Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

(Perf.PPtc.NPM, plhro,w, Intensive, Telic; Bravo Grace,
"reaping the full harvest") with the fruit (Adv. Acc.,
substantive without a preposition, anarthrous) of
righteousness (Qualitative Gen.; spiritual progress), the
(anarthrous) (fruit) which (is) from (or through) Jesus
Christ (Abl. Source; substantive) for the glory (Acc.
Purpose; inner revelation) and (connective) praise (Acc.
Purpose; outer expression) of God (Obj. Gen.).
WHO
Philippians 1:11 peplhrwme,noi karpo.n dikaiosu,nhj to.n dia. VIhsou/ Cristou/ eivj do,xan kai.
e;painon qeou/
VUL Philippians 1:11 repleti fructu iustitiae per Christum Iesum in gloriam et laudem Dei
LWB Philp. 1:12 Now brethren, after mature consideration I want you all to comprehend
that my extreme circumstances [imprisonments & lawsuits] have come upon me on
numerous occasions for the advance of the good news,
KW Philp. 1:12 Now, after mature consideration my desire is that you gain this knowledge from
[my] experience, namely, that the things which are holding me down [those associated with my
imprisonment] have come to result rather in the pioneer advance of the good news,
KJV Philippians 1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened
unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
Paul wrote this letter on behalf of himself and Timothy, but on occasions when he is speaking for
himself only, he uses the middle voice for restrictive emphasis. So he now changes his focus from
the heights of the spiritual life available to all believers to an explanation of his imprisonment. He
has carefully considered all the evidence (Static Present tense) and has come to the conclusion that
his numerous imprisonments have happened to him (Iterative Present tense) for the purpose of
advancing the gospel. In other words, they were divinely directed, they were not accidents. He did
not do anything illegal, nor did he provoke the authorities to throw him in prison. He simply
preached the gospel and taught Christian doctrine whenever and wherever he had the opportunity.
Because of this, he was persecuted and arrested by jealous and angry mobs, usually Jews who
wanted him expelled from town. And because he knows his imprisonments cause the Philippians
great concern, he wants them to understand for a long time into the future (Durative Present tense)
that this is part of God’s plan and that they were meant to happen (Infinitive of Intended Result).
Paul is attempting to encourage and comfort them by changing their perspective from human to
divine viewpoint. They must look at the ultimate purpose and result behind his adversity, rather than
at the adversity itself. His imprisonment was an ingenious way of allowing him to spread the gospel
to those who might not have heard it in any other way.