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The Pulpit Commentary — Philippians
B.C. Caffin [1826-1894] · 184,182 words · 196 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Philippians — Section 61
Vera. 12-14.-0hristianity promoted by being persecuted. It might naturally have been thought that the arrest of the missionary journeys of St. Paul, and the shock of his imprisonment, would have seriously checked the spread of the gospel. The apostle is anxious that his readers should understand that these apparently u…
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of a more m:i~nific~nt_ breadth of charity, a m?re heroic self-abnegation, or a 1.noro ~rdent dcro_tion to vh~1.st tl~an St. Paul_ ~ere ma~1fests, His preaching at Rome appoo.rs to haw_ excited opP?s1bon m the Judamn11: sect.i?n of the Church there. In jealousy of the mfiuence gamed by the great apostle, this party …
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likeness. Only they who have the Spirit of Christ are hiR. Tlic one call of Chriat i~ "lt'ollow me." St. Paul carries this truth out very fully in his descriptions of the assimi_lat_ion of the qhristi,m to ~hrist through every stage-birth (in the new birth), hum1lmt1on, self-donml antl service in life, death (to sin an…
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Yer. 29.-Sufferfrig in behalf of Clll'ist. St. Paul feels peculiar sympathy for the Philippians on account of the fact that they arc like himself in suffering persecution on account of Christ. Common sufferings promote common sympathies. Only they who ha"e suffere<l. themselves can understand the sufferings of other…
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·ver. 2.-FuUll yo my joy. St. Pnul line nmcllishnrss and humility, the Lord ,Jesns nlre11dy (eh. i. '!) eµokon of his joy derived Christ. Ho hi,!,, us min,l (comp. Rom. viii. from tho lifo 11nd conduct of the Philippirm 5) the things which tho Lord .Jesus rnin<led, Christians; now ho nsks them to completo to love what …
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nn ll<'tinn or process, favoum the first view, volnntary act-he emptied himself. "He wh ic Ii s<'ems to be Adopted by most of the used his equality with Go1l as e.n oppor• nn<'ient. VPrsions nnd by most of the Llltin tunity, not for self-exaltRtion, but for sclf- FnlhC'l'I!. On the other he.nd, the form of ~be.semen…
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'honrcth,' nYp ..Jthe sin of tho wnrld;" "The is nbove every name, that iR, the majesty, wnges of sin is death;" therefore be snffered tho glory of Jesus, which is to be the ohject denth for tho sin which, himself sinless, he of Uhriatian worship. The encl of the whole vouchsafocl to bear. Hero we mRy rem:irk pa.~snge …
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hie Jc,ve. th<' immense i!"Dportanoe of & WisJ. xiii. 2, " where ,p.,,r,-ijpu 3up11,11oi, le pN'!l<'nt •nl.-Rtion from Bin, t~e momentous exactly equiralent to .,,.,,..,.ijp,s I• 1rorT1J,p pl'<'('innane;oi; ofR future sah•ahon from dooth. hero, the 1ro,,.,..&r of this pince being the Yer. 13.-For it iB God whioh wor…
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tlon. In tho Greek Scriptures it is need of Nalm·all!J (")lv71,r[.,,: c0mp. I Tim i. 2, where priestly minietrntions (Hob. viii. 6; ix. 21; St. Paul calls Timothy" mine own son in the comp. o.lso Rom. xv. 16). In ecclesinslicol faith," ")lvf/rtw, Tl,,vov); with n trne, gr-nnine Greok it sto.nds for tho orrler of the…
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,end Timnthy, n,ight po~~ibly not he in hia i. 25,Rnd note), w11e not, it seem~, contlnuons: pnwN; he thnught it neC'essary. a matt.er of both were exeroised only in nccord,moo with duh·. to Pend Epaphroditue at once. Ky tho rcvea,lod will of God and on occnsions of brot.her, and companion in labour, a.nd fellow- es…
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had learned to look upon the things of others; his deepest joy depended, not on his own personal comforts, but on the spiritual progress of those whom he loved. The remembro.nce of the Philippiana (eh. i. 3, 4), the thought of their Christian love, brought joy to his heart. He asks them now to fulfil hiij joy, to incre…
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Yers. 5-ll.-17te exampk of the Lord Jesus. I. THE lllITATION OF THE Loar, JESUS CHRIS'l.' IS THE ONE RULE OF CHRISTIAN PRACTICE. 1. ln the outward life. He ileased not himself; he sought not the high places of the world; he did not choose a I ife of case, comfort, pleasure. He lived for others; he went about doing go…
