![]() ![]() Lights in the Worldġ2 Therefore, my beloved, f as you have always g obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for h it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for i his good pleasure. 9 x Therefore y God has z highly exalted him and bestowed on him a the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus b every knee should bow, c in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and d every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is e Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ![]() ![]() 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by v becoming obedient to the point of death, w even death on a cross. 5 o Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 1 6 p who, though he was in q the form of God, did not count equality with God r a thing to be grasped, 2 7 but s emptied himself, by taking the form of a t servant, 3 u being born in the likeness of men. 4 Let each of you n look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 3 Do nothing from k selfish ambition or l conceit, but in m humility count others more significant than yourselves. Philippians 1:21) "To me to live is Christ." In this consciousness alone is any thoughtful teaching of "self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-distrust," intelligible and coherent.2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from f love, any g participation in the Spirit, any h affection and sympathy, 2 i complete my joy by being j of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Paul are but a practical corollary to the higher truth (comp. Each teaches respect for the higher humanity in the soul but to the one that humanity is our own, to the other it is "the Christ within," dwelling in the heart, regenerating and conforming it to Himself. it is a gloss, perhaps suggested by 1Timothy 1:12, where we have exactly the same phrase, "Christ Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me." The same word is used in Ephesians 6:10, "Be strong ( strengthened within) in the Lord." In this sentence we have the world-wide distinction between the Stoic and the Christian. Through Christ which strengtheneth me.-The word "Christ" is not found in the best MSS. The first thing needful is to throw off mere self-sufficiency, to know our weakness and sin, and accept the salvation of God's free grace in Christ the next, to find the "strength made perfect in weakness," and in that to be strong. It represents the ultimate and ideal consciousness of the Christian. But the universal extension of the maxim beyond the immediate occasion and context is not inadmissible. I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.įor all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) I can do all things.-Properly, I have strength in all things, rather (according to the context) to bear than to do. I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me. I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me. I have strength for all things, in Christ’s strengthening me ![]() I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me. I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me. I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.īecause I master all things by The Messiah who empowers me.Ĭhrist gives me the strength to face anything. I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me. I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me. I can do all things through Him who strengthens and empowers me I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. I have strength for all things in the One strengthening me. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.įor I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. ![]()
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