Filipenses 2:22-26 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 2:19-30

Paul takes particular notice of two good ministers; for though he was himself a great apostle, and laboured more abundantly than they all, yet he took all occasions to speak with respect of those who were far his inferiors. I. He speaks of Timothy, whom he intended to send to the Philippians, that he might have an account of their state. See Paul's care of the churches, and the comfort he had in their well-doing. He was in pain when he had not heard of them for a good while, and therefore... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 2:19-24

2:19-24 I hope in the Lord Jesus soon to send Timothy to you, that I may find out how things are going with you and take heart. I have no one with a mind equal to his, for he is the kind of man who will genuinely care for your affairs; for all men are concerned with their own interests, and not with the interests of Jesus Christ. You know his tried and tested character, and you know that, as a child serves a father, so he has shared my service in the work of the gospel. So then, I hope to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 2:25-30

2:25-30 I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-worker, and fellow-soldier, your messenger and the servant of my need, because he is longing for you all, and he is very distressed because you heard that he had been ill, so ill that he nearly died. But God had pity on him, and not on him only, but on me too, that I might not have grief upon grief. So, then, I send him to you with the more despatch, that, when you see him, you may be glad again, and that I may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:22

But ye know the proof of him ,.... They had had an experiment of him, a trial of his spirit, and a proof of his gifts and ministry, when he was among them with the apostle at his first preaching the Gospel to them, to the conversion of Lydia, and of the jailer, and their households, which laid the foundation of a Gospel church state among them, see Acts 16:3 . The Vulgate Latin version reads in the imperative, "know ye the proof of him"; but the former reading is to be preferred: that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:23

Him therefore I hope to send presently ,.... For the reasons now given: so soon as I shall see how it will go with me ; whether he should be released from his bonds or not; whether he should live or die; whether he should be set free, or be called to suffer martyrdom for the sake of Christ; for he expected, that the matter would be determined in a very short time, when, be it at it would, Timothy would be spared. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:24

But I trust in the Lord ,.... The Syriac version reads, "in my Lord": that I also myself shall come shortly : this he adds, partly to let them see, that he still retained a secret hope and persuasion in his own mind of a deliverance, though he could not be certain of it, how things would go with him; and partly, that he might not be thought to put them off with sending Timothy to them; for notwithstanding that, his intention still was, should he be released, to pay them a visit himself.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:25

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus ,.... In the mean while, before either he or Timothy could come to them. This man was sent by the Philippians to the apostle with a present, and had been detained at Rome for some time, partly through business, and partly through sickness; but now the apostle thought it proper, he being recovered, to send him to them, who was one of their ministers. One of this name lived at Rome about this time, and was one of Nero's freemen F15 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:26

For he longed after you ,.... This verse and Phlippians 2:28 contain the reasons of the apostle's sending him; and the first is, because he had a very vehement and longing desire after all of them; to see them, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add, and as it is read in the Alexandrian and Claromontane copies, and in others: it was not the city of Philippi he longed to see, which might be his native place, nor his natural relations and family, but the church there; and not the officers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:22

Ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me - The Philippians had full proof of the affectionate attachment of Timothy to Paul, for he had labored with him there, as we learn from Acts 16:1-3 ; Acts 17:14 ; and we find from what is said here that Timothy was not a servant to the apostle, but that he had served with him. They both labored together in the word and doctrine; for apostles and Christian bishops, in those times, labored as hard as their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:23

How it will go with me - The apostle was now in captivity; his trial appears to have been approaching, and of its issue he was doubtful; though he seems to have had a general persuasion that he should be spared, see Phlippians 2:19 , Phlippians 2:24 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 2:19-30

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 2:19-24

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 2:25-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:23

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