Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadJohn Bengel Commentary - Philippians 2:12 - 2:12
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
Php 2:12. Ὥστε, therefore) He sets Christ before us as an example, and infers, that we should maintain the salvation which Christ has procured for us.-ὑπηκούσατε, ye have obeyed) me, exhorting you to salvation, and have obeyed God Himself; comp. obedient, Php 2:8.-μετὰ φοβοῦ καὶ τρόμου, with fear and trembling) You ought to be ‘servants,’ according to the example of Christ; Php 2:8 : moreover fear and trembling become a servant; Eph 6:5, i.e. humility; comp. Rom 11:20. Joh. Jac. Wolfius has observed, in his MS. exegesis of the Ep. to the Phil., Paul, though filled with joy, still writes seriously.-ἐαυτῶν, your own) In this department, indeed, look each of you at his own things; comp. Php 2:4, your own, he says; because I cannot be present with you, be you therefore the more careful of yourselves.-σωτηρίαν, salvation) that which is in Jesus.-κατεργάζεσθε, work out) even to the end.