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Philippians 2:16

Philippians 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Holding forth the word of life. Holding out to others. Meyer translates "possessing," and others, as Bengel, "holding fast. This clause should be taken with the first clause of , "That ye may be blameless," etc.

, he the words, "among whom," etc.. he being parenthetical. That I may rejoice in the day of Christ; literally, for matter of boasting to me against the day of Christ. He boasts or glories in their salvation.

"The day of Christ," says Bishop Lightfoot, "is a phrase peculiar to this Epistle, more commonly it is ' the day of the Lord.'" That I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain; translate, did not.

The verbs me aorist. He looks back upon his finished course (comp. ).

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