Philippians and Philemon - MR Vincent - 1906.pdf

I. 19, 20] CHRIST WILL BE MAGNIFIED 2$
(Jn. xiv. 17, 18). Paul identifies, him personally with the Spirit
(2 Cor. iii. 17). The Spirit which Christ has is possessed also by
members of his body (Rom. viii. 9 ; Gal. iv. 6). In Rom. viii. 9,
10, Paul uses^,, ,and as conveit-
'ible terms.
20. «' : Connect with -
(vs. 19)• This shall turn out to my salvation as I am
expecting and hoping.
: Only here and Rom. viii. 19. A picturesque
' word : , away ' '
; , the head '
; (Ion.), * . € -
to watch.'
Watching something with the head turned away from other objects
; hence intent watching. So Chrys.
Seldom in patristic Greek. occurs in
class, Gk. (Hdt. vii. 163 ; Xen. Mem. iii, 5, 6 ; Aristoph. Knights,
663, etc.), but not the compound., which, however, is found
in later Gk., as Polybius and Plutarch. Lightf.'s ref. to Josephus,
B. iii.
J. 7, 26, is feUcitous. See also Philo, De Jos. 527 D.
Others, however, give a local sense — the place from which (Ellic,
Ead.); others an intensive sense, 'to wait to the end; wait it out' (Mey.
on Rom. viii. 19. See also Crem. and Thay. Lexs.).
: The
inward attitude, while.represents the out-
ward attitude. ?sometimes in N.T. as the object of hope :
the thing hoped for. (See Gal. v. 5; Col. i. 5; Heb. vi. 18;
Tit. ii. 13.) This can hardly be the meaning here.
oTi :
* that ;
' not ' because.' It denotes the object of the hope,
supplying the specific definition of the more general tis
(vs• 19)• ^ .
€v ovSivl, ' in nothing ' : in no point or respect. Not * by no
one,' since no persons are brought forward in what follows.
:
' shall I be put to shame.' Rare in N.T., and
only twice in Paul. Frequent in LXX, as Ps. xxxv. (xxxiv.) 4, 26 ;
Ixx. (Ixix.) 2. (Comp. 2 Cor. x. 8.) He will not be brought into
disgrace by the frustration of his efforts and the disappointment
of
.•
his hopes. He will not be shown to be a deluded enthusiast,
a fanatic, a preacher of a fancied and impossible good. On the
contrary, —
« : £•£ = ' shall be glorified ; lit. ' enlarged.' Often in
'
LXX for b^'^in. (See 2 Sam. vii. 26 ; i Chron. xvii. 24 ; Ps. xxxiv.
[xxxiii.] 3, XXXV. [xxxiv.] 27.)
iv : Instead of the simple ; because the
question of bodily life or death was imminent. In his afflicted,
imprisoned body Christ will be magnified. (Comp. 2 Cor. iv. 10
Gal. vi. 17.)
The force of this positive and general statement, ' Christ shall
be magnified in my body,' is heightened by three incidental
;