heaven] The heavenly inhabitants bow their knees, for Christ the Lord has taken heaven. — smystuv, of things on earth) For He dwelt upon the earth. — xara%doviuv, of beings under the earth) See Mark iii. 11 ; Job xxvi. 5 [Eph. iv. 9 ; Rev. v. 13.— V.g.] Afterwards He also presented Himself to them. This division goes further into the height and depth than that, Ex. xx. 4.
11. 'Ejo/AoXoy?7<r7jra/, should confess) expressly. — Kvpiog, Lord) no longer in the form of a servant. — f/'g, in) That Jesus Christ is Lord, inasmuch as He is in the glory of God the Father [not as Engl. Vers. " to the glory"]. So g/$, John i. 18 [ei$ rbv xoXvov, " in the bosom," not into or to the bosom, etc.]. — Qsou Uarpbg, of God the Father) The Son acknowledges, and those who see the glory of the Son also acknowledge, that the Son has this glory with the Father, and from the Father ; comp. 1 Cor. xv. 28.
12. "n<rre, therefore) He sets Christ before us as an example, and infers, that we should maintain the salvation which Christ has procured for us. — wnjxoiuj'arf, ye have obeyed) me, exhorting you to salvation, and have obeyed God Himself; comp. obedient, ver. 8. — /Agra <po(3ov xai rp6/j,ov, with fear and trembling) You ought to be f servants,' according to the example of Christ; ver. 8 : moreover fear and trembling become a servant ; Eph. vi. 5, i.e. humility ; comp. Rom. xi. 20. Joh. Jac. Wolfius has ob served, in his MS. exegesis of the Ep. to the Phil., Paul, though filled with joy, still writes seriously. — savruv, your own) In this department, indeed, look each of you at his own things ; comp. ver. 4, your own, he says ; because I cannot be present with you, be you therefore the more careful of yourselves. — ffurqpiav, salva tion) that which is in Jesus. — xarep'ydfyffdz, work out) even to the end.
13. 'O 0£&£ yap, for God) God alone ; He is present with you even in my absence. You want nothing, only be not wanting to yourselves ; comp. 2 Pet. i. 5, 3. [ You can do nothing of your selves ; avoid security. Some, trusting too much to their exalted condition, think that they may hold the grace of GOD on the same footing as the Israelites held the food sent down from heaven, Num. xi. 8, and therefore that it is at their own will either to struggle against it or anew to grant it admission. — V. g.] — TO 8'sXsiv, to will) that you have willed salvation in my presence, and still will it.— rb IvepyiTv, to do) even now in my absence. —