Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Philippians 1:16

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Philippians 1:16 - 1:16

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16. οἱ μὲν ἐξ ἀγάπης κτλ. On the order of the clauses here, see critical note.

εἰς ἀπολογίαν … κεῖμαι. In defensionem … positus sum (Vulgate).—For ἀπολογία, see note on Php 1:7 above.—Κεῖμαι: “I am set.” For a similar use of the verb see Luk 2:34, οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν κτλ.; 1Th 3:3. The thought is as of a soldier posted; (perhaps not without a reference to his “lying” in the prison which was his present “post”; but κεῖσθαι is at least very rare in this reference). These loyal and loving Christians were animated to co-operation by the fact of St Paul’s plainly providential presence at Rome, to be a witness and expounder of the Gospel. He was to be their centre and point d’appui; they, in their freedom of movement, his helpers everywhere.