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Vers, 12, 13.- W7mt should be the result of Christ's example 1 I. OBEDIENCE. 1. Christ became obedient even unto death. The Philippians have hitherto been obedient; they were obedient when the apostle called them to faith and repentance; let them be obedient now. 2. That obedience is due to God who seeth the heart. We …
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Divine government; we know in part. We must be content with that partial know• ieclge; we m_uet not vent~re to question the love, the goodness, the wisdom of God. When harnesmg doubts arise, we must go, like Asaph the psalmist, into the house of God; then we shall understand as much as we need to know of God's dealings…
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words only, not merely offioial, but deep-seatod in the heart, genuine. Timothy w11s a true Christ inn; the Pbilippi!ms knew him; he had alro.,dy worked amona them• he b1td been pro,•~•l, be had lnbourcd _with St._ Paul, and that for the gospel's s1tlrn. Oti1ers have selfi~h e.1ms-tboy i;eek the1r own rnterosts; he …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. 1, 2.-(Jhristian like-mindedness. It seems strange that the apostle, knowin'!, the difficulty of getting a thousand minds to agree in the reception of intellectual truth, should yet counsel them to seek a unity of opinion. Them is nothing strange in the fact when we consider how much…
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cmrselves, though they seem inferior to ourselves. (3) It is a good way of preserving peace, ru; pride calll!e8 division among men (Prov, xiii. 10) e.nd separation from God (1 P('t.. v. 5). III. AN UNIIELFISH Th'TEB.EST lN THE WELFARE OF OTHERS. "Not regarding your own interests, but also the tnterests of others." 'l…
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became obedient unto death." It was an obedience from his birth to his death, for it was unto death. His obedience was in his death as well as i[I his life, aad he waa equally vicarious in both. (3) His abasement involved a shameful death, "even the death of the cross." It was a death reserved for malefactors aod slave…
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oombnt. "S0 run that yo mRy obtain" (1 Cor, ix, 24); "So fight 11 not ns one thnt beakth th,· nir" (l Cor. ix. 26); "Striving according to his workina which wurhth i~ rue m_igh~il.l'. "(Col. i.,,29); "-~- press t?,wR~ the m~r.k for the pri?.eof the hi~h calling {11 G'.'<1 m ChIJst Jesus . (eh. 11 1. 14) ;_ ~1ve all …
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ought to ho" content with such things as we have" (Hoh. xiii. 5), for" godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Tim. vi. 6). We arc, therefore, to do nothing murmur- ingly, because such 11n attitude or mind seemg to imply a too slender trnst in the resources of Divine goodness and wisdom. 2. The disputings here mea…
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Vers. 24-30.-Epaphroditus the link between the apostle and Philippi. As it wns still uncertain what would be the issue of his bonds at Rome, the apostle deemed it right no longer to detain the worthy Philippian minister who had relieved the tedium of his imprisonment, but sent him back to Philippi under circumstance…
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Vere. 1-4,:--;-A~truism. Pa~! hae been speaking of the gifts of faith and of suffering which the Ph1h~p1~n~ had ~e~1ved, _and now he proceeds to state further the practical outoome of the_ Clmstmn spmt. It 1s really an altruism of a more thorough character than that provided by the schools. We have altruism paraded at…
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a second descent. "The Son of God did not live human life only; he diml human de11th. Oh what a step downwar,l was this I We may be feeble and depenclcnt, still we are alive. .And how great is the difference between the living and the dead! We enjoy the society of a friend; we sit at his table; we interchange the th…
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their mystery. Things without names would be too wonderful for ue. Only a few JIOOple continue to wonder as muoh after a thing is named, as before." Now, the Name which _ihe Fa~her set-'! &h<?ve every name is that of Jesus. The signification of this namr 1s Saviour (Matt. 1. 21), and the whole course of Providence i…
