Philippians 1:1-18 BSB

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9

Philippians 1:9 I. Here we see, first, what St. Paul takes for granted as the underlying substance, as the raw material, of Divine life in the soul of man. Whenever in his writings knowledge and love are put in competition with each other, the precedence is assigned to love. For, as compared with knowledge, love is intrinsically a stronger thing, and it is worth more practically. To be knit to God by love is better, religiously speaking, than to speculate about Him, however rightly, as an... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9-11

Philippians 1:9-11 In one word, the Apostle prayed that the Philippians might grow. I. True love is intelligent. We are to love God with all our mind. II. The Apostle prays for an enlargement and quickening of the discriminating faculty: that the Philippians might distinguish between things that differ, and that so distinguishing they might choose the right. III. The Apostle, beginning at the centre, finds his way to the circumference; beginning with the spiritual, he culminates in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:12-14

Philippians 1:12-14 Circumstances the most untoward may in reality be advancing the Divine kingdom among men. I. God's providence is not to be interpreted in fragments. II. The moral is higher than the personal; Paul is in prison, but the Gospel is free. III. The bonds of one man may give inspiration to the liberty of another. IV. The spread of the Gospel depends upon no one man. V. Even the afflicted Christian has a mission. Parker, City Temple, vol. ii., p. 182. References: Philippians... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:15-18

Philipians Philippians 1:15-18 I. Diverse developments of human disposition. II. The possibility of doing a good deed through a bad motive. III. The impossibility of entirely concealing motive. IV. The actions of self-seekers turned into the good man's source of joy. V. Man is never so diabolised as when making a good cause the means of grieving and tormenting the Church. VI. The mere fact that a man preaches Christ is not a proof of his personal salvation. Parker, City Temple, vol. ii., p.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:18

Philippians 1:18 Christ Preached in any Way a Cause of Joy. We see here a great law of Christ's providence over His Church. He furthers His own ends, not by affirmations only, but by negations: by faith and by unbelief; by truth and by heresy; by unity and by schism. It is a transcendent and intricate mystery, far beyond our intelligence. All things conspire to His purpose, and His will ruleth over all, not, it may be, to the purpose we imagine for Him, nor to our idea of His will, but to His... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:6

DISCOURSE: 2135A WORK OF GRACEPhilippians 1:6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.THERE is a just mixture of hope and fear, which every Christian should cherish in contemplating his own experience, and the state of the Church of Christ. On the one hand there certainly is ground for fear, whether we judge from analogy, or from what we behold with our eyes. What multitudes of blossoms are annually cut off... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:8-11

DISCOURSE: 2136GROWTH IN GRACEPhilippians 1:8-11. God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may he sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.THE connexion subsisting between a pastor and his... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:17

DISCOURSE: 2137DECISION OF CHARACTER RECOMMENDEDPhilippians 1:17. I am set for the defence of the Gospel.THE Gospel is a revelation of mercy to sinful man, and the most stupendous display of God’s wisdom and grace that ever was given to his intelligent creation — — — It might naturally have been expected that such tidings should have been invariably welcomed with unbounded joy: but, in every age, and every place under heaven, has it excited the fiercest opposition — — — On the other hand, it... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:18

DISCOURSE: 2138PREACHING OF CHRIST, A GROUND OF JOYPhilippians 1:18. Christ is preached: and I therein do rejoice, yea and will rejoice.WHEN our blessed Lord came into the world, it was said concerning him, that he was “set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, that the thoughts of many hearts might be revealed [Note: Luke 2:34-35.].” And certainly his Gospel has been an occasion of displaying, in a far greater degree than at any former period, the extreme wickedness of the human... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Philippians 1:1

which are at Churches (local), Summary: A local church is an assembly of professed believers on the Lord Jesus Christ, living for the most part in one locality, who assemble themselves together in His name for the breaking of bread, worship, praise, prayer, testimony, the ministry of the word, discipline, and the furtherance of the Gospel, Hebrews 10:25; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 14:26; 1 Corinthians 5:4; 1 Corinthians 5:5; Philippians 4:14-18; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Acts 13:1-4. Such a church... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:9-11

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:12-14

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:15-18

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:18

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:6

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:8-11

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:17

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 1:18

Scofield's Reference Notes - Philippians 1:1

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