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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the thing, which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. “To me to live is Christ.” If he lived, he lived to know more of Christ studying his person, and learning by his happy experience so that he increased in his knowledge of his Lord and Saviour. If he lived, he lived to imitate Christ more closely, becoming more and more conformed to his image. If he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord of one mind. He knew that these saints at Philippi loved him. They had sent once and again to relieve his necessities, so he pleaded...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, be one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
if there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Paul did not mean to doubt that there is “any consolation in Christ, any comfort of love, any fellowship of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Holy Ghost incited this Epistle by the pen of his servant Paul. May he also write it on our hearts! Php_3:1. Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. When you get to “finally,” when you are very near the end of your journey, still “rejoice in the Lord.” “Finally,” says Paul, as if this was the end of his epistle, the conclusion of all his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. As much as to say, “If this were the last sentence that I should write to you, I would say, Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.’ It is your privilege, it is your duty, to rejoice in God; — not in your health, your wealth, your children, your prosperity, but in the Lord.” There is the unchanging and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. Let this be the end of everything; before you get to the end of it, and when you do get to the end of it, “rejoice in the Lord.” It is incumbent upon us, as Christians, to rise out of our despondencies. Joy should be the normal state of the Christian. What a happy religion is ours in which it is a duty to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. It is a great joy to a minister, as it was to the apostle Paul, to have converts; but that joy is greatly diminished when they do not stand fast: then, indeed, every supposed joy becomes a sorrow, and instead of the roses which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the lord, my dearly beloved. Paul had a very warm affection for the church at Philippi. You remember how that church was established,-first with the baptized household of Lydia, and afterwards with the baptized household of the jailer. These saints at Philippi...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, do stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. You know that the church at Philippi was very dear to the apostle’s heart. He could never forget the time when he and Silas prayed with the women at the river side, and afterwards prayed and sang praises unto God in the prison,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This Epistle was written by Paul when he was in prison, with iron fetters about his wrists; yet there is no iron in the Epistle. It is full of light, life, love, and joy, blended with traces of sorrow, yet with a holy delight that rises above his grief. Php_4:1. Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast...