Philippians 1:20-21 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:21

‘For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.’ These words in context have two parallel meanings arising out of the context. Unquestionably they include the thought that for Paul and for all true Christians the whole purpose of life is to be that they will be so filled with Christ that they are Christ in the world (1 Corinthians 12:12), both by life and message, letting Christ live through them in accordance with 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; John 14:23; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:16-20; John... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:19-26

Php_1:19-26 . His Prospects.— The successful preaching of the gospel will turn to his own salvation. Otherwise he would be put to shame. His desire is that in his person, whether by life or by death, Christ may be glorified. For him life means Christ and death will be gain. Php_1:22 may be variously rendered. RV, repeating “ if” before the second clause, leaves some confusion, for Paul would not be in doubt after his fate was settled. Therefore mg. seems preferable—“ If to live in the flesh... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:20

According to my earnest expectation and my hope; he allegeth and explaineth the ground and certainty of his knowledge and persuasion of his enemies’ disappointment, and all succeeding well with him, trusting in the living God, 1 Timothy 4:10, who in all death-threatening afflictions hath upon his word engaged himself to support all those that hope in his mercies, Psalms 33:18,Psalms 33:19; Psalms 37:7,Psalms 37:9; Psalms 147:11. Then be sure, when his sincere servants, assisted by his Spirit,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:21

Some read it: For Christ is my gain in life and in death; or: For Christ is to me both in life and in death advantage. Both acknowledge it to be brought in as a reason of Paul’s hope in life and death; and of his indifferency, in submission to God’s pleasure, in life and death, intimating it was all one to him, so Christ was magnified in his body, whether it were by life or by death. They who follow our translation, do expound the proposition disjunctively; the former referring to the honour of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 1:19-26

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilippians 1:19. This shall turn to my salvation.—“Salvation in the highest sense. These trials will develop the spiritual life in the apostle, will be a pathway to the glories of heaven” (Lightfoot). Meyer prefers to render “will be salutary for me, without any more precise modal definition.” Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.—“The Spirit of Jesus is both the giver and the gift” (Lightfoot).Philippians 1:20. Earnest expectation.—Same word again in Romans 8:19... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:20

Philippians 1:20 I. We all see in some points what St. Paul must have meant by this expression. It was a thought frequently present to him. If he lives, if his earthly life is protracted through toils so constant and sufferings so intense, this shows the supporting hand of the risen, the immortal, Saviour. There must be some marvellous power out of and above him, or he must long ago have sunk under such pressure; there must be One above, whose grace is sufficient for him: sufficient to keep him... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:20-21

Philippians 1:20-21 I. "Expectation" and "hope" these are words which connect the heart with the future. II. No power can so light up the future and throw over it the hues of immortal beauty as childlike trust in God. III. The man who is living without expectation and hope is living only half a life, but the man who is living on false expectations and false hopes is wasting life. IV. It is right that the body should be turned to moral account. V. The possibility of being ready either for... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21

Philippians 1:21 I. This canon rules the thought; the intellectual life is His. All the thinking a man goes through, all the philosophy he may excogitate, must come under this law of Christ-life. Be it well understood, however, that this is not to impair intellectual freedom. Gold dust is scattered through all the intellectual world, and he who seeks will find. But here is the point: something is found already which will never be lost; something is revealed never to be withdrawn. Christianity... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21-24

Philippians 1:21-24 The Fruit of Labour. Such words can never lose their power. They come down to us from a purer air; yet the voice is human, and is audible to all who feel. They sum up the constant tenor of a life which, like all great lives, is able at once to shame us and to inspire, and also to teach a lesson which may be applied to the most various conditions of human existence. I. Let us try to think of the fact which the words imply. Think of this, and then think of the petty rivalries,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

Philippians 1:21-26 There is a triple movement of thought and feeling in these words. I. There is the strong absorbing devotion which a man has to Christ. Here we get the grand noble simplicity and unity or continuity of life and death with a devout man thinking about himself. To me, he says and the position of the word in the sentence shows the emphasis which is to be put upon it To me not merely in my judgment, but in my case, so far as I personally am concerned to me the whole mystery and... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 1:19-26

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:21

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 1:19-26

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:20

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:20-21

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21-24

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

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