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Philippians 3:14 - 4:1
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "Idolatry,"
Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit. |
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Chapter IX, The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
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Chapter XI, The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
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Similitude I, Shepherd
of
Hermas.
(c.145) |
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V.XIII.3, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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II.1, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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IV.3, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter XIV, On
The Veiling of Virgins,
Tertullian (c.
205) |
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I.8,
To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206) |
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III.25, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 209) |
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Chapter XIII,
De Corona,
Tertullian (c.
211) |
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Chapter
XLVII,
Chapter
LV, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.20, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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II.4, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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VII.L, Against
Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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X.14,
XII.10,
XII.29,
XIII.21, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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On the
Mortality
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Cyprian of
Carthage (c. 252) |
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Epistle LXXVI
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Cyprian of Carthage (c.
255) |
| Commentary by St John Chrysostom: Homily
XIII.
 | "Nothing is so incongruous in a Christian, and foreign to his character, as
to seek ease and rest; and to be engrossed with the present life is foreign to our
profession and enlistment." |
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"Enemies of the Cross of Christ," Martin Luther, c. 1522.
| "Had Paul confined his denunciations to the
righteousness of the world or of the heathen--the righteousness dependent upon reason and
controlled by secular government, by laws and regulations--his teaching would not have
seemed so irreverent." |
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| From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 4.
| "He shows what the false apostles truly are, not from malice or ambition,
but with sorrow and tears, that is, because being enemies of the Gospel (for that is
joined with persecuting it) they regard nothing else, but the benefits of this
life." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. Chapter 4.
| "May we be always prepared for the coming of our Judge; looking to have our
vile bodies changed by his Almighty power, and applying to him daily to new-create our
souls unto holiness; to deliver us from our enemies, and to employ our bodies and souls as
instruments of righteousness in his service." |
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| From Wesley's
Notes. Chapter 4.
| "Let us walk by the same rule we have done
hitherto." |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 4.
| ""The high," or "heavenly calling," is not restricted,
as ALFORD thinks, to Paul's own calling as an apostle
by the summons of God from heaven; but the common calling of all Christians to
salvation in Christ, which coming from heaven invites us to heaven, whither
accordingly our minds ought to be uplifted." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 4.
| "Meyer says the Greek word here (teleioi) means mature, well
developed, not children in Christ." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Lent 2, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "Paul does not contemplate that there
would be a discrepancy between what we preach and what we are." |
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"Epistle
for the Second Sunday of Lent: Philippians 3:17 - 4:1,"
from Exegesis for the
Christian Year, Henry Gustafson, 1998. At
Religion
Online.
| "The data for imitation here consists not of a series of rules for
behavior, but of a new perspective." |
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"Confessing Jesus as Lord in the Present Time," Confessing Jesus as
Lord: Selected Epistles (Epiphany to Palm Sunday), David Fredrickson, Word & World
Texts in Context,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1998. |
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Philippians
3:12-21, Christ and the Church: The Ministry of the Baptized, Wendell R.
Debner, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary, 1987. |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Philippians 3:17-4:1, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
| "This is far different
than some assent of belief couched in a specific set of words or actions.
It is this transformation of being struck by an assurance of being beloved
that turns an enemy of Christ into a friend." |
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"Our
Transfiguration," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "Denying the place of the sensual self,
suppressing the sensual self, or even worse, spiritualizing the sensual
self - what would be the basis of such a view and why is it so unhealthy?" |
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"Our Heavenly
Citizenship," Expository Essay,
Philippians 3:17-4:1, Dr. William R. Long.
| "Somehow
there is a human longing for transformation even in the secular society.
How much more for those who are pursuing the living Christ in imitation of
him!" |
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| "Bodies
of Humiliation," analysis and reflections by Bruce T. Martin,
in Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis.
| "Whether we devote ourselves
to grand ideas or to justice or luxury or longevity or good looks or
good works, we belly dancers nonetheless die. We dare not demonize
the Judaizers; for insofar as we preach the law apart from the
saving cross, we are they!" |
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| Articles & Background:
| "Meals, Food and
Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament
Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
| "How
can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are
meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the
surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what
anthropologists call "the language of meals"?" |
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| "Citizens
of Heaven. Phil 3:2-21 as a Deutero-Pauline Passage," by Darrel J Doughty.
Journal of Higher Criticism, rework from NTS 41 (1995).
| "...the portrait of the
apostle and the understanding of Christian existence for which he serves as an example are
deutero-Pauline. The concrete controversies that characterized Paul's own life are no
longer in view. The teachings of Paul have been universalized. What we have here
represents the testimony of the apostle for believers in all times and
places." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adam, A.K.M.,
"Walk This Way: Repetition, Difference, and the Imitation of Christ,"
Interpretation, 2001. |
| Debner, Wendell R.,
"Christ and the Church: The Ministry of the Baptized," Word & World,
1987. |
| Doble, Peter,
"'Vile Bodies' or Transformed Persons? Philippians 3.21 in Context,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002. |
| Fredrickson, David,
"Confessing Jesus as Lord: Selected Epistles (Epiphany to Palm Sunday),"
Word & World, 1998. |
| Fredrickson, David E., "Envious
Enemies of the Cross of Christ (Philippians 3:18)," Word & World,
2008.
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| Grieb, A. Katherine,
"'The One Who Called You...' Vocation and Leadership in the Pauline
Literature," Interpretation, 2005. |
| Hays, Richard B.,
"Where Is Our Citizenship?" The Christian Century, 1992. |
| Klijn, Dr. A.F.J.,
"Paul's Opponents in Philippians 3," Novum Testamentum, 1965. |
| Pobee, John S.,
"Human Transformation: A Biblical View," Mission Studies, 1985. |
| Simmons, Elizabeth McGregor,
"The Sense of Text: An Invitation to Lenten Preaching," Journal for
Preachers, 2004. |
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| Reviews:
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Review: Karl Olav Sandnes, Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles.
Cambridge University Press, 2002. Review by Jeffrey R Asher
in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
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