Philippians 3:15-19 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:15-16

The apostle, having proposed himself as an example, urges the Philippians to follow it. Let the same mind be in us which was in blessed Paul. We see here how he was minded; let us be like-minded, and set our hearts upon Christ and heaven, as he did. 1. He shows that this was the thing wherein all good Christians were agreed, to make Christ all in all, and set their hearts upon another world. This is that whereto we have all attained. However good Christians may differ in their sentiments about... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:17-21

He closes the chapter with warnings and exhortations. I. He warns them against following the examples of seducers and evil teachers (Phil. 3:18, 19): Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. Observe, 1. There are many called by Christ's name who are enemies to Christ's cross, and the design and intention of it. Their walk is a surer evidence what they are than their profession. By their fruits you shall know them,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 3:12-16

3:12-16 Not that I have already obtained this, or that I am already all complete but I press on to try to grasp that for which I have been grasped by Jesus Christ. Brothers, I do not count myself to have obtained; but this one thing I do--forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out for the things which are in front, I press on towards the goal, in order that I may win the prize which God's upward calling in Christ Jesus is offering to me. Let all of you who have graduated... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 3:17-21

3:17-21 Brothers, unite in imitating me, and keep your gaze on those who live, as you have seen us as an example. For there are many who behave in such a way--I have often spoken to you about them, and I do so now with tears--that they are enemies of the Cross of Christ. Their end is destruction: their god is their belly; that in which they glory is their shame. Men whose whole minds are earthbound! But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly await the Lord Jesus Christ as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:15

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect ,.... Not absolutely, but comparatively, with respect to other believers, in a lower class of knowledge and experience; and not with respect to degrees, but parts; and regards such who were not children, but of riper age in divine things, unless the words are spoken ironically: be thus minded ; as the apostle was, to count what were gain to him, loss for Christ; to reckon all things but loss and dung, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:16

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained ,.... Whatever degree of knowledge of Christ, and the truths of his Gospel, is attained to, let it be retained, and not departed from: let us walk by the same rule ; either the doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness in particular, which is a rule of judgment concerning other things; for so far as they agree or disagree with this, they are to be received or rejected; or the Scriptures of truth, which are the rule of faith and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:17

Brethren, be followers together of me ,.... Not that the apostle set up himself as the head of a party, which is what he always blamed in others; he did not assume a dominion over the faith of men, or seek to lord it over God's heritage; nor did he desire any to be followers of him, any further than he was a follower of Christ; and in what he was, whether in doctrine or practice, he desires to be followed in: and here he has a particular regard to what went before, concerning reckoning what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:18

For many walk ,.... אחרניאית , "otherwise", as the Syriac version adds; and which truly explains the words, and gives the sense; they walked not as the apostle and his followers; they walked as men, as carnal men, 1 Corinthians 3:3 , according to the course of the world, after their ungodly lusts, Ephesians 2:2 ; or according to the rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic dispensation, and not uprightly, and according to the truth of the Gospel: and there were many that walked so; the road... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:19

Whose end is destruction ,.... Everlasting destruction, the destruction of both body and soul in hell, Matthew 10:28 ; and this is the end, the reward and issue of bad principles and practices; the broad roads of sin and error lead to destruction, Matthew 7:13 ; however pleasing such ways may be to men, the end of them is eternal death; destruction and misery are in all the ways of profaneness and heresy; not only immoralities, but heresies, such as strike at the efficacy of Christ's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:15

As many as be perfect - As many as are thoroughly instructed in Divine things, who have cast off all dependence on the law and on every other system for salvation, and who discern God calling them from above by Christ Jesus; be thus minded; be intensely in earnest for eternal life, nor ever halt till the race is finished. The word τελειοι , perfect, is taken here in the same sense in which it is taken 1 Corinthians 14:20 ; : - Be not Children in understanding - but in understanding be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:17-21

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 3:12-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Philippians 3:17-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 3:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 3:15

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