Philippians 3:1-21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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    *G. PHILIPPIANS 3:1-21*

*REJOICING IN CHRIST: PAUL'S SUPREME EMPHASIS*

*1. 3:1 REJOICING: THE KEY TO THIS LETTER*

*a.. 3:1a REJOICING IN THE LORD: A SUMMING UP*

To loiPON, a-delPHOI mou, CHAIre-te [5463] en KuRI*o*.

*For **the rest, my brethren, rejoice in **the** Lord.*


 *b. 3:1b A SAFE SUMMING UP*

ta auTA GRAphein huMIN,

*To write the same **things** to you,*

eMOI men ouk ok-n*e*RON [3636], huMIN de as-phaLES [804].

*to me indeed is not irksome, but for you is safe.*


 *2. 3:2-4a DANGERS THAT ROB ONE OF REJOICING*

BLEpe-te [991] tous KUnas [2965],

*Look out for the dogs,*

BLEpe-te tous kaKOUS erGAtas [2040],

*look out for the evil workers,*

BLEpe-te t*e*n ka-ta-toM*E*N [2699]:

*look out for the concision:*

h*e*MEIS gar es-men h*e* pe-ri-toM*E* [4061],

*3** for we are the circumcision, *

hoi PNEUma-ti TheOU laTREUon-tes [3000],

*who worship by God's Spirit,*

kai kauCH*O*me-noi [2744] en ChrisT*O* 'I*e*SOU,

*and glory in Christ Jesus,*

kai ouk en sarKI [4561] pe-poiTHOtes [3982]:

*and have no confidence in flesh:*

KAIper eG*O* Ech*o*n pePOIth*e*sin kai en sarKI.

*4a** though I myself **might **have confidence even in flesh.*


 *3. 3:4b-16 JOY IN CHRIST: PAUL'S SUPREME GOAL*

*a. 3:4b-6 THE POTENTIAL TO ROB PAUL OF REJOICING*

Ei tis doKEI [1380] ALlos pe-poiTHEnai en sarKI, eG*O* MALlon:

*If any other thinks to have confidence in flesh, I yet more:*

pe-ri-toM*E* ok-ta*E*me-ros, ek GEnous [1085] 'Is-ra*E*L,

*5 **circumcised **the **eighth day, of Israel's race,*

phuL*E*S [5443] Ben-iaMEIN, EbRAIos [1445] ex EbRAI*o*n;

*of Benjamin's tribe, Hebrew of Hebrews;*

kaTA NOmon [3551], Pha-riSAIos;

*as touching law, a Pharisee;*

kaTA Z*E*los [2205], di*O*k*o*n [1377] t*e*n ek-kl*e*SIan [1577];

*6 **as touching zeal, persecuting the church;*

kaTA di-kai-oSUn*e*n [1343] t*e*n en NOm*o*, geNOme-nos Amemp-tos [273].

*as touching righteousness which **is** by law, become blameless.*


 *b. 3:7 HOW PAUL SAFEGUARDS HIMSELF *

AlLA Ati-na *e*n moi KERd*e* [2771],

*But what **things** were gains to me,*

TAUta H*E*g*e*-mai [2233] diA ton ChrisTON z*e*MIan [2209].

*these have I counted loss for the Christ.*


 *c. 3:8-11 CHRIST SUPERCEDES ALL OTHER POSSIBILITIES*

alLA meNOUNge, kai h*e*GOUmai [2233] PANta z*e*MIan [2209] EInai

*Yes truly, and I count all **things** to be loss*

diA to hu-peREchon [5242] t*e*s GN*O*se-*o*s [1108] ChrisTOU 'I*e*SOU tou
KuRIou mou:

