{"id":1141,"date":"2011-01-17T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2023-01-12T08:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:08:27","slug":"philippians-119-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"Philippians 1:19-21"},"content":{"rendered":"

19 For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

this (v.19) \u2014 Paul’s circumstances<\/h3>\n

deliverance (v.19) = material and temporal deliverance (2 Corinthians 1:9-10<\/span><\/a>)<\/h3>\n

prayer (v.19) = supplication. In the New Testament, always addressed to God \u2014 asking in regard to a need.<\/h3>\n

supply (v.19) \u2014 with the sense of “full, bountiful”<\/h3>\n

Spirit of Jesus Christ (v.19) \u2014 the Holy Spirit. Paul could be referring to the Spirit Himself or the supply of power the Spirit gives, or, probably, both.<\/h3>\n

earnest expectation (v.20) = to watch with the head erect and outstretched, eager longing, looking with full concentration for the great object until it is realized<\/h3>\n

hope (v.20) = happy anticipation of an unseen good<\/h3>\n

ashamed (v.20) = put to shame \u2014 fear of being prevented from magnifying Christ<\/h3>\n

boldness (v.20) = freedom of speech \u2014 the opposite of shame \u2014 cheerful courage<\/h3>\n

Christ will be magnified (v.20) \u2014 Paul’s desire was that, through his actions, Christ would be made great in the eyes of those who hadn’t yet realized His glory. Note that Paul writes “that Christ shall be magnified in me,” not “that I shall magnify Christ.”<\/h3>\n

by life or by death (v.20) \u2014 referring to the outcome of his approaching trial before the emperor. Paul’s wish was to glorify Christ \u2014 if he lived, by his ministry; if he died, by his bearing and testimony<\/h3>\n

to live is Christ (v.21) \u2014 to Paul (and it should be with us), all of life is centered on Christ. Everything we do should make Christ more fully manifested in us.<\/h3>\n

to die (v.21) \u2014 the condition after death. Paul’s condition after death would be greater than anything he was experiencing while alive<\/h3>\n

The “to” in “to live” and “to die” makes the verbs very much like nouns.<\/h3>\n

Paul is determined that Christ shall be radiated through his life, and so he says, “for to me to live is Christ.” His words in Colossians 3:4<\/span><\/a>, “Christ, our life,” helps us to understand this statement. Christ is Paul’s life in that He is that eternal life which Paul received in salvation, a life which is ethical in its content, and which operates in Paul as a motivating, energizing, pulsating principle of existence that transforms Paul’s life, a divine Person living His life in and through the apostle. All of Paul’s activities, all of his interests, the entire round of his existence is ensphered within that circumference which is Christ. The words, “to die” are more accurately, “to have died.” The tense denotes, not the act of dying, but the consequences of dying, the state after death. Death itself would not be a gain to Paul, but to be in the presence of his Lord in glory, that would be gain. \u2014 Philippians in the Greek New Testament<\/em>, by Kenneth S. Wuest, pages 44-45.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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