Philippians Chapter 1 verse 6 Holy Bible

Philippians 1 : 6 Bible Verse Songs

• A Great Work by
• He Who Began The Good Work in You by
• Changed by
• God's Gonna Do It by
• Beautiful Story by
• Still Believe You by
• Greatest Days by
• This is Not The End by
• Best Is Yet To Come by
• Mountain to Valley by +
• Carry Us Through by +
• Unfinished by
• Remember by
• Just Getting Started by
• Streets of Gold by
• God Surprised Me by
• God Is Always Good by
• New Thing by
• All Your Plans by
• Every Step of the Way by
• In Spite Of Me by
• Sí canción by
• Yes Song by
• What The Hard Times Taught Me by
• Catch Me Singing by
• You Never Let Go by +
• It's Not Over by + +
• Made New by +
• Finished Work by
• Finished Work of Christ by
• Finish What He Started by
• Finish What He Started by
• Faithful to the End by
• New Beginnings by

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Being confident of this very thing. St. Paul's thanksgiving refers, not only to the past, but also to the future. He has a confident trustfulness in God's power and love. The words αὐτὸ τοῦτο might mean "on this account," i.e. on account of the perseverance described in Ver. 5, but the order seems to support the ordinary rendering. That he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it; rather, as R.V., which began. Both ἐναρξάμενος and ἐπιτελέσει have (Bishop Lightfoot) a sacrificial reference. The good work is self-consecration, the sacrifice of themselves, their souls and bodies, issuing in the co-operation of labor and almsgiving. This sacrificial metaphor recurs in Philippians 2:17. The good work is God's; he began it and he will perfect it. The beginning (Bengel) is the pledge of the consummation. Yet it is also their work - their co-operation towards the gospel (comp. Philippians 2:12, 13). Until the day of Jesus Christ. The perfecting will go on until the great day. To the individual Christian that clay is practically the day of his death; though, indeed, the process of perfecting may be going on in the holy dead till they obtain their perfect consummation and bliss both in body and soul. These words do not imply that St. Paul expected the second advent during the life of his Philippian converts. The words "in you" must be understood as meaning "in your hearts," not merely "among you."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) That he who hath begun (or rather, who began) a good work in you will also (see margin) finish it.--The ground of St. Paul's confidence in their perseverance is the belief that it was God's grace which began the good work in them, and that, not being resisted (as was obvious by their enthusiasm for good), He would complete what He had begun. In his view, God's grace is the beginning and the end; man's co-operation lies in the intermediate process linking both together. This is made still plainer in Philippians 2:12-13.The day of Jesus Christ.--So also in Philippians 1:10; Philippians 2:16, "the day of Christ;" and in 1Corinthians 1:8, "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;" in all other Epistles "the day of our Lord" (as in 1Corinthians 5:5; 2Corinthians 1:14; 1Thessalonians 5:2; 2Thessalonians 2:2); or, still more commonly, both in Gospels and Epistles, "that day." As is usual in the Epistles, the day of the Lord is spoken of as if it were near at hand. St. Paul, in the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians (Philippians 2:2, et seq.), declines to pronounce that it is near; yet does not say that it is far away, and only teaches that there is much to be done, even in the development of Anti-Christian power, before it does come. It is of course clear that, in respect of the confidence here expressed, it makes no difference whether it be near or far away. The reality of the judgment as final and complete is the one point important; "the times and seasons" matter not to us. . . .