Prize (1017) brabeion by Greek Word Studies

Prize (1017) (brabeion from brabeus = assign the prize in a public game) refers to a gift received as a prize or reward as result of having won in competition. It is a prize such as a wreath or garland bestowed on victors in the contests of the Greeks. However Vincent says brabeion is not used technically of the prize in the games, the technical word being athlon. (A Critical and Exegetical Commentary) The kindred verb brabeuo which means to be umpire (as one would when deciding an athletic contest), occurs once, in Col 3:15 (note). (cp kindred verb katabrabeuo = defrauding in Col 2:18-note) The only other use of brabeion in Scripture is Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. (1Co 9:24-note) Do you want to win the race and set before you? Then check your direction and make sure you are moving in God’s direction. Everyone goes somewhere in life. Where will you be when you get where you are going? Barnes writes that... The prize of the racer was a crown or garland of olive, laurel, pine, or apple. The prize of the Christian is the crown that is incorruptible in heaven. (Albert Barnes. Barnes NT Commentary). Vine differs from Pentecost (see his comment above) writing that... The “prize” is a metaphor for the reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ. (2Ti 4:7, 8-notes 2 Ti 4:7, 8; Re 2:10- note) (see notes Judgment Seat = Bema) On the other hand John Macarthur interprets the prize as To be made like Christ...What's going to happen when that upward call comes? You're going to be like...Christ. The goal is the prize, the prize is the goal. So Paul says, "Look, the goal of my life is to be like Christ and that's also the reward of my race"...some day I will be like Christ, that's the prize that God gives to the one who runs the race. The goal is to be like Christ, perfection in Christ. The prize is to be like Christ, perfection in Christ. Some day we'll be like Him for we shall see Him as He is" (1Jn 3:2,3) (MacArthur, J. Philippians. Chicago: Moody Press or Logos) Vincent has this note on the prize... Be temperate as God's athlete. The prize is incorruption and eternal life" (to Polycarp, 2). Chrysostom says He that runs looks not at the spectators, but at the prize. Whether they be rich or poor, if one mock them, applaud them, insult them, throw stones at them—if one plunder their house, if they see children or wife or anything whatsoever—the runner is not turned aside, but is concerned only with his running and winning the prize. He that runneth stoppeth nowhere; since, if he be a little remiss, all is lost. He that runneth relaxeth in no respect before the end, but then, most of all, stretcheth over the course. (Philippians 3: Greek Word Studies) Eadie writes that... The prize is to be found only at the goal and to that goal the racer ever strives. If he move away from the course prescribed, he misses the mark, and loses the garland: for racing is not recreation, where one may turn aside as fancy leads him; the path is chalked out, the law of the course must be observed, and the aim and effort must always be kata skopon. While this phrase marks the aim of the race, the words epi to brabeion express the final object, the coveted crown. "Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown." The prize is certainly eternal perfection and blessedness -- "an incorruptible crown." It is to be enjoyed only at the termination of the course. And surely it is sufficient to stimulate ardor, and sustain energy, since it is the realization of man's highest destiny -- the woe and sin of the fall not merely neutralized, but a higher glory conferred than the first man of our race originally enjoyed; not the first Adam, but the second Adam being the type as well as the author of the new life with its glory. For the prize is that of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (A Commentary on the Greek text of Philippians) John MacArthur says the prize refers to... Christlikeness with all its eternal benefits...believers will not receive the prize until the upward (literally "above," denoting both the source of the call and to where it leads) call...ushers them into God's glorious presence in heaven. (MacArthur, J. Philippians. Chicago: Moody Press or Logos) David Guzik offers an interesting interpretation for prize asking... What is the prize Paul speaks of? The prize is the upward call of God. The prize is the call itself, not the benefits that come from the call or any other thing. The prize is being able to run the race at all, working with God as a partner to do the work of His kingdom. As everything else, this upward call of God is only in Christ Jesus. The legalists might say they followed the upward call of God, but they certainly didn't do it in Christ Jesus, they did it in the efforts of their own flesh. (Notes) The ESV Study Bible writes that... The prize is the fullness of blessings and rewards in the age to come, most especially being in perfect fellowship with Christ forever. (ESV Online Study Bible Crossway) Stephen Olford observes that... The picture is still that of the runner whose eyes are on the finish line. No one can ever make a success of life without having a goal before him. Someone has said that’ if you aim at nothing, you are sure to hit it.” The apostle Paul points out that the goal of every Christian should be “the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Without doubt, the prize is the reward at the judgment seat of Christ. What greater achievement in life can any believer foresee than that of being crowned that day! The great apostle could say as he neared the end of his race: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing” (see notes 2 Timothy 4:7; 4:8). (Olford, S. F. Vol. 2: Institutes of Biblical preaching) IF YOU WOULD PLANT... … If you would plant for a year Plant grain; Yours will be an ear Of grain. If you would plant for a decade Plant trees; Yours shall be olives and shade And ease. To plant for eternity Plant men: Eternal harvest shall be Yours then. Ralph Keesar OF THE UPWARD CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS: tes ano kleseos tou theou en Christo Iesou: (Ro 8:28, 29, 30-notes; Ro 9:23, 24-notes; 1Th 2:12-note; 2Th 2:13, 14; He 3:1-note; 1Pe 1:3, 4-note; 1Pe 1:13-note; 1Pe 5:10-note; 2Pe 1:3-note) The writer of Hebrews has a phrase similar to upward call in his exhortation writing... Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider (katanoeo; aorist imperative - Command to do this now, do it effectively, don't delay) Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. (He 3:1-note) The upward call of God - The calling is of God, because God is the author and "in Christ Jesus" as the sphere or element in which it is issued and prosecuted. For the expression "called in Christ Jesus" compare 1Co 7:22, 1Pe 5:10. Eadie adds that the call... is from God -- a Divine summons that pierces the spirit and ensures compliance, but it is in Christ, for it is a call which the blood of Christ consecrates and to which His grace gives effect. Upward (507) (ano) means above or in a higher place (Ga 4:26). Ano also means "upwards" (Jn 11:41, He 12:15). The idea of “a calling which is from heaven and to heaven.” The direction is away from the world and self (flesh) and toward new heights of spiritual attainment. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek NT adds that ano... could be an adverb telling where the calling comes from, or it could point to the direction in which the calling leads: upward, heavenward "Copy and paste the address below into your web browser in order to go to the original page which will allow you to access live links related to the material on this page - these links include Scriptures (which can be read in context), Scripture pop-ups on mouse over, and a variety of related resources such as Bible dictionary articles, commentaries, sermon notes and theological journal articles related to the topic under discussion." http://www.preceptaustin.org/philippians_314.htm#p

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