Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Philippians 1:30
REFLECTIONS BLESSED be God the Holy Ghost for his servant's gracious instruction in this chapter. How truly delightful is it to trace the ministry of Paul from such slender beginnings, in raising a Church to the Lord at Philippi, and then furnishing the Church, both at Philippi, and throughout the world, with this divine portion of the Lord's holy word, and his pleasure in the government of it. Surely, O Lord, the whole Church, in every age, both then and now, and during all the time-state of... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Philippians 1:27-30
(27) ¶ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (28) And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. (29) For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his... read more