Philippians 1:9-10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:9

And this I pray: having praised God for their attainments, he returns, {as Philippians 1:4} in token of his love, to his great petition for them. That your love may abound; viz. that their love both to God and man, showed in their bounty to him, might, as a rising stream from its springing fountain, yet further flow out, and more abundantly communicate itself in all Christian offices, and not abate, (as it seems it afterwards did among the Ephesians, Revelation 2:4), as our Saviour foretold it... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:10

i.e. To the ends he subjoins, namely, that ye may approve things that are excellent; that upon a due expense of circumstances in a judicious trial, upon rightly discerning the differences of things not obvious to every eye, so as to choose and approve those things that are really to be preferred, being the best, Romans 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:21 surpassing all desirable things besides, Ephesians 3:19, as being most acceptable unto God, Romans 12:2. That ye may be sincere; and be upright,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 1:9-11

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilippians 1:9. In knowledge and in all judgment.—“Perfect knowledge (as in Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 4:13) and universal discernment.” “The one deals with general principles, the other is concerned with practical applications” (Lightfoot).Philippians 1:10. That ye may approve things that are excellent.—St. Paul would have his dear Philippians to be connoisseurs of whatever is morally and spiritually excellent. That ye may be sincere.—Bearing a close scrutiny, in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9

Philippians 1:9 I. Here we see, first, what St. Paul takes for granted as the underlying substance, as the raw material, of Divine life in the soul of man. Whenever in his writings knowledge and love are put in competition with each other, the precedence is assigned to love. For, as compared with knowledge, love is intrinsically a stronger thing, and it is worth more practically. To be knit to God by love is better, religiously speaking, than to speculate about Him, however rightly, as an... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9-11

Philippians 1:9-11 In one word, the Apostle prayed that the Philippians might grow. I. True love is intelligent. We are to love God with all our mind. II. The Apostle prays for an enlargement and quickening of the discriminating faculty: that the Philippians might distinguish between things that differ, and that so distinguishing they might choose the right. III. The Apostle, beginning at the centre, finds his way to the circumference; beginning with the spiritual, he culminates in the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:8-11

DISCOURSE: 2136GROWTH IN GRACEPhilippians 1:8-11. God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may he sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.THE connexion subsisting between a pastor and his... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:1-30

Now, that we might continue to grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, let us turn to Philippians 1 .Paul the apostle was arrested in Jerusalem, held in prison in Caesarea for two years until he appealed to Caesar and was brought as a prisoner to Caesar in Rome, in order that he might appear before Caesar and appeal his case. While Paul was in Rome for two years awaiting his appearance before Caesar, he was under house arrest. He was able to rent his own quarters, however, twenty-four... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 1:1-30

Philippians 1:1 . Paul and Timotheus. The latter is associated as a fellow-labourer, and an apostolic man with himself. They had together planted churches, at the hazard of their lives, and their labours entitled them to great honour. Hence we find the name of Sosthenes, and Silvanus, connected with that of Timothy, in writing to the Thessalonians. 1 Corinthians 1:1. But where do we find the like in the bulletins of Rome? With the bishops and deacons. Tirinus says, the presbyters are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 1:3-11

Philippians 1:3-11I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Retrospect and forecastI.The retrospect.1. Its subject--“fellowship of the gospel.”(1) Their mutual delight in all that the gospel brings. The grace that saved the apostle was that which saved his converts. Having a common faith they had a bond of union.(2) Their cooperation in all attempts for the furtherance of the gospel.2. The emotions it awakened.(1) A grateful recognition of its unbroken character. Never had a single jar... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 1:7-11

Philippians 1:7-11I have you in my heart--Aboundings of loveI.Was it a slip of the pen when Paul wrote “I have you in my heart”? Will he modify it? No, he will make it more than it was. Lest it should be supposed that it was only his manner of speech, and that he is only uttering a passing sentiment, he puts before what he has to say a solemn asseveration. “God is my witness.” Such a form of expression would hardly be regarded in these days as meeting the laws of taste and propriety, and some... read more

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