*for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my :Lord:*

di' hon ta PANta e-z*e*-mi*O*th*e*n [2210],

*for whom I suffered loss of :all **things,*

kai h*e*GOUmai [2233] SKUba-la [4657], HIna ChrisTON kerD*E*s*o* [2770],

*and count **them** refuse, that I may gain Christ,*

kai heu-reTH*O* [2147] en auT*O*, m*e* Ech*o*n eM*E*N di-kai-oSUn*e*n,

*9** and be found in him, not having MY righteousness,*

t*e*n ek NOmou, alLA t*e*n diA PIste-*o*s [4102] ChrisTOU,

*which **is** of **the** law, but which is through faith of Christ,*

t*e*n ek TheOU di-kai-oSUn*e*n ePI t*e* PIstei:

*the righteousness from God upon the faith:*

tou GN*O*nai auTON, kai t*e*n DUna-min [1411] t*e*s a-naSTAse-*o*s [386]auTOU,

*10** that I may know him, and the power of his :resurrection,*

kai koi-n*o*NIan [2942] pa-th*e*MAt*o*n [3804] auTOU,

*and fellowship of his sufferings, *

sum-mor-phiZOme-nos [4833] t*o* thaNAt*o* [2288] auTOU;

*be**com**ing conformed to his :death;*

ei p*o*s ka-tanT*E*s*o* [2658] eis t*e*n e-xaNAsta-sin [1815] t*e*n ek neKR*
O*N.

*11** if somehow I may attain unto the out-resurrection :from **the** dead.*


 *d. 3:12 PAUL'S GOAL: NOT YET ACHIEVED*

ouch HOti *E*d*e* Ela-bon, *e* *E*d*e* te-teLEI*o*-mai [50480:

*Not that I have already received, or am already made perfect:*

di*O*k*o* [1377] de, ei kai ka-taLAb*o* [2638]

*but I follow on, if so be that I may apprehend*

eph' h*o* kai ka-teL*E*MPHth*e*n [2638] huPO ChrisTOU 'I*e*SOU.

*that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus.** *


 *e. 3:13-14 CHRIST: STILL PAUL'S SUPREME GOAL*

a-delPHOI, eG*O* e-mauTON OUp*o* loGIzo-mai [3049] ka-tei-l*e*PHEnai:

*Brethren, I reckon not myself yet to have apprehended:*

hen de, ta men oPIs*o* e-pi-lan-thaNOme-nos [1960],

*but one thing, forgetting the **things** behind,*

tois de EMpros-then e-pek-teiNOme-nos [1901],

*and stretching forward to th**os**e before,*

kaTA skoPON [4549] di*O*k*o* [1377] eis to braBEIon [1017]* *

*14** I follow on toward **the** mark unto the prize*

t*e*s An*o* KL*E*se-*o*s [2821] tou TheOU en ChrisT*O* 'I*e*SOU.

*of the upward calling of :God in Christ Jesus.*


 *f. 3:15-16 PAUL'S EXAMPLE: GOOD FOR US ALL*

HOsoi oun, TElei-oi [5046], touTO phroN*O*men [5426]:

*Let us therefore, as many **as are **perfect, be thus minded:*

kai ei ti heTEr*o*s phroNEIte [5426],

*and if in any**thing** you are otherwise minded,*

kai TOUto ho TheOS huMIN a-po-kaLUpsei [601]:

*this also shall :God reveal to you:*

pl*e*n, eis ho ephTHAsa-men [5348],

*16** only, unto where we have attained,*

t*o* auT*O* stoiCHEIN [4748].

*by that same **rule** let us walk.*


 *4. 3:17-21 CHRIST AND HIS CROSS: FOUNDATION FOR ALL JOY*

*a. 3:17 PAUL EMPHASIZES HIS EXAMPLE*

Sun-mi-m*e*TAI [4831] mou GInes-the, a-delPHOI, kai skoPEIte [4648] tous

*Brethren, become imitators together of me, and mark them*

HOUt*o* pe-ri-paTOUNtas kaTH*O*S Eche-te TUpon [5179] h*e*MAS.