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l. PAUL BPEAKB HERE UNQUESTIONABLY OF PERSONAL INSPIRATION AS PO~SEABED BY '!'HEBE PUILIPPIAN CnmeTIANB. Of course, we are here using inspiration in the senso that the Philippians wore each tenanted by the Holy Spirit. They were inspired men, inspired for action, if not for authorship. The Holy Spirit had got their wil…
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dispensation. "\Ye may expect to~ s•llTounded by the crooked and the perverse. It mar not he a very comforta~le p<>s1t1on to occ~py, but it is e. very important and ought to he s _,·cry useful one. I~ 1s, m fact, to fur?tsh oppo~tunities for promoting the fe.ith that this arrangement obtams. We often think t.he.t 1t w…
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In Epriphroditus l,imself 11s Paul knew God insp:rcd and he could calculato upon. SympRthy thus drew the di~lant into close companionship. II. EPAPIIRODITUS's DANGEROUS ILLNESS CREATED A PANIO AT PHILIPPI. (Ver. 26.) The faithful deputy seems to have caught in the Campaana at Rome some danaerou~ diserLse, which bro…
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11ppe11l is no(ic-eahle. It is under a s?-pposition, being simply, "If nny comfort in Cbri~t.." He knew thRt he ~ to?-chmg a chord to which there would be o. ready respouse on the part of the Ph1hpp1ans. Any comfort in Christ? Yes• that was the quut.er to which he and they in common looked for comfort, As opp~cssed …
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will lake hold of all mirnl~, animate RII hearts, and call forth loud anr! harmonious praise. 2. Humility. ( l) Manife.itations of self-importan(',(!, "Doing nothing through faction or through vain-glory." Faction. It was a. false estimate of them- selves that threnteued to be a dividing element among the Philippians. …
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me>ment., whnt wns the miud tlrnt wns in him? It ,vns not to clutch nt nnd to rctnln hi~ l!forions prcro~alives ~s I\ prize. _On the contrary, he emptieo. himself, i.e. of these i!l0rious prerogatives, wl11lc not ecnsmg to be God. Emptying hinrnclf, tho new form rhnt. be took wa~ tha_t of a 8e1_"1'a_nt, i.e_. he act…
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~elestial, terrestrial, and sub-terrestrial. Of these cl11ssc~ not one sh:ill h11vo his knees nnbont, '!'hey are also repr_esented as confessing wi t,h their tongues. Of the cl:i:;l!Cs named not ono shall have his tongue unused in confoH3ion. To think of involuntary adoration on the part of some, is to mar the lancruaa…
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TB.lue in his d<>nt.h-hanng actually p;iven us the example of a perfect hum:in llfe. The Idea of the .apostle in 2_ Cor. x. 6 i~ that every tho~ght is to be brought into captivity to the obedience of Chnst. That involves our havmg a Christian tJolume and force of th,H1~ht whi~h we ea!'- b~ng to bear on all s1;1bjecta…
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in fear and in much trembling." It ls the R1Jirit which he requires of servants toward their masters: "Servants, be obedient unto them that, accor<lin" to the llesh, a.re your maeters, wit~ fear ~ad trembling." We may well have fear an<l t;embling as to the w0rk of our ealvat10n bemg really commenced. For there is such…
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ll. DUTY oF THE PmLIPPIANB rn THE wonto. 1. Tl1e one thing to be avoided, "Do RII !hi~fs without rnurmurin~ .a~d disputings, that yo may bo blameless and harmless. 1 h_e apost.le hae been enJ01nmg on them their duty with reference to their pcrsonnl salvat10n. He now contemplat.es them as placed in the midst of tho w…
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iicnrrntion. Something more is needed than the most satisfact0ry ChriHfrrn apologetics. '!'ho Uhurch rnU8t show, positively nncl deciderlly, the living power of Chrisfomity. It must make a. better help to tho ~piritunl life of the Lord's day, if thnt rlay is not to be surrendered to the enemy. It must have a more livin…
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presently incapR~i~t-~d him.self, but ~e had it ~n view to sen<l. Timothy as his special me~senger to I'l11hpp1. This was v.·1th the friendly object of knowing their date. Timothy w0uld be able to supplement the information concerning Paul's etate taken by EpRpbroditus, and in that way would cause them to be of good…
