Philippians 3:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. ”

• Philippians 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church - Showing the greatness of my zeal for the religion which I believed to be true, by persecuting those whom I considered to be in dangerous error. Zeal was...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Php_3:4-9. Privilege and Renunciation. The contrast between Jew and Christian leads Paul to refer to himself in a striking autobiographical passage, which, though brief, may be compared for spirit...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Concerning, touching. App-104. church. App-186. righteousness . App-191. blameless . found blameless, i.e. before men. Compare Acts 24:20 .

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• Philippians 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. As to the righteousness which is in the law There can be no doubt he means by this the entire righteousness of the law, for it were too meagre a sense to understand it exclusively of the...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Concerning zeal - As to my zeal for Pharisaism, I gave the fullest proof of it by persecuting the C...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church;— All that the Apostle can mean here is, that if a zeal for the law were, as the Jews thought it, a ground of confidence, he could lay claim to it with abu...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Concerning - `As touching zeal' (cf. Acts 22:3 ; Acts 26:9 ). Sad irony. Even in this mou...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Dangers and Hopes of the Present Situation V. Interjected Warnings ( Philippians 3:1-21 ) § 11. Philippians 3:1-6 . Finally (lit. 'For the rest'), my brethren , brings the close of the lett...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  [ 7. Words of Warning ( Philippians 3:1 to Philippians 4:3 ). (1) AGAINST THE JUDAISERS. ( a ) Warning against confidence “ in the flesh,” illustrated by his own renunciation of all Jewish...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. Philippians 3:1-8 (R.V.) THE third chapter contains the portion of this Epistle in which, perhaps, one is hardest put to it to keep pace with the writer....

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• Philippians 3:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Losing All to Know Christ Philippians 3:1-12 Precept must be on precept, line on line. The false teachers who dogged Paul's steps insisted on rigid conformity to Judaism, with its rabbinical ac...

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• Philippians 3:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the great chapter of the autobiography of Paul. First, he emphasized the story of his past in a most remarkable way. Then referring to these things as gains (the word in the original is plura...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) В¶ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. (2) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the conc...

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• Philippians 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church ,.... The Vulgate Latin version adds, "of God", as in Galatians 1:13 . The apostle was very zealous of the traditions of the elders, and for the law of God,...

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• Philippians 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Ver. 6. Concerning zeal ] A blind misguided zeal. See Trapp on " Rom 10:2 " If zeal be not...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Concerning zeal For the law and the Jewish religion, and for all those ritual observances which they so eagerly enforce, I myself was once so earnest, that I persecuted , and that even to imprison...

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• Philippians 3:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  It is far from irksome to the apostle to turn again to speak of "rejoicing in the Lord." Simple and elementary as is his exhortation, he is not wearied in repeating "the same things..... For you it i...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  False Confidence Renounced. A. D.  62.       4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Concerning zeal; not lukewarm, but exceedingly fervent in the strictest observances of the Pharisaic order, which was much in external devotion, Luke 18:12 , very solicitous for proselytes, Ma...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  A Warning To Beware Of The Judaisers, Who Taught That Salvation Was Through the Works Of The Law, Is Backed Up From Paul's Experience In Which He had Discovered That All Such Efforts Were In Vain (...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Philippians 3:4 . Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. —They will never be able to say he “speaks evil of that which he knows not.” “If there is any p...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

  righteousness ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 10:3 ).

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• Philippians 3:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Philippians 3:1 . Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. As much as to say, «If this were the last sentence that I should write to you, I would say, Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord....

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• Philippians 3:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Philippians 3:2 . Beware of dogs, judaizing teachers and false apostles, which bite and devour the flock; dogs which bark in ignorance against the person of Christ, and the gospel of God our Savio...

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• Philippians 3:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Finally, my brethren Prideless pride 1 . What were the things not irksome and safe? (1) Counsels in some lost Epistles. (2) Messages delivered by word of mouth through his delegates....

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• Philippians 3:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord . This word "finally" (τὸ λοιπόν is frequently used by St. Paul to introduce a practical conclusion after the doctri...

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• Philippians 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Paul's right to boast:

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• Philippians 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ; 2 Kings 10:16 ; 2 Samuel 21:2 ; Acts 21:20 ; Acts 22:3 ; Acts 22:4 ; Acts 26:10 ; Acts 26:5 ; Acts 26:9 ; Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:1 ; Galatians 1:13 ; Ga...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Seven Pairs of Things A Message of Contrasts Philippians 3:4-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is much said in the Bible by way of contrast. Heaven is contrasted with hell; life is contrasted wit...

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• Philippians 3:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Having such a zeal for it as to persecute to the death those who did not observe it. Touching the righteousness which is described and enjoined by the Law — That is, external observances, blameless...

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