Philippians 3:10-11

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 3:10-11

Philippians SAVING KNOWLEDGE Php_3:10-11 R.V.. We have seen how the Apostle was prepared to close his letter at the beginning of this chapter, and how that intention was swept away by the rush of new thoughts. His fervid faith caught fire when he turned to think of what he had lost, and how infinitely more he had gained in Christ. His wealth is so great that it cannot be crowded into the narrow space of one brief sentence, and after all the glowing words which precede our text, he feels... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 3:1-12

Losing All to Know Christ Philippians 3:1-12 Precept must be on precept, line on line. The false teachers who dogged Paul’s steps insisted on rigid conformity to Judaism, with its rabbinical accretions, as the condition of being saved by Christ. Paul’s answer was that he had gone through all the requirements of Judaism, but had found it absolutely unsatisfactory and inefficient to subdue the sin of his soul. But in Christ he had found everything he needed. What had been gain to him now... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 3:1-21

This is the great chapter of the autobiography of Paul. First, he emphasized the story of his past in a most remarkable way. Then referring to these things as gains (the word in the original is plural) he declared he counted them loss. The vision of Christ immediately showed him the worthlessness of everything in comparison. He then brought up the story of his life to the time of his writing. It would then be about thirty years after meeting the risen Lord that he counted his gains but loss.... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 3:4-14

Seven Pairs of Things A Message of Contrasts Philippians 3:4-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is much said in the Bible by way of contrast. Heaven is contrasted with hell; life is contrasted with death; right is contrasted with wrong; light with darkness, truth with error. Our Scripture circumscribes certain Bible contrasts with a word common to us all the word, "Things." There are the things before, contrasted with the things behind; there are the things which are spiritual, contrasted with the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 3:10

THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST‘That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection.’ Php_3:10 St. Paul tells us what he meant by the knowledge of Christ. It is personal knowledge, the knowledge of a person, the acquaintance of one person with another. Let this be our aspiration, namely, to know Him, not only to know about Him. I. We live in an age of doubt.—We must expect to hear every belief rudely challenged, roughly criticised, and too often hastily rejected. Hollow beliefs are giving way; men... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:10

‘To know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the sharing in common of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,’ In these words Paul’s whole desire is summed up, to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing in common of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death. In other words he wants to have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5) more and more in such a way as to be a continual partaker with Him of what He Himself experienced, recognising that by... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:10-21

His Knowing Of Christ Involves Participation With Him In The Power Of His Resurrection, And Equal Participation With Him in His Sufferings, By Himself Recognising That He Has Died With Christ. And His Aim Is To Participate In The Resurrection From The Dead (Philippians 3:10-21 ). In The New Testament the power of Christ’s resurrection is seen as an effective transforming power. It is through that power that in Christ God will, from start to finish, bring about the whole salvation of the whole... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:11

‘If by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.’ ‘If by any means’ indicates that Paul was ready for anything as long as it resulted in his attaining the resurrection from among the dead. He did not mind what was demanded of him as long as he achieved his goal. (He had had the same desire as a Pharisee, but had then been going about it the wrong way). Some people are baffled by the word ‘attain’ used here because their minds think in terms of trying to achieve it by merit of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:10-16

Php_3:10-16 . Aim and Aspiration.— In exchange for the proud Jewish privileges that he has renounced, Paul has a new pursuit. His aim is to know Christ and the power that comes from His resurrection, the energy of the glorified, risen Christ— not the power which raised Him from the dead— together with a sympathetic union with Christ in suffering by his own endurance of suffering like Christ’ s, so that he may hope also for a resurrection— a privilege only for Christ’ s people. Writing towards... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 3:10

That I may know him; as consequent upon the former he had by winning of Christ, he doth here insist upon sanctification, which would result from faith’s exerting itself in a further saving, experimental knowledge of Christ, to be found in whom, he undervalued all besides coniformity to Christ in holiness, being to have communion with him in righteousness, 1 Corinthians 1:30; God having appointed those who are found in Christ, to be conformed to his image in holiness, Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians... read more

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