing] peace from God our Father and<br />
the Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
KJV <strong>Philippians</strong> 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus<br />
Christ.<br />
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