Philippians 3:8-21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:13

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do , forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Ver. 13. I count not myself ] Si dixisti satis est, periisti. Satiety is a dangerous disease, and the next step to a declension. The eagle’s emblem is sublimius; a loftier position, the sun’s celerius, swifter, Psalms 19:3 ; the wheat’s perfectius, more ripened, Mark 4:28 ; Ezekiel’s profundius, more depth,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:14

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Ver. 14. I press toward, &c. ] The ark of the covenant was but a cubit and a half high; so were likewise the wheels of the caldron. Now we know that a cubit and a half is but an imperfect measure, which shows (saith one) that no man in this life is perfectly perfect. Let us strive to perfection, as Paul did; and then, Summum culmen affectantes, satis honesti vel in secundo fastigio conspiciemur. A man... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:15

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Ver. 15. As many as be perfect ] Comparatively, or conceitedly so. God shall reveal ] Different measures of knowledge and holiness are given to the saints at different times. We are narrow mouthed vessels, and cannot receive all at once. "Whither I go thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards," John 13:36 . See Trapp on " Joh... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:16

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. Ver. 16. Let us walk by the same rule ] To wit, of the word; and then you may say, Lord, if I be deceived, thou hast deceived me. Or it may be rendered thus, Let us proceed by one rule; for the word στοιχωμεν is military, and signifies to go on in order, according to the general’s commands; who else may justly punish our prosperous disobediences, our disorderly successes. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:17

17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Ver. 17. Be followers together of me ] Longum iter per praecepta, brevius per exempla. Everything in a minister should be exemplary, τυπος . We must propound to ourselves the highest pitch and the best patterns of perfection; even those of most raised parts and graces, of unwearied industry in services, and undaunted magnanimity in suffering; follow the most forward Christians with a desire... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:18

18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Ver. 18. And now tell you weeping ] Non tam atramento quam lachrymis chartas inficiebat Paulus. a Paul was a man of many tears, and might well say here, as Master Fox concludes the story of Lady Jane Grey, Tu quibus illa legas incertum est, Lector ocellis; Ipse quidem siccis scribere non potui. a Lotin in Acts 22:19 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:19

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Ver. 19. Whose god is their belly ] A scavenger, whose living is to empty, is to be preferred before him that liveth but to fill privies; as they do that make their gut their god, that dunghill deity. Such a one was that Pamphagus, Nabal, Dives, and others, that digested in hell what they ate on earth. They say the locust is all belly, which is joined to his mouth and endeth... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:20

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Ver. 20. For our conversation ] Our civil conversation, or our burgessship, a while we live by heaven’s laws, and go about our earthly businesses with heavenly minds; this a carnal man cannot skill of. b A fly cannot make of a flower what a bee can. There is a generation whose names are written in the earth, Jeremiah 17:13 ; these make earth their throne, heaven their footstool, Isaiah... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:21

21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Ver. 21. Like unto his glorious body ] Which is the standard. See Trapp on " 1Co 15:38 " See Trapp on " 1Co 15:44 " Now we may say to our souls as he did to his, O anima, quam deforme hospitium nacta es? Poor soul, what an ill lodging room hast thou gotten! But at the resurrection all shall be mended. Then these vile... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Philippians 3:8

doubtless: Numbers 14:30, Psalms 126:6, Luke 11:20, 1 Corinthians 9:10, 1 John 2:19 I count: Acts 20:24, Romans 8:18 the excellency: Philippians 3:10, Isaiah 53:11, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Matthew 11:25-Daniel :, Matthew 16:16, Matthew 16:17, Luke 10:21, Luke 10:22, John 14:7, John 14:20, John 16:3, John 17:3, John 17:8, 1 Corinthians 2:2, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Galatians 1:16, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 3:9, Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 3:19,... read more

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