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poreonnl comfort and convenience before the claims of Christ on their service. Of those available there were none (with only one exception) who could stand the test of such a journey. There is !I side light thrown hero on one of the trials of Paul in his imprison- ment. As all, when it came to the crisis, forsook Chri…
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II. Er_,rH.~0DITUB. I. 7"'! t'hristia11-, (1) In ,-elation to Paul. (a) Common ~ympafii,f/. ~ut. I counted 1t necessary to send to Jou Ep:1.phroditus, my brother," J'Aul was 110~ w1_thout natt~ral _aua?hmenls. ,vc do not road of his being mnrried ;· but 'II"<' N-ad of bis sister and his sisters son, Aud he seems to …
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'l'hie wns the necessity of the case. The Philippinns had hea.rd of his sicknes~; nppnrently they had not hmm! of his recovery. This somehow cominO' to the know- ledge of l~pnphroditus, threw him into a sta.tc of sore t;ouble or dividedn°'ess. He knew how he stood in their affection, and that they would be ~nxious a…
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h1mln!"'s~. And so the good soldier, Epaphroditus, for the work of Christ. in the battle carried on by l'sul at Ro!ne, i~ u1;1dertaking difficult service against the eno~y lhore, came nii:b unt0 death, hazard mg his hfe. They were to receive him then in the Lord wilh all jo:'"· in fdl~wsh_ip_ with_ the Lord and in g…
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anoel11Jf'. "Look not every man on hie own thinas, bnt every man also on the things of othere." Thie does not mean, of course, that yon are to neglect your own things. There nro things that every man must attend to for himself-his own physical health, intellectual culture, etc., but it means that we are not to atten…
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in Ghrist ,Tes11•," etc. Now, this "mind," 01· Spirit, he details as developed in Chri~t l1imsclf. 1. In tvliat Christ did not do. "Who, being In the form of God thought it JJ0t rnbbery to be equal with God." Or, as Dr. Da\rldson renders the word~ "Did not think equality with God a thing to be gre.sped at.'' "'l'he …
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CoNOLUSION, llcre is tho fixed law of heaven. The moral spirit that would ascend to lrue dignity, win a no.me that shall command the reverence both of earth and heaven, must empty itself of o.11 selfish motives and personal interests. There a.re two hills lying opposite each other, one is the hill of personal pride-bar…
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Vers. 14--16.-0hvrcA activity. "Do all thinga without murmurings and dlsput- ings: that ye may be blameless and harmle.."11, the sons of God, without rebuke, In the mid~t of a crooked Rnd pe~el'88 nation, amon~ .wh_om ye shine as lights in the world ; holdrng forth the Word of life; that I may reJ01ce in the day of …
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Vera. 17, 18.-0hristly love. "Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I j,oy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, anrl rejoice with me.' There are different kinds of love. Christly love is love in the highest form, the love which is the inspiration of all human a…
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and nclivitic~. Self is not only uncrucificd, but in the nscendnnt. Few ecek the "things 0f Jesus Cbriet," such things as truth, benevolenoe, holiness, entire consecralion to the Didnc will. The spirit of usefulness is deT"otion t.o the things of Christ. 3. I11 d<'spatchi11g to them a ma,a. well known to them, dear …
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prencher, B true labourer withal, with these word~, "my brother, my labourer, my fellow-sol,lier," receive him with all gladness; and hold such in reputation? Such conduct from the primate would shock the fawning sycophancy which is too rampant In Ohurch and state. II. A SENTIMENT OF TENDER SYMPATHY, Here is sympathy …
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ronBct'.em,e. St. Paul is now on higher ground, showing how unreal is 11.ll Ohristi11.n profession which does not desire unity. I. 1. What con,olation (or, e:chortation) is eh.ere in Ohristwithout th'3 desiN, What ,:rowth in the knowledge of him or in union with him? 2. W7iat comfort of looe, How can the royal law …
