Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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will as polytheists. Those who believe in free will are enemies of free grace. Enemies of free grace are enemies of the Bible and of Jesus Christ. The whole process of salvation from God’s decree to its consummation in eternal glory is according to the will of God: in its purpose (Rom. 8:28), in its preparation (Eph. 1:3-12), in regeneration (John 1:13, 3:8), in preservation (Phil 1:6; I Peter 1:3-5), in sanctification (I Thess. 4:3-7), in resurrection (I Cor. 15), and in eternal glory in the last chapters of Revelation. (W.E. Best) Whoa! This quote ought to stir up the mental juices! (LWB) A young atheistic student who had heard of C.S. Lewis began corresponding with him. As this student unburdened himself of his doubts and questionings to the famous scholar, Lewis responded very simply: “I think you are already in the meshes of the net. The Holy Spirit is after you; I doubt if you will get away.” Not long afterward, the atheistic student, pursued by God for so long, finally surrendered. He had found, as C.S. Lewis himself had found, that salvation is of God. He ran, but God successfully pursued him. Did you seek God? Of course you didn’t. You resisted Him, and He had to beat down your resistance until you yielded to Him like a vanquished enemy. If in the struggle there was ever a moment you seemed to seek Him, it was only because He was there beforehand moving you to do it. So it is. Salvation is always of God. We love because He enables us to do so ... Perhaps you are saying that you will run your own life, pick your own goals, choose your own purposes. Well, then, God may have to break you until you learn that He is determined to accomplish His purposes in you. Perhaps, instead, you will be willing to learn to rely on Him, growing up in grace as He molds you into the image of Christ. If this is so, then for you Philippians 1:6 will become a blessed truth rather than a bitter lesson. (J. Boice) For most of us our successes are few and far between. We may have a measure of peace about our failures but it is not likely we shall derive any comfort from them; and it is almost certain that as soon as the Lord takes occasion to allow certain consequences in order that He may perfect in us that which He has begun, we shall be tempted to view them as punishment and others will be quick to confirm our worst fears. Frankly, I find it almost impossible not to make this false estimate of what is happening. Yet in my mind I know that the dangers to our spiritual welfare from success are far greater than the dangers from failure. If God is concerned with the making of saints rather than the production of executives, then obviously He must ordain or allow far more failures than successes. Logically a highly “successful” Christian life may very well be a failure from God’s point of view. We know this. We recognize it in others. We see it again and again. And yet we desire success. This is another way of saying we have more desire for the wrong kind of success, the kind of success which in God’s view is failure, than we do for the kind of failure which in God’s view is truly success. (A. Custance) The Scriptural teaching of the perseverance of the saints has been used to bolster the indigenous method. It is argued that, since it is certain that God, who began a good work in recent converts, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ, the missionary who was instrumental in bringing them to the faith can safely depart at any time. Now the doctrine of the eternal security of believers is certainly a most precious one. Yet the aforenamed argumentation must be judged to be too simple. It leaves largely out of account the truth that salvation is not merely a momentary experience but a lifelong process. And it fails to do justice to the plain fact that, in causing His children to persevere in the
faith and to grow in holiness, God employs His Word as a means. Did not Jesus intercede for His disciples: “Sanctify them through Thy Truth” in John 17:17? It follows that it may well be to the spiritual advantage of the members of a newly organized native church that the missionary continue for a good while to teach them the Word of God. (R. Kuiper) In the NT the salvation of God is presented under three tenses: past, present and future. As a work “begun” in Philippians 1:6, but not completed in a moment of time, he is referring to regeneration. As a work that “He will complete in you,” he is referring to glorification. (A.W. Pink) This declaration does not once descend to the level of human life and conduct: it defines the divine intent and purpose. It is sometimes asserted that a condition of good conduct is implied in this passage, which together forms the new covenant. Nothing is implied whatsoever. If God shall choose to make an unconditional covenant how could He more clearly state it? Or how could His exact truth be preserved if men are free to qualify His Word? To claim that a Christian may be lost through the issues of his daily life is to make an eternal, unconditional covenant, made by God in sovereign grace, seem to be a mere legal demand with which no human being could ever hope to comply. It would be tampering with the word of His grace. (L. Chafer) Philp. 1:6 Being confident of (Perf.APtc.NSM, pei,qw, Intensive, Circumstantial; because of their past actions) this (intensive pronoun) thing (doctrine) itself (Acc. of Spec.; immediate demonstrative pronoun): that the One (relative pronoun for God the Father) and only One (Subj. Nom.; Intensive use of the Ptc.) Who started (AMPtc.NSM, evna,rcomai, Ingressive, Substantival, Deponent; began) a good work (Acc. Dir. Obj.; justification, Alpha or Logistical Grace) in you (Loc. Sph. or Dat. Accompaniment), will fully complete (FAI3S, evpitele,w , Gnomic; emphasis on the use of “epi” as "fully" - pointing to ultimate sanctification; Christ as "the author and finisher of our faith") [or will keep on completing] (FAI3S, Progressive or Linear, Bravo Grace or SG - pointing to sanctification) (His work) until (improper preposition) the day (Adv. Gen. of Time) of Christ Jesus (Gen. Poss.; referring to the rapture), [Paul could also be looking forward to continual missionary support from the Philippians up to the point of the rapture], WHO Philippians 1:6 pepoiqw.j auvto. tou/to o[ti o` evnarxa,menoj evn u`mi/n e;rgon avgaqo.n evpitele,sei a;crij h`me,raj VIhsou/\ Cristou/ VUL Philippians 1:6 confidens hoc ipsum quia qui coepit in vobis opus bonum perficiet usque in diem Christi Iesu LWB Philp. 1:7 In so far as it is right [natural] for me to hold this correct opinion concerning all of you [favorable conclusions based on clear objective thinking], because I have you all [my favorite congregation] in the mentality of my soul [spiritual rapport], while in my
Page 1 and 2: Philippians Benjamin W. Brodie Sept
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Page 15 and 16: paramount importance, both to Paul
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Page 45 and 46: REVELANT OPINIONS For Paul the goal
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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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WHO Philippians 3:4 kai,per evgw. e
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KJV Philippians 3:6 Concerning zeal
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using the figure of a balance-sheet
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what it cost him. There is a price
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following God’s mandates, not by
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get our words “dynamite” and
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fellowship of His sufferings (Latin
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experientially is not all or nothin
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is referring to some particular kin
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not an end result as we understand
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training and education, and I am go
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cumulative experience of God’s gr
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(J. Pentecost) Spiritual self-satis
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KJV Philippians 3:14 I press toward
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Philp. 3:14 I keep on advancing (di
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teaching sinless perfection. Paul t
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We may attain the objective (Consta
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eferring to the USG). WHO Philippia
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Christian life has been compared to
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is pleasing to them. They have beco
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Some of them may be famous and have
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Obj.) are (ellipsis) earthly (Acc.
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Tribulation. While it is true that
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dynasphere" during the church age.
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Philp. 3:21 Who (Subj. Nom.) shall
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that they rarely (if ever) are a de
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pride; a military wreath awarded fo
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WHO Philippians 4:2 Euvodi,an parak
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gladiatorial arena) in (for) the Go
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grace support, that extra supply of
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instance (proseukea) means petition
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emedies include reason (but anxiety
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combined expression then refers to
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commands (Imperative mood) all beli
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WHO Philippians 4:8 To. loipo,n avd
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(connective) learned (manqa,nw, AAI
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WHO Philippians 4:10 VEca,rhn de. e
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esult of passing providential preve
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from his personal love for God, for
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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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