ns, of ourselves, only
grant that His mercy may rest upon this poor contribution to the
exegesis of His inexhaustible Word. May it be permitted to throw a
quiet light upon some of the treasures of this apostolic casket, to the
help, in any measures, of the disciples of our day. Then will the
Expositor indeed give thanks to the Master at whose feet he lays his
work.

RIDLEY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II

THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN HEARTS IN CHRIST
(PHIL. i. 1-11.)

CHAPTER III

THE APOSTLE'S POSITION AND CIRCUMSTANCES
(PHIL. i. 12-20.)

CHAPTER IV

THE CHRISTIAN'S PEACE AND THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSISTENCY
(PHIL. i. 21-30.)

CHAPTER V

UNITY IN SELF-FORGETFULNESS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE LORD
(PHIL. ii. 1-11.)

CHAPTER VI

THE LORD'S POWER IN THE DISCIPLE'S LIFE
(PHIL. ii. 12-18.)

CHAPTER VII

TIMOTHEUS AND EPAPHRODITUS
(PHIL. ii. 19-30.)

CHAPTER VