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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Philippians 1:3-11

SECTION IISituation and Labors of the Apostle at RomePhilippians 1:3-26(1) The Apostle’s gratitude and joy before God on account of the church (Philippians 1:3-11)After joyful thanksgiving for the fellowship of the church in the gospel (Philippians 1:3-5), and the expression of his confident hope that God will make it perfect (Philippians 1:6-8), he offers a fervent prayer for them (Philippians 1:9-11)3I thank my God upon every [all] remembrance of you, 4Always in every prayer of mine for you... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 1:9-11

PHILIPPIANS A COMPREHENSIVE PRAYER Php_1:9-11 R.V.. What a blessed friendship is that of which the natural language is prayer! We have many ways, thank God, of showing our love and of helping one another, but the best way is by praying for one another. All that is selfish and low is purged out of our hearts in the act, suspicions and doubts fade away when we pray for those whom we love. Many an alienation would have melted like morning mists if it had been prayed about, added tenderness... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 1:1-11

Rejoice in Growth and Seek Increase Philippians 1:1-11 It is exceedingly difficult to compress this Epistle, which is the tenderest and most personal of them all. Every word merits consideration; every paragraph is full of linked sweetness long drawn out. In the opening verses we are taught that we may further the gospel, not only by direct efforts, but by helping those who, like the Apostle, are devoted to its spread. From the early beginnings of their friendship, this Church had never... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 1:9

THE INTELLECT AND THE HEART‘This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment.’ Php_1:9 In the school of God, the heart is even more important than the head. But the intellect is important also; and we must not forget that another text had long ago asserted the converse truth—not contradictory but converse—when it said, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind.’ Thus Moses announces that the intellect is a help to love; and St. Paul... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:10

THE HIGHER LIFE‘That ye may approve things that are excellent.’ Php_1:10 This is the second time that St. Paul has made use of this expression—to the Christians of Rome, and now to his spiritual children at Philippi.Let us see what the Apostle means by it. I. It does not mean that they are merely to distinguish between good and evil, between what is false and true, for there would be no great difficulty in this; St. Paul means something far higher than this. They are, in fact, to distinguish... 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 1:9-10

‘And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ,’ And it was because they were within the sphere of the tender mercies of Christ Jesus (compare Philippians 2:1) that he prayed that their love might abound more and more, both towards each other and towards their neighbours. But it was nevertheless to be a discerning love and a... 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

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Philippians 1:3-11

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 1:9-11

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 1:1-11

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:9

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:10

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:9-10

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

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