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Philippians 1:21
Philippians 1:21
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thanks for the saints at Philippi, ver. 3-6. He speaks of his great
affection and concern for their spiritual welfare (ver. 7, 8), his
prayers…Philippians 1 — OverviewPhilippians 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePhilippians 1:1, Paul testifies his thankfulness to God, and his love towards them, for the fruits of their faith, and fellowship in his sufferings; Philippians 1:9, daily praying to him for their increase in grace;…Philippians 1 — OverviewPhilippians 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePhilippi was a Roman colony, and the chief city of one part of Macedonia, Ac 16:12, it is by Appianus called Datos which was its original name; and by Diodorus Siculus it is called Crenidae , from, the fountains about…Philippians 1:21-26Philippians 1:21-26 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the life and death of blessed Paul: his life
was Christ, and his death was gain. Observe, 1. It is the undoubted
character of every good Christian that to him to live is Christ. The…Philippians 1:21Philippians 1:21 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor to me to live is Christ,.... Christ was his life "efficiently", the efficient cause and author of his spiritual life; he spoke it into him, produced it in him, and disciplined him with it: and he was his life,…
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