the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Philippians 3:15
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Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal that also to you.
The real cowboys will agree with me. Even if some disagree to an extent, I know God will clear things up for them in time.
Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
As many therefore as [are] perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.
Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, this God will also reveal that to you.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.
Let vs therefore, as many as bee perfect, bee thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shal reueale euen this vnto you.
Then as many as are perfect, let us be of this mind; and if you think anything differently, God will also reveal this to you.
Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto you.
Let us therefore, who have been instructed, have this in view: and if you are sollicitous about any thing else, God will reveal even that unto you.
So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it.
All of us who are mature [pursuing spiritual perfection] should have this attitude. And if in any respect you have a different attitude, that too God will make clear to you.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:
Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.
Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse minded: and yf ye be other wyse mynded I praye God open even this vnto you.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you:
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye are otherwise minded, God will reveal even this to you.
As many, therefore, as [are] perfect -- let us think this, and if [in] anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,
All of us who are spiritually mature should think this way, too. And if there are things you do not agree with, God will make them clear to you.
Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.
All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you.
Therefore, as many of us as are mature, let us keep paying attention to this; and if you are differently minded about anything, God will also reveal this to you.
Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
Let vs therefore as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if yee be otherwise minded, God shall reueile euen the same vnto you.
Therefore let those of you who are perfect think these things over; and if you reason in any other way, God will reveal even that to you.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, this God will also reveal that to you.
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Let those, then, who are mature consider these things; and if otherwise you consider, this also will Aloha reveal to you.
Therefore let those who are perfect, have these views; and if ye differently view any thing, God will reveal that also to you.
Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
All of us who are full-grown Christians should think this way. If you do not think this way, God will show it to you.
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, even this shall God reveal unto you:
Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about anything, this too God will reveal to you.
As many, therefore, as are full-grown, let, this, be our resolve; and, if, somewhat differently, ye are resolved, this, also, shall, God, unto you reveal.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to you,
Therefore as many as are perfect, let us hold this opinion, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.
Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus mynded, and if ye be otherwyse mynded, God shall reueale the same also vnto you.
All of us who have grown to be spiritually mature should think this way too. And if there is any of this that you don't agree with, God will make it clear to you.
Therefore, all who are mature, let's have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well;
All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ye vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as: Romans 15:1, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Colossians 1:28, Colossians 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:17, Hebrews 5:14,*Gr: James 1:4, 1 John 2:5
be thus: Philippians 3:12-14, Galatians 5:10
God: Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Proverbs 2:3-6, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Isaiah 35:8, Luke 11:13, John 7:17, James 1:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 36:10 - General Deuteronomy 18:13 - Thou shalt John 17:23 - made Romans 12:6 - according to the proportion 1 Corinthians 14:6 - revelation Philippians 1:9 - your Philippians 2:2 - that Hebrews 6:11 - we desire
Cross-References
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,.... Not absolutely, but comparatively, with respect to other believers, in a lower class of knowledge and experience; and not with respect to degrees, but parts; and regards such who were not children, but of riper age in divine things, unless the words are spoken ironically:
be thus minded; as the apostle was, to count what were gain to him, loss for Christ; to reckon all things but loss and dung, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ; to be willing to suffer the loss of all things, to win him, Philippians 3:8; to desire to be found in him, and in his righteousness, and not a man's own, Philippians 3:9; to know more of him in his person, righteousness, sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead, Philippians 3:10; and to attain to such a state, and yet to disclaim all perfection, and acknowledge their imperfection, Philippians 3:11; and to forget things behind, and reach to those before, Philippians 3:13; and press towards the mark, Christ, for the prize of eternal glory, Philippians 3:14:
and if in anything ye be otherwise minded; as to seek for justification by the works of the law, or partly by Christ and partly by the law, and to imagine and expect perfection in this life:
God shall reveal even this unto you; such errors will be made manifest sooner or later; the day will declare them, and such wood, hay, and stubble, will be burnt up by the fire, which will reveal every man's work, 1 Corinthians 3:12.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect - see the notes at Philippians 3:12. Or, rather, those who would be perfect; or who are aiming at perfection. It can hardly be supposed that the apostle would address them as already perfect, when he had just said of himself that lie had not attained to that state. But those whom he addressed might be supposed to be aiming at perfection, and he exhorts them, therefore, to have the same spirit that he himself had, and to make the same efforts which he himself put forth.
Be thus minded - That is, be united in the effort to obtain the prize, and to become entirely perfect. “Let them put forth the same effort which I do, forgetting what is behind, and pressing forward to the mark.”
And if in anything ye be otherwise minded - That is, if there were any among them who had not these elevated views and aims, and who had not been brought to see the necessity of such efforts, or who had not learned that such high attainments were possible. There might be those among them who had been very imperfectly instructed in the nature of religion; those who entertained views which impeded their progress, and prevented the simple and earnest striving for salvation which Paul was enabled to put forth. He had laid aside every obstacle; renounced all the Jewish opinions which had impeded his salvation, and had now one single aim - that of securing the prize. But there might be those who had not attained to these views, and who were still impeded and embarrassed by erroneous opinions.
God shall reveal even this unto you - He will correct your erroneous opinions, and disclose to you the importance of making this effort for the prize. This is the expression of an opinion, that to those who were sincere and true Christians, God would yet make a full revelation of the nature of religion, or would lead them on so that they would fully understand, it. They who are acquainted with religion at all, or who have been truly converted, God will teach and guide until they shall have a full understanding of divine things.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 15. As many as be perfect — As many as are thoroughly instructed in Divine things, who have cast off all dependence on the law and on every other system for salvation, and who discern God calling them from above by Christ Jesus; be thus minded; be intensely in earnest for eternal life, nor ever halt till the race is finished.
The word τελειοι, perfect, is taken here in the same sense in which it is taken 1 Corinthians 14:20:- Be not CHILDREN in understanding-but in understanding be ye MEN, τελειοι γινεσθε, be ye perfect-thoroughly instructed, deeply experienced. 1 Corinthians 2:6:- We speak wisdom among the perfect, εν τοις τελειοις, among those who are fully instructed, adults in Christian knowledge. Ephesians 4:13:- Till we all come-unto a perfect man, εις ανδρα τελειον, to the state of adults in Christianity. Hebrews 5:14:- But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, τελειων, the perfect-those who are thoroughly instructed and experienced in Divine things. Let us therefore, says the apostle, as many as be perfect-as have entered fully into the spirit and design of the Gospel, be thus minded, viz. Forget the things which are behind, and stretch forward along the mark for the prize.
If in any thing ye be otherwise minded — If ye have not yet entered into the full spirit and design of this Gospel, if any of you have yet remaining any doubts relative to Jewish ordinances, or their expediency in Christianity, God shall reveal even this unto you; for while you are sincere and upright, God will take care that ye shall have full instruction in these Divine things.
