Expositor's Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:5-11
Chapter 7THE MIND OF CHRIST (CONTINUED).Philippians 2:5-11 (R.V.)IT proves hard to make us aware of the sin and the misery involved in the place commonly allowed to Self. Some of the conspicuous outrages on Christian decency we do disapprove and avoid; perhaps we have embarked in a more serious resistance to its domination. Yet, after all, how easily and how complacently do we continue to give scope to it! In forms of self-assertion, of arrogance, of eager and grasping competition, it breaks... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:1-4
Chapter 6THE MIND OF CHRIST.Philippians 2:1-4 (R.V.)In the verses last considered the Apostle had begun to summon his Philippian friends to Christian duty. But so far his words bear the character only of occasional exhortation, which falls naturally in as he dwells upon his own circumstances and on theirs. Associated as they have been and are, let there be no mistake as to the central bond between him and them. Let the Philippian believers partake increasingly in his own glowing apprehensions... read more