philippians-1:9-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 1:9

Philippians 1:9That your love abound yet more and more in all knowledge and in all Judgment Paul’s prayerI.Its subject matter--“Your love.”II. Its burden--“May abound,” etc.III. Its aim--“That ye may approve,” etc. (G. G. Ballard.)Definiteness in prayer1. Implies a deep consciousness of an intelligently apprehended need.2. Is becoming when an intelligent being addresses the Divine Intelligence.3. Is essential, from the very nature of prayer.4. Affords a fixed ground for the exercise of faith.5.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 1:9-11

Philippians 1:9-11And this I pray The recorded prayers of St.Paul are eight in number.I. For the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:17-23; Ephesians 3:14-21).II. For the Colossians (Colossians 1:9-14).III. For the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 3:10-13; 1Th 1:11-12; 1 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 1Th 3:16).IV. For the Philippians (in loco). (G. G. Ballard.)St. Paul’s prayer for the PhilippiansThese words contain a petition for--I. The enlargement of the affections by the improvement of the intellectual... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 1:10

Philippians 1:10That ye may approve the things that are excellent True religion isI.The highest intelligence.II. The fairest accomplishment.III. The most enduring possession. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Life workI. Respects judgment--motive--action.II. Requires energy--till the day of Christ. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Spiritual discriminationI. Demands the exercise of the most intelligent and sensitive charity.II. Commands a wide field of effort, viz., the bad, the good, the better, the best--in character, life,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 1:9

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; Ver. 9. And in all judgment ] Or, sense. The soul also hath her senses as well as the body. And these must be exercised to discern good and evil, Hebrews 5:14 , those two learned senses especially (as Aristotle calleth them), the eye and the ear,Job 34:3; Job 34:3 ; Jeremiah 2:31 . Further, observe here, that knowledge and sense, or judgment, are two things. Young trees are more sappy, but old... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 1:10

10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Ver. 10. Approve the things ] Or, try the things that differ, that ye be not cheated, and so undone, as many a man is by purchasing a counterfeit commodity at an unreasonable rate. A Bristol stone looks like a diamond, and many things glister besides gold. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Philippians 1:9

this: Philippians 1:4 your: Philippians 3:15, Philippians 3:16, Job 17:9, Proverbs 4:18, Matthew 13:31-Micah :, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Philemon 1:6, 1 Peter 1:22 in knowledge: 1 Corinthians 14:20, Ephesians 5:17, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 3:10, 2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:6, 2 Peter 3:18 judgment: or, sense, Hebrews 5:14,*Gr. Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:18 - keep Psalms 71:14 - praise Psalms... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Philippians 1:10

ye: Isaiah 7:15, Isaiah 7:16, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Micah 3:2, John 3:20, Romans 2:18, Romans 7:16, Romans 7:22, Romans 8:7, Romans 12:2, Romans 12:9 approve things that are excellent: or, try things that differ, Job 12:11, Job 34:3, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 11:13-Ezra :, Ephesians 5:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Hebrews 5:12-2 Chronicles :, 1 John 4:1, Revelation 2:2 that ye may be: Philippians 1:16, Genesis 20:5, Joshua 24:14, John 1:47, Acts 24:16, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; And this I pray, that your love — Which they had already shown.May abound yet more and more — The fire which burned in the apostle never says, It is enough.In knowledge and in all spiritual sense — Which is the ground of all spiritual knowledge. We must be inwardly sensible of divine peace, joy, love; otherwise, we cannot know what they are. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Philippians 1:10

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;That ye may try — By that spiritual sense.The things that are excellent — Not only good, but the very best; the superior excellence of which is hardly discerned, but by the adult Christian. That ye may be inwardly sincere - Having a single eye to the very best things, and a pure heart. And outwardly without offence - Holy, unblamable in all things. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:9

9. This I pray The prayer (Philippians 1:9-11) is for their continual increase in love to Christ, his cause, and his people; that love which underlay their fellowship with the gospel, the subject of the thanksgiving, and also made them willing partakers with himself in suffering. Yet not in the love alone did he desire growth, but more in certain adjuncts which are always necessary to its best direction and most useful employment. Love may be very pure, honest, and full, and at the... read more