Philippians 3:19

Philippians 3:19

Our Citizenship in Heaven

17 Brethren, ^ajoin in following my example, and note those who so walk, as ^byou have us for a pattern.

18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are ^athe enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 ^awhose end is destruction, ^bwhose god is their belly, and ^cwhose glory is in their shame—^dwho set their mind on earthly things.

20 For ^aour citizenship is in heaven, ^bfrom which we also ^ceagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

21 ^awho will transform our lowly body that it may be ^bconformed to His glorious body, ^caccording to the working by which He is able even to ^dsubdue all things to Himself.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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destruction—everlasting at Christ's coming. Philippians 1:28, "perdition"; the opposite word is "Saviour" (Philippians 3:20).

end—fixed doom.

whose god is their belly— (Romans 16:18); hereafter to be destroyed by God (I Corinthians 6:13). In contrast to our "body" (Philippians 3:21), which our God, the Lord Jesus, shall "fashion like unto His glorious body." Their belly is now pampered, our body now wasted; then the respective states of both shall be reversed.

glory is in their shame—As "glory" is often used in the Old Testament for God (Psalms 106:20), so here it answers to "whose God," in the parallel clause; and "shame" is the Old Testament term contemptuously given to an idol (Judges 6:32, Margin). Hosea 4:7 seems to be referred to by Paul (compare Romans 1:32). There seems no allusion to circumcision, as no longer glorious, but a shame to them (Philippians 3:2). The reference of the immediate context is to sensuality, and carnality in general.

mind earthly things— (Romans 8:5). In contrast to Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:2.

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