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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.The rendition here is a vast improvement over the KJV, the verse being a remarkable witness of the Christian's unity with the Lord, and, in fact, his identity with the Lord. Many scholars have been struck with the impact of this passage. Caffin stated the implications of the verse thus: "Not I, but Christ liveth in me. Paul is so united with Christ that he feels with the heart of Christ and loves with the love... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment.Pink's amazing deductions from this verse are to the effect that in contrast to the amazing love of the Philippians, they had an inadequate understanding of the mind of Christ, and that Paul longed for a better balance in their characters. "Therefore he prayed (not as most of us need to pray - that our love may be in proportion to our light) but that their intelligence may be commensurate with their... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:10

So that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offense unto the day of Christ.Approve the things which are excellent ... This is very similar to "distinguish things that differ" as Paul wrote in Romans 2:18; and both here and there, "It is impossible to decide exactly what Paul means.[25] One thing is evident, Paul wanted the Philippians to grow in knowledge in order to avoid offense in living the Christian life. Russell thought that Paul's words in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:11

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.As Pink said, "This verse, along with Philippians 1:10, sets before us a powerful incentive to live hourly with the judgment seat of Christ before us, ... that we may not be ashamed at his coming."[27]Fruits of righteousness ... As Knight observed, "This righteousness is that by Jesus Christ in contrast to that which is by the law (Philippians 3:9).[28] In order, therefore, to have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:8

Philippians 1:8. God is my record, &c.— "God is my witness, that I long to see you with that peculiar tenderness of affection, which nothing but these bonds of mutual faith and love centering in him can be capable of producing; and which greatly resemble the compassion which Christ himself feels for those whom his grace hath made the members of his body." Bowels is a term which denotes the most intense, ardent, and sincere affection. Dr. Heylin renders the verse, For God is my witness, that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:9

Philippians 1:9. In knowledge, and in all judgment;— The former of these is explained of speculative, the latter of practical knowledge; but the difference between the ideas suggested by the original would be much better preserved, by rendering the last word αισθησει, perception, or discernment. He wishes that they might not only know the principles which recommend candour and benevolence, but feel their influence on their hearts; which daily experience and observation shew, in some great... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:10

Philippians 1:10. That ye may approve, &c.— So as to prove things which differ:—"To prove by experience, and know by trial, how incomparably excellent the Christian character is beyond any other; (see 1 Thessalonians 5:21.) that you may be found not only sincere and cordial, but altogether inoffensive through the whole of your Christian course, even until the great day of Christ." The word rendered without offence, is of doubtful signification. Sometimes it implies, "The not giving offence... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:11

Philippians 1:11. Being filled, &c.— "Being filled with all the genuine fruits and effects of righteousness, which are produced by virtue of a living faith in Jesus Christ." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:8

8. Confirmation of :-. record—that is, witness. in the bowels of Jesus Christ—"Christ Jesus" is the order in the oldest manuscripts. My yearning love (so the Greek implies) to you is not merely from natural affection, but from devotedness to Christ Jesus. "Not Paul, but Jesus Christ lives in Paul; wherefore Paul is not moved in the bowels (that is, the tender love, Jeremiah 31:20) of Paul, but of Jesus Christ" [BENGEL]. All real spiritual love is but a portion of Christ's love which yearns in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:9

9. The subject of his prayer for them (Philippians 1:4). your love—to Christ, producing love not only to Paul, Christ's minister, as it did, but also to one another, which it did not altogether as much as it ought (Philippians 2:2; Philippians 4:2). knowledge—of doctrinal and practical truth. judgment—rather, "perception"; "perceptive sense." Spiritual perceptiveness: spiritual sight, spiritual hearing, spiritual feeling, spiritual taste. Christianity is a vigorous plant, not the hotbed growth... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:9

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