Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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LWB Philp. 2:8 He humbled Himself [voluntarily submitted to the Father] by becoming obedient to the point of spiritual death, that is, the spiritual death of the cross. KW Philp. 2:8 And being found to be in outward guise as a man, He stooped very low, having become obedient [to God the Father] to the extent of death, even such a death as that upon a cross. KJV Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Instead of exercising His divine attributes, which would enable Him to live forever in a human body without sin, He humbled Himself (Culminative Aorist tense) by becoming (Dramatic Aorist tense) obedient all the way through spiritual death. Jesus Christ was not forced by the Father and the Holy Spirit to do this; He voluntarily submitted to death on the cross. The voluntary aspect of this decision is emphasized by the reflexive pronoun “Himself.” There was no disagreement or argument in the Trinity. Jesus did not complain about His role in dying on the cross to provide salvation for the elect. His voluntary humiliation on the cross was the actual means (Instrumental Participle) of procuring our salvation. It is also important to understand that death in this verse refers to His spiritual death on the cross. There have been a lot of men and women throughout history who have died for others. Those who serve in the military will give us an affirmative nod in this direction. But only one man, the God- Man, has died a spiritual death on behalf of others. The absence of the definite article in the Greek actually emphasizes the unique quality of His spiritual death on the cross. No one else could if he would, or would if he could, provide salvation on the cross for a multitude of sinners. Men and women can die physically for another person, but we cannot die spiritually for another person. Jesus Christ, as deity and humanity united in one Person, was the only one in history who could and did provide this substitutionary atonement. Personal sacrifice to the point of death for another may meet our human standard of supreme self-sacrifice, but it does not meet the required divine standard. REVELANT OPINIONS He deprived Himself (voluntarily restricted Himself in order to execute God's plan, deprived Himself of the independent function of deity so that in His humanity He could voluntarily obey all the mandates of God that define the gates of the love complex - "abiding in His love") ... discovered in the outward appearance of man, without an Old Sin Nature. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) The form of a servant is concerned with the fact that the manifestation as a servant corresponded with the real fact that Christ came as the servant of mankind. In the phrase “in the likeness of men” the thought is still linked with that of His essential nature which rendered possible a likeness to man, but not an absolute identity with men. (M. Vincent) These seven downward steps in Philippians 2:6-8 in the Saviour’s humiliation are followed in verses 9-11 by seven steps upward in His glorification. (E.W. Bullinger) In polite Roman society the word “cross” was an obscenity, not to be uttered in
conversation. (P. O’Brien) Philp. 2:8 He humbled (tapeino,w, AAI3S, Culminative; humiliation of Christ on the cross) Himself (Compl. Acc., reflexive pronoun; emphasizes the voluntary aspect of the decision) by becoming (gi,nomai, AAPtc.NSM, Dramatic, Instrumental, Deponent) obedient (Pred. Nom.) to the point of (improper preposition with Gen. Measure; "all the way to") spiritual death (Obj. Gen.), that is (enclitic particle), the (absence of the article emphasizes the unique quality of His death) spiritual death (Gen. Apposition) of the cross (Adv. Gen. Ref.). WHO Philippians 2:8 evtapei,nwsen e`auto.n geno,menoj u`ph,kooj me,cri qana,tou qana,tou de. staurou/ VUL Philippians 2:8 humiliavit semet ipsum factus oboediens usque ad mortem mortem autem crucis LWB Philp. 2:9 Therefore, God [the Father was the Originator of the plan] then superexalted Him [the resurrection, ascension & session of Christ] and bestowed on Him the Name [rank] which is above every Name, KW Philp. 2:9 Because of which voluntary act of supreme self-renunciation God also supereminently exalted Him to the highest rank and power, and graciously bestowed upon Him the Name, the name which is above every name, KJV Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS The natural or logical outcome of the Lord being obedient to the Father’s plan and voluntarily going to the cross is that He would receive some spiritual benefit for doing so. The humiliation and exaltation are both part of the Father’s plan. Therefore the Father super-exalted (Constative Aorist tense) Christ for His obedience unto death and bestowed on Him (Culminative Aorist tense) the Name which is above every Name. The Greek word “onoma” refers not only to a title, but in this case refers to supreme, ultimate rank. There is no higher rank in heaven or on earth than that which the Father gave to the Son for His obedience to the divine plan of salvation. REVELANT OPINIONS E. Lochmeyer sees a principle of humiliation and exaltation in this verse, giving the impression that we are dealing with an inexorable, divine law, (P. O'Brien) similar to Thieme's principle that the righteousness of the believer (supergrace status) demands justice (blessings, rewards) from God. (LWB) THE NAME is a Hebrew title denoting office, rank, and dignity. (K. Wuest) It might
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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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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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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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