Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Greek, "Who shall transfigure the body of our humiliation (namely, in which our humiliation has place, II Corinthians 4:10; Ephesians 2:19; II Timothy 2:12), that it may be conformed unto the body of His glory (namely, in which His glory is manifested), according to the effectual working whereby," etc. Not only shall He come as our "Saviour," but also as our Glorifier.
even—not only to make the body like His own, but "to subdue all things," even death itself, as well as Satan and sin. He gave a sample of the coming transfiguration on the mount (Matthew 17:1, etc.). Not a change of identity, but of fashion or form (Psalms 17:15; I Corinthians 15:51). Our spiritual resurrection now is the pledge of our bodily resurrection to glory hereafter (Philippians 3:20; Romans 8:11). As Christ's glorified body was essentially identical with His body of humiliation; so our resurrection bodies as believers, since they shall be like His, shall be identical essentially with our present bodies, and yet "spiritual bodies" (I Corinthians 15:42-44). Our "hope" is, that Christ, by His rising from the dead, hath obtained the power, and is become the pattern, of our resurrection (Micah 2:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Philippians 3:21:
Song of Solomon 3:6
Song of Solomon 8:14
1 Corinthians 15:27
1 Corinthians 15:37
1 Corinthians 15:39-41
1 Corinthians 15:43
1 Corinthians 15:48
1 Corinthians 15:50
2 Corinthians 3:18
2 Corinthians 11:15
2 Corinthians 13:4
Ephesians 2:6
Philippians 2:9
Philippians 3:11
Philippians 3:19
Philippians 4:1
Colossians 1:18
1 Thessalonians 4:15
Titus 2:13
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