ဖီလီဖီနန်း 1:28

Myanmar Judson Bible

28 ထိုသို့ရန်သူများကြောင့် အလျှင်းမကြောက်ရွံ့ မတုန်လှုပ်သော အကြောင်းအရာသည်၊ သူတို့၌ ပျက်စီး ခြင်း၏ နိမိတ်လက္ခဏာဖြစ်၏။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:12, Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:4-7, Luke 21:12-19, Acts 4:19-31, Acts 5:40-42, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Timothy 1:8, Hebrews 13:6, Revelation 2:10

an: 2 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 Peter 4:12-14

but: Matthew 5:10-12, Romans 8:17, 2 Timothy 2:11, 2 Timothy 2:12

and that: Genesis 49:18, Psalms 50:23, Psalms 68:19, Psalms 68:20, Isaiah 12:2, Luke 3:6, Acts 28:28

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:11 - General 2 Kings 6:16 - Fear not 1 Chronicles 19:12 - If the Syrians Ezra 5:5 - But the eye Nehemiah 4:17 - with one Psalms 27:3 - host Psalms 49:5 - Wherefore Isaiah 40:9 - be not Jeremiah 9:3 - valiant Ezekiel 2:6 - be not Mark 3:3 - he saith Mark 14:44 - a token Luke 6:8 - Rise Luke 6:22 - when men Luke 21:13 - General John 19:9 - But 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - moved 2 Peter 3:7 - and perdition

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries,.... Not by Satan, though a roaring lion, for Christ is greater than he; nor by the world which Christ has overcome; nor by false teachers, though men of art and cunning; nor by violent persecutors, who can do no more than kill, the body; let not the power, the rage, the cunning, or the violence of one or the other, move, discourage, or affright from a close attachment to the Gospel and the truths of it:

which is to them an evident token of perdition; when men wilfully oppose themselves to the truth, and show a malicious hatred to it, and hold it in unrighteousness, and either turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, or persecute it with rage and fury, it looks as if they were given up to reprobate minds, to say and do things not convenient; as if they were foreordained to condemnation; and were consigned over to destruction and perdition; and very rare it is, that such persons are ever called by grace:

but to you of salvation; when men are reproached and ridiculed, are threatened and persecuted for the sake of the Gospel, and are enabled to take all patiently, and persevere in the truth with constancy, it is a manifest token that such are counted worthy of the kingdom of God; that God has a design of salvation for them, and that they shall be saved with an everlasting one: so that the different effects of the opposition of the one, and the constancy of the other, are made use of as so many reasons why the saints should not be terrified by their enemies: it is added,

and that of God; meaning either that the whole of this is of God, as that there are adversaries, heretics, and persecutors; this is by divine permission, and in order to answer some ends and purpose of God, and the perdition or everlasting punishment of such persons will be righteously inflicted upon them by him; and that the constancy, faith, patience, and perseverance of the saints and their salvation, are all of God: or it particularly respects the latter, the salvation of those who persevere to the end; this is not of themselves, or merited by their constancy, patience, and perseverance, but is God's free gift. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, join this clause to the beginning of Philippians 1:29, thus, "and this is given of God to you", &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries - Adversaries, or opponents, they had, like most of the other early Christians. There were Jews there who would be likely to oppose them (compare Acts 17:5), and they were exposed to persecution by the pagan. In that city, Paul had himself suffered much Acts 16:0; and it would not be strange if the same scenes should be repeated. It is evident from this passage, as well as from some other parts of the Epistle, that the Philippians were at this time experiencing some form of severe suffering. But in what way, or why, the opposition to them was excited, is nowhere stated. The meaning here is, “do not be alarmed at anything which they can do. Maintain your Christian integrity, notwithstanding all the opposition which they can make. They will, in the end, certainly be destroyed, and you will be saved.”

Which is to them an evident token of perdition - What, it may be asked, would be the token of their perdition? What is the evidence to which Paul refers that they will be destroyed? The relative “which” - ἥτις hētis; - is probably used as referring to the persecution which had been commenced, and to the constancy which the apostle supposed the Philippians would evince. The sentence is elliptical; but it is manifest that the apostle refers either to the circumstance then occurring, that they were persecuted, and that they evinced constancy; or to the constancy which he wished them to evince in their persecutions. He says that this circumstance of persecution, if they evinced such a spirit as he wished, would be to them an evidence of two things:

(1) Of the destruction of those who were engaged in the persecution. This would be, because they knew that such persecutors could not ultimately prevail. Persecution of the church would be a certain indication that they who did it would be finally destroyed.

(2) It would be a proof of their own salvation, because it would show that they were the friends of the Redeemer; and they had the assurance that all those who were persecuted for his sake would be saved. The gender of the Greek relative here is determined by the following noun (ἔνδειξις endeixis), in a manner that is not uncommon in Greek; see Wetstein, in loc., and Koppe.

And that of God - That is, their persecution is a proof that God will interpose in due time and save you. The hostility of the wicked to us is one evidence that we are the friends of God, and shall be saved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. In nothing terrified by your adversaries — So it appears that the Church at Philippi was then under persecution.

Which is to them — Ἡτις αυτοις εστιν. Some very judicious critics consider ητις as referring to πιστις, the faith of the Gospel, which they, the heathen, considered to be a token of perdition to all them who embraced it; but, as the apostle says, it was to them the Philippians, on the contrary, the most evident token of salvation; for, having embraced the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, they were incontestably in the way to eternal blessedness.