Philippians 1:6

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:1-30

This letter is in itself a revelation of Christian experience. The word “sin" is not mentioned. The flesh is referred to only that it may be ignored. It is characterized by a revelation of the mind of love. Associating Timothy with himself, the apostle described Timothy and himself as the "servants of Jesus Christ." Declaring that he thanks God upon all his remembrance of Philippians he tells them that he is praying that their “love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 1:1-14

The Saints in Christ Jesus Philippians 1:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are entering a most remarkable Book written by the Holy Ghost through Paul. It is a Book that discloses many of those tender and gentle characteristics which mark the spiritually minded in Christ Jesus. By way of introduction we will seek to disclose some of those inner touches which abound in the opening verses. 1. The joy of comradeship in Christ Jesus. "Paul and Timotheus": that is the way the chapter opens. The... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:6

THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH‘Being confident of this very thing, that He Which hath begun a good work in you will perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ.’ Php_1:6 If St. Paul could thus speak confidently as to God’s purpose for one branch of the Universal Church, which had been only some ten years in existence, surely we, too, may venture, though with utter reproach and self-distrust, to recognise in our own hearts something approaching to a like confidence about that good work which God has... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:3-9

Paul Expresses His Continual Concern For Them In The Light Of His Certainty That God Will Preserve his True People To The End (Philippians 1:3-9 ). Paul now proceeded to thank God for every remembrance of them. He had a physical cause for gratitude in that they had sent him a monetary gift (Philippians 4:10), but far more important to him was their ‘sharing in common’ (fellowship - koinonia) with him in their spiritual lives, of which that gift was a token. What mattered most to him was that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:6

‘Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ,’ And his prayers were especially aided by the confidence that he had that the God Who had begun a good work in the Philippians, and Who was working in them to will and to do of His good pleasure ( Philippians 2:13), would make that good work perfect and complete until the Day of Jesus Christ. For while he could exhort God’s people to faithfulness as urgently as anyone, Paul... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:3-11

Php_1:3-11 . Thanksgiving and Intercession.— Paul usually begins his letters with congratulations and thanksgivings, even when he has to follow with complaints and rebukes. In writing to Philippi he has no fault to find with the church, so that his opening sentences are especially glad. At once he sounds a dominant note, the note of joy, which recurs again and again throughout the epistle. He is especially thankful for the fellowship of his readers, their affectionate association for the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:6

Being confident of this very thing; i.e. having thanked God for what he had done and did for them, he expresseth his firm persuasion and charitable hope of their perseverance for the future. That he which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it; not from any thing in themselves more than others, but because God the Father, (who is not weary of well-doing), having begun the work of faith in them Philippians 2:13, with John 6:29, who else were dead in sins, as the Ephesians, Ephesians 2:1,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 1:3-8

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilippians 1:3. I thank my God.—The keynote of the whole epistle. As the apostle’s strains of praise had been heard by the prisoners in the Philippian gaol, so now from another captivity the Church hears a song of sweet contentment. “My God.” The personal appropriation and the quiet contentment of the apostle both speak in this emphatic phrase.Philippians 1:4. Always in every prayer of mine for you all.—Notice the comprehensive “always,” “every,” “all,” indicating... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:6

Philippians 1:6 The Apostle lays down a great principle respecting the Divine method of working, viz., to begin is to finish, and that principle, wide enough to encompass the universe, will also comprehend every detail of Christian service. I. God works by a plan; His plan is to prepare mankind for the final day. II. God is not fickle in the prosecution of His purposes; He begins, not that He may conduct an experiment, but that He may perform a design. III. God has so revealed Himself in the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:6

DISCOURSE: 2135A WORK OF GRACEPhilippians 1:6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.THERE is a just mixture of hope and fear, which every Christian should cherish in contemplating his own experience, and the state of the Church of Christ. On the one hand there certainly is ground for fear, whether we judge from analogy, or from what we behold with our eyes. What multitudes of blossoms are annually cut off... read more

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