Matthew Poole Commentary - Philippians 3:18 - 3:18

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Philippians 3:18 - 3:18


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He doth, as in a parenthesis, according to our Bibles, allege reasons for his proposals.



For many walk; there were not a few who did at present walk otherwise, being evil workers, Phi_3:2, not to be imitated or followed, Mat_7:22,23.



Of whom I have told you often; of which, as a faithful watchman, he had again and again given them warning.



And now tell you even weeping; and now also by this present writing, out of great compassion to their immortal souls, he did repeat it again with tears in his eyes.



That they are the enemies of the cross of Christ; they were such who did in the general (whatever they might under a fair show pretend) oppose the gospel of Christ, yea, did in effect under the cloak of profession, that which was in a tendency to evert the true Christian doctrine, discipline, and holiness. They did go about to mingle the law and the gospel, to join Moses with Christ for justification, as Phi_3:4, &c.; Gal_2:21, and so undervalue redemption from the curse, Gal_3:13 5:2,4. In special, these Epicureans (as it should seem they were by the following character, rather than real Christians) might rightly be called enemies, because they did seem by their sensuality to restore the kingdom to those whom Christ had on his cross openly spoiled of it, Col_2:15, that they might gratify the Jews in urging the necessity of circumcision; so undermining the virtue and merit of Christ’s passion, defirming the end of it, as the Jews did him in it, and in times of trial avoid persecution, Gal_6:12,14, they showed themselves by interpretation really to be enemies to Christ crucified, 1Co_1:23,24 2:2.