腓立比书 2:4-8 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

Exhortation to unity. I. St. PAUL 'S ERNEST DESIRE FOR THE UNITY OF THE . PHILIPPIAN CHURCH . 1 . He desires that unity because he loves them. His happiness is bound up with their spiritual welfare. "Fulfil ye my joy," he says; he had learned to look upon the things of others; his deepest joy depended, not on his own personal comforts, but on the spiritual progress of those whom he loved. The remembrance of the Philippians ( Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:4 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

Altruism. Paul has been speaking of the gifts of faith and of suffering which the Philippians had received, and now he proceeds to state further the practical outcome of the Christian spirit. It is really an altruism of a more thorough character than that provided by the schools. We have altruism paraded at present as the high outcome of that morality which is independent of God. But there is no consideration of the case of others so broad or so deep as that which is secured by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

Genuine socialism apostolically urged. "If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love," etc. Notice— I. GENUINE SOCIALISM . Man is a social being, and his normal social condition is unity. Society is one body, and all men are members thereof, all animated by one life, and contributing to the good of the whole. This is the social ideal; but.. he alas! sin has created a schism. Instead of unity there is a division everywhere, and the divided parts become... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

Exhortation to unanimity and humility. I. HE APPEALS TO PHILIPPIANS BY FOUR COMMON ELEMENTS IN THEIR COMMON CONFLICT TO FULFIL HIS JOY . 1 . By the comfort there is in Christ. "If there is therefore any comfort in Chris The connecting word has reference to the duty which was enjoined in the twenty-seventh verse of the last chapter, and is again enjoined in the second verse of this chapter. But there is also reference to the circumstances under which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

The qualities of Christian like-mindedness. I. Warning faction and VAIN - GLORY . "Let nothing be done through faction or vain-glory." True unity of spirit is inconsistent alike with the exaltation of party and the exaltation of self. Faction carries men beyond the bounds of discretion, and rends the unity of the brotherhood. "The beginning of strife is as the letting out of water" ( Proverbs 17:14 ). It should be "an honor for a man to cease from" it ( Proverbs 20:3 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

Exhortation to unity: (3) Causes of its breach. I. TO CONQUER A MALADY WE MUST ASCERTAIN ITS CAUSE . St. Paul lays bare the causes of the divisions which exist among Christians. 1 . Strife : faction; party spirit; the desire to promote the success of a cause rather than to be guided by the Holy Spirit into that which is true. 2 . Vain-glory : personal vanity; the desire to be noticed, and the hatred of owning one's self to be wrong. These are the solvents of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:4

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others . Translate, "looking," as R.V., not making one's own interest the one only object of life, but regarding also the interests, feelings, wishes, of others. Each man must in a measure look at his own things,—the καί implies that; but he must consider others if he is a Christian indeed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:4

Selfishness. I. SELFISHNESS IS THE ROOT OF SIN . Selfishness is living in and for ourselves. It manifests itself in various aspects. 1 . In thought. Self becomes the largest figure in a man's conception of the universe. The shadow of self lies across everything else. The merits of self are magnified in pride. Vanity craves the admiration of others for one's self. Self-worship makes a man prejudiced in holding to his own opinions and bigoted in rejecting those of other... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus ; literally, according to the reading of the best manuscripts, mind this in you which was also ( minded ) in Christ Jesus. Many manuscripts take the words "every man" ( ἕκαστοι ) of Philippians 2:4 with Philippians 2:5 : "All of you mind this." The words, "in Christ Jesus," show that the corresponding words, "in you," cannot mean "among you," but in yourselves, in your heart. The apostle refers us to the supreme example of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

Exhortation to unity: (4) Its highest motive and most powerful agent. I. WHAT THE MIND OF CHRIST IS . It is the mind of perfect love manifesting itself in perfect humility. II. WHY WE NEED IT . It is the only cure for our want of unity. Disunion comes from self-exaltation. Union from losing self in Christ. St. Paul here urges the highest motive to unity and the only method by which it can be secured. Controversies are hushed when we realize the presence and the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

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