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ls required of him. Our glory is to accept whatever may bo the will of God for us.- V. W.II. Ver. 9,-Ea;altaeion through humiliation. I. 1. Our Lord/a eeaching. Ilo is cou- tlnually urging, under different forms of expression, the elementary gospel truth, that to humhle ourselves is the true way of exaltation. "Except…
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"Vcrs. 17, 18.-The law of sacrifice. St. Paul takes his metaphor from the methods of sacrificial worship in common use among ho~then nations. He sees "the soul of good in things evil," and even in the notions of corrupt human imaginations a dis- torted reflection of truth. He compares the faith an<l devotion of the Phi…
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Ver. 4.-Selfishness. I. SELFIBRNESB IS THE ROOT OF BIN. Selfishness is living in and for ourselves. It manifests itself in various aspects. 1. In thought. Self becomes the largest figure in a. man's conception of the universe. The shadow of self lies across everything else. 'l'he merits of self are magnified in pride. …
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Vere. 12, 13,-Working out owr own salvation, I. WE MUST WORK ouT oun ow~ HALVATION, 1. Our salvation ie from evils within our reach. If it consisted chiefly of deliverance from future punishment, we could not touch it. But it is, in the main, deliverance from present ills-the sins, temptations, and troubles that beset …
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pn~s~~~i11g the Bible. Rather they <leo!a1~ and_ interpret the truth of revelation by 111:1111 ll'slrn)! the character and power of lt m their own lives. 'l'he truth thns l'evoale<I is II w0rd 0f Ii fo. It ie a vital truth, the secret of the Christian life, the promise of life to the world. III. 'l'HE CHRISTIAN LIG…
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EXPOSITION. Vor. 2.-BJ'.,?,re of dogs, beware of e,,,t CHAPTER Ill workc1·;;, b~Wr\~~ et the C(Jncision. 'fbe cou~ Ver. l.-Fin11!ly, my tnthren, rojoio9 in n0ction ia, u.s given in vcr. 3, Rejoice in the the Lord. 'l'his word "finally" ( To l\011r6v Lord, not i'l tho flesh ; have cr,ufidence i!I ia frequently used b…
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wol'l!hip: the temple 1.1ervioe prefigured the tively who ndbered to the use of the aaored spiritnRl worship of the Christian Chnroh. language (Aots vi. 1). As touching the Jiv t/u Spin/; by hie assistance, inepirat:i.on: ~aw, a Phariaee, He was by birth cm Ierael- "We know not what we Bhould pray for RB 1te, _by ed…
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world, my nil, nil thin~s tol(ethor (comp. his workA, hut hy th~ perfect obedience o.nrl Rom. viii. 32). Ho Inst his 1111 for Christ, the precious dcrilh of Christ, and grrmterl for tho snke of possossing Christ: with unto nll who a.re found in Christ. It comes Christ God will frooly give him 1111 things from God, the …
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"we Ellffer ,rith him." And he who hath admit three different intcrpretnlione : (I) borne> nur griefs and carried our EOITOWB that or A.V., which implies the ellipse ot fpels fnr 11s in his Bncred henrt, being the antecedent "tlmt;" (2) thnt ,i;iven in "t<>ucherl with the ft'elini:- of our infirmities." the m11rgin …
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but tho ldng onlls tl1cm up, and crowna imitaturs loge/her. They are to unite, OM them thoro" (Chrysostom). and nil, in imitating- him. In 1 Cor. xi. I Ver. 15.-Lot us therefore, e.e many ae be he gives tlrn grnnnd nf this nrlvicc, "As I perfeot, be thus mindod, "Perfect" here also am of Christ." Mark, here in order l…
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•cnoe mind <'Rrthly things; but our city, onr ea.me worde "form" and "f1tehion" (µopt~ aud oountT,·. 0ur home, is in heaven: there is the a-xijµa), to deecribe the change of the odies ~tntc> ,,-f ,d1iC'l1 we Rre citi11:cne; there ie the of the ee.vcd at the resurrection. He hnd 1"'"''"'1 ess<>mbly end Churoh of the …
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danger of a violent clcnth. But his soul was raised above his 011tward troubles by lho blessed_ prese?ce of the Lord within him. His heart was glad ; the crown of righteous- ness hud up m heaven_for all who love the appearing of the Lord was ever before hi~ thoughts; he could reJoice himself; he could bid others rejoi…
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