Filipenses 2:1-18 RVA

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 2:16-18

Philippians A WILLING SACRIFICE Php_2:16-18 R.V.. We come here to another of the passages in which the Apostle pours out all his heart to his beloved Church. Perhaps there never was a Christian teacher always excepting Christ who spoke more about himself than Paul. His own experience was always at hand for illustration. His preaching was but the generalisation of his life. He had felt it all first, before he threw it into the form of doctrine. It is very hard to keep such a style from... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

Following His Example of Self-Surrender Philippians 2:1-11 In all Scripture-indeed, in all literature-there is no passage which combines such extraordinary extremes as this. The Apostle opens the golden compasses of his faith, placing one jeweled point on the throne of divine glory and the other at the edge of the pit, where the Cross stood; and then he asks us to measure the vast descent of the Son of God as He came down to help us. Mark the seven steps: He was in the form of God, that is,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:12-18

Lights in the World Philippians 2:12-18 The sublime visions of the Apostle of the glory of the divine Redeemer are always linked with practical exhortation. Do nothing through pride and vainglory. Look on the things of others. Count others better than yourself. Work out what God is working in . Your heart is God’s workshop! His Spirit is there, striving against selfishness, pride, impurity, and vanity, but you must consolidate each holy impulse in speech and act. Be careful of every such... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 2:1-30

The apostle now urged those to whom he wrote to fill his joy to the full. In order to do this he indicated two causative facts which suggested two resulting experiences, and then referred to conduct issuing therefrom. The facts are "exhortation in Christ" and "fellowship in the Spirit." When these are realized and submitted to they create that frame of mind which issues in such manner of life as is for the progress of the Gospel In a stupendous and stately passage the mind of Christ is... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

How Christians Should Live Philippians 2:1-30 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We were told that when Minister Wu, of China, was addressing an American audience in Washington, D. C., upon comparative religions, he said that the difference between Christianity and Confucianism lay in the two ideals. The ideals of Confucianism consisted of ethics which were possible of human attainment, whereas the ethics of Christ were beyond the reach of mankind. He illustrated the ethics of Christ, by a partial reading of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

AGAINST CONTROVERSY‘Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.’ Php_2:3-4 I. There are two great notes in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians:—( a) The note of joy: ‘Rejoice,’ he is always crying, and this is the more noble because, as you remember, he wrote as a prisoner and as one in chains.( b) There is the note of love. There is... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

CHRISTIAN HUMILITY‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.’ Php_2:5 What is the humility for which the Christian must strive? If the Bible seems to give an uncertain answer, remember there is a great distinction between the teaching of the Old Testament and that of the New. I. The great distinction.—In the Old Testament, for the Jew humility meant a feeling towards God only; towards a man who was rich or powerful he would bow down, but he felt no regard for him. Even those... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:8

THE DEATH OF CHRIST‘Even the death of the Cross.’ Php_2:8 I. The Cross of Christ affords the only justification for an optimist outlook on life.—For the Spirit of God by which Christ was inspired and sustained is the same Spirit which is striving to influence the lives of all men. Whilst then the contemplation of the sufferings of Christ begets within us an increasing horror of sin, it should also beget an unlimited exercise of charity in judging others to whom His sufferings make little... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:10

THE NAME OF JESUS‘At the name of Jesus every knee should bow.’ Php_2:10 We cannot take the old Gospel story as a poetic symbol, as a mystical embodiment of an inner verity, free from the perils of historical inquiry. For what we hold in it is a deed done once for all, by which God forced for Himself an entry upon the drama of our affairs. I. A deed wrought in power by God!—Is not that the Gospel that we need to-day? Would anything short of that be a Gospel at all?( a) In the world of morals... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:12-13

RELIGION AND HEALTH‘Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God Which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.’ Php_2:12-13 You may divide the world roughly into three classes, ( a) There are those who are looking for physical, moral, and social salvation solely to human effort, ( b) There is the man who grows impatient when he hears about the laws of nature at all. ( c) There are those who see nothing inconsistent in combining both ideas. Just as in... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philippians 2:16-18

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philippians 2:12-18

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Philippians 2:1-30

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:3-4

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:5

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:8

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:10

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 2:12-13

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