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Title: Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians

Author: Handley C. G. Moule

Release Date: April 28, 2008 [eBook #25221]

Language: English

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PHILIPPIAN STUDIES

Lessons in Faith and Love from
St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians

by

H. C. G. MOULE, D.D.

Principal of Ridley Hall and Formerly Fellow of Trinity College
Cambridge

  "Let us pray to God, that we may speak, think, believe, live,
  and depart hence, according to the wholesome doctrine and verities
  of His Word."
        THE HOMILIES, i, 1.

Third Edition

London Hodder and Stoughton 27, Paternoster Row 1900

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

  THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.
  COLOSSIAN STUDIES.
  EPHESIAN STUDIES.
  TO MY YOUNGER BRETHREN ON PASTORAL LIFE AND WORK.
  OUTLINES OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. (In the Theological Educator
    Series.)
  VENI CREATOR: THOUGHTS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. Third Edition.
  LIFE IN CHRIST AND FOR CHRIST.
  "NEED AND FULNESS."
  "PATIENCE AND COMFORT."
  THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIAN SANCTITY.
  THOUGHTS ON UNION WITH CHRIST.
  THOUGHTS ON THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.
  SECRET PRAYER.
  "AT THE HOLY COMMUNION." Thoughts for Preparation and Communion.
  "THE PLEDGE OF HIS LOVE." Thoughts on the Lord's Supper.
  THE NEW BIRTH. A Brief Enquiry and Statement.
  THE CLEANSING BLOOD. A Study of 1 John i. 7.
  JUSTIFYING RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD.
  THE NET AND THE DELIVERANCE.
  A MORNING ACT OF FAITH.
  THE CHRISTIAN'S OWN CALENDAR OF PERSONAL AND FAMILY EVENTS.
    With an Introduction by Rev. H. C. G. MOULE.
  PRAYERS FOR THE HOME.
  THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY OVER SIN.
  "GRACE AND GODLINESS." Chapters on Ephesians.
  "CHRIST IS ALL." Sermons.
  COMMENTARIES ON THE ROMANS; EPHESIANS; PHILIPPIANS;
    COLOSSIANS in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges;
    and on the PHILIPPIANS in the Cambridge Greek Testament.
    Also on the ROMANS in the Expositor's Bible.
  "BETWEEN MY LORD AND ME." A Card containing Morning and Evening
    Acts of Faith and Devotion.
  CHARLES SIMEON. (In English Leaders of Religion.)
  BISHOP RIDLEY ON THE LORD'S SUPPER. A Reprint from the Original
    Edition, with Life of Ridley, Notes, Appendices, etc.,
    and Illustrations.
  "IN THE HOUSE OF THE PILGRIMAGE." Hymns and Sacred Songs.

TO THE

REV. G. A. SCHNEIDER, M.A.,

VICE-PRINCIPAL OF RIDLEY HALL, CAMBRIDGE,

THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED

IM TOKEN OF WARM FRIENDSHIP

AND WITH A GRATEFUL SENSE OF THE BENEFIT

OF HIS INVALUABLE CO-OPERATION

    "Thou the Way art, Thou the Prize
    That beyond the journey lies;
    Thou the Truth art, Thou the Guide,
    Gone before, yet at our side;
    Everlasting life below
    It is truly Thee to know:
  Such to Thy Saints wast Thou of yore;
  Unchangeable Thou art, and shall be evermore."
        MONSELL.

PREFACE

The plan and purpose of the following pages will be soon evident to the reader. The whole aim is towards edification. What is said in the way of historical introduction, what is done in the course of the chapters in the way of rendering and grammatical explanation, all has this aim in view. The Epistle is handled throughout with the firm belief that it is an Oracle of God, while that Oracle is conveyed through the mind and heart of one of the greatest of the sons of men; and the Expositor's aim accordingly is always, and above all things, to expound. To put it otherwise, his highest ambition is to call attention to the sacred text, and let it speak.

May the Lord of the Apostle, of the Philippians, of ourselves, only grant that His mercy may rest upon this poor contribution to the exegesis of His inexhaustible Word. May it be permitted to throw a quiet light upon some of the treasures of this apostolic casket, to the help, in any measures, of the disciples of our day. Then will the Expositor indeed give thanks to the Master at whose feet he lays his work.

RIDLEY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II

THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN HEARTS IN CHRIST
    (PHIL. i. 1-11.)

CHAPTER III

THE APOSTLE'S POSITION AND CIRCUMSTANCES
    (PHIL. i. 12-20.)

CHAPTER IV

THE CHRISTIAN'S PEACE AND THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSISTENCY
    (PHIL. i. 21-30.)

CHAPTER V

UNITY IN SELF-FORGETFULNESS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE LORD
    (PHIL. ii. 1-11.)

CHAPTER VI

THE LORD'S POWER IN THE DISCIPLE'S LIFE
    (PHIL. ii. 12-18.)

CHAPTER VII

TIMOTHEUS AND EPAPHRODITUS
    (PHIL. ii. 19-30.)

CHAPTER VIII

JOY IN THE LORD AND ITS PRESERVING INFLUENCE
  "THAT I MAY KNOW HIM"
    (PHIL. iii. 1-11.)