*that so walk even as you have us for an example.*


 *b. 3:18-19 FALSE LEADERS: CONTRAST TO PAUL'S EXAMPLE*

polLOI gar HOUt*o* pe-ri-paTOUNtas, hous polLAkis Ele-gon huMIN,

*For many walk, of whom I told you often,*

nun de kai KLAI*o*n [2799] LEg*o*,

*and now tell you even weeping,*

tous echTHROUS [2190] tou stauROU [2716] tou ChrisTOU:

*they are** the enemies of the cross of the Christ:*

h*o*n to TElos [5056] aP*O*lei-a [684], h*o*n ho theOS h*e* koiLIa [2836],

*19** whose :end is destruction, whose :god **is **the belly,*

kai h*e* DOxa [1391] en t*e* aisCHUn*e* [152] auT*O*N,

*and the**ir** glory **is** in their :shame, *

hoi to ePIgei-a [1919] phroNOUNtes [5426].

*who mind the earthly **things**.*


 *c. 3:20-21 OUR HIGH CALLING IN CHRIST JESUS*

h*e*M*O*N gar to poLIteu-ma [4175] en ou-raNOIS [3772] huPARchei,

*For our :citizenship is in **the** heavens,*

ex hou kai s*o*T*E*ra [4990] a-pek-deCHOme-tha [553], KUri-on 'I*e*SOUN
ChrisTON:

*whence also we wait for a Savior, **the** Lord Jesus Christ:*

hos me-ta-sch*e*-maTIsei [3345] to S*O*ma [4983] t*e*s ta-peiN*O*se-*o*s
[5014] h*e*M*O*N,

*21** who shall fashion anew the body of our :humiliation,*

SUMmor-phon [4832] t*o* S*O*ma-ti t*e*s DOx*e*s auTOU, kaTA t*e*n aNERgei-an
[1753]

*conformed to the body of his :glory, according to the working*

tou DUnas-thai [1410] auTON kai hu-paTAxai [5293] auT*O* ta PANta.

*by which he is able even to subject :all **things** to himself.*



 “*THE SPIRITUALLY VIGOROUS SAINT” - Oswald Chambers - MUFHH*

*Philippians 3:10 - “. . . that I may know Him . . .”*


 A saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward
knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his
circumstances simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as
being divided into the secular and the sacred. He sees every situation in
which he finds himself as the means of obtaining a greater knowledge of
Jesus Christ, and he has an attitude of unrestrained abandon and total
surrender about him. The Holy Spirit is determined that we will have the
realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us
back to the same point over and over again until we do. Self-realization
only leads to the glorification of good works, whereas a saint of God
glorifies Jesus Christ through his good works. Whatever we may be doing -
even eating, drinking, or washing disciples' feet - we have to take the
initiative of realizing and recognizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of
our life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His
relationship to the Father even in the most menial task. *“Jesus, knowing .
. . that He had come from God and was going to God, . . . took a towel . . .
and began to wash the disciples' feet . . .” (John 13:3-5).*


 The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is *“that I may know Him . . .” *Do
I know Him where I am today? If not I am failing Him. I am not here for
self-realization, but to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative
and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is
work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a
spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus
Christ in every set of circumstances.


 “*HELD BY THE GRIP OF GOD” - Oswald Chambers - MUFHH*

*Philippians 3:12 - “I press on that I may lay hold of that for which Christ
Jesus has also laid hold of me.”*


 Never choose to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on
you, woe be to you if you *“turn aside to the right hand or to the left”
(Deuteronomy 5:32).* We are not here to work for God because we have chosen
to do so, but because God has “laid hold of” us. And once He has done so, we
never have this thought, “Well, I'm really not suited for this.” What you
are to preach is also determined by God, not by your own natural leanings or
desires. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you
are called not simply to convey your testimony but also to preach the
gospel. Every Christian must testify to the truth of God, but when it comes
to the call to preach, there must be the agonizing grip of God's hand on you
- your life is in the grip of God for that very purpose. How many of us are
held like that?


 Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness.
There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come
to personal dealings with others, remember who you are - you are not some
special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.


 “*Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do
... I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).*



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