Philippians 2:1,Philippians 2:2

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 2:1-4

Philippians A PLEA FOR UNITY Php_2:1-4 R.V.. There was much in the state of the Philippian church which filled Paul’s heart with thankfulness, and nothing which drew forth his censures, but these verses, with their extraordinary energy of pleading, seem to hint that there was some defect in the unity of heart and mind of members of the community. It did not amount to discord, but the concord was not as full as it might have been. There is another hint pointing in the same direction in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

Following His Example of Self-Surrender Philippians 2:1-11 In all Scripture-indeed, in all literature-there is no passage which combines such extraordinary extremes as this. The Apostle opens the golden compasses of his faith, placing one jeweled point on the throne of divine glory and the other at the edge of the pit, where the Cross stood; and then he asks us to measure the vast descent of the Son of God as He came down to help us. Mark the seven steps: He was in the form of God, that is,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 2:1-30

The apostle now urged those to whom he wrote to fill his joy to the full. In order to do this he indicated two causative facts which suggested two resulting experiences, and then referred to conduct issuing therefrom. The facts are "exhortation in Christ" and "fellowship in the Spirit." When these are realized and submitted to they create that frame of mind which issues in such manner of life as is for the progress of the Gospel In a stupendous and stately passage the mind of Christ is... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

How Christians Should Live Philippians 2:1-30 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We were told that when Minister Wu, of China, was addressing an American audience in Washington, D. C., upon comparative religions, he said that the difference between Christianity and Confucianism lay in the two ideals. The ideals of Confucianism consisted of ethics which were possible of human attainment, whereas the ethics of Christ were beyond the reach of mankind. He illustrated the ethics of Christ, by a partial reading of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1

‘Therefore if there is any exhortation (encouragement, advocacy) in Christ, if any consolation (encouragement) of love, if any sharing in common in and with the Spirit (koinonia of the Spirit, participation in the Spirit), if any tender mercies and compassions,’ The initial ‘therefore’ here looks back to Philippians 1:27-30. It is because they have been called on to live lives worthy of citizens of Heaven and lives worthy of the Gospel; because they have been called on to stand firm in one... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-4

The Call To Unity (Philippians 2:1-4 ). In the light of the example of Christ into which they are to enter in their minds (‘let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus’ - Philippians 2:5), and of the unifying power of love, and of the working of the one Holy Spirit, Paul calls on the Philippian Christians themselves to be fully one, ‘being of one accord and having one mind’, and he desires that that one mind be a mind that partakes in Christ’s mind as He walked in the pathway of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-15

The Call To Unity And Love In The Way That Had Been Exemplified By Jesus Christ Himself And Which God Will Work Within Them As They Give Attention To Experiencing Their Salvation To The Full (Philippians 2:1-15 ). Along with the call to live worthily of Christ, this call to unity and love now presented pervades the whole letter (Philippians 1:9-10; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:1-4; Philippians 2:14; Philippians 4:2-3), although without dominating it. As with Jesus Himself in His final... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-18

Paul Explains What God requires Of Them As His People And As Citizens of Heaven Who As A Result Of Believing Have Been United With Christ In His Humiliation And Exaltation (Philippians 1:27 to Philippians 2:18 ). Having assured them of his prayers and concern for them, and having satisfactorily explained the current situation as it affected him, Paul now turned his attention to exhorting the church to themselves ‘live like citizens worthy of the Gospel’ (Philippians 1:27). That is, they are... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-4

Php_2:1-4 . Unity and Humility.— An exhortation based on the help that Christ gives, the word rendered “ consolation” meaning help of various kinds, especially in the form of encouragement. This comes from Christ and so does compassion. The source of them is His love. That should lead to unity of mind, the absence of factiousness— always a danger in a Greek community ( 1 Corinthians 1:10-Esther : *)— and the unselfish humility that gives a preference to the honour and interest of other people. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 2:1

The apostle, reassuming his exhortation in the former chapter to unanimity, Philippians 1:27, doth here, by way of inference from what went immediately before, press them in a very affectionate manner, with a kind of rhetorical relation, and obtestation, as it were, adjure them. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ; if any such exhortation, (as the word is rendered, Acts 13:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Timothy 4:13), in the name of Christ, might avail with them to cheer him and one... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 2:1-4

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 2:1-30

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 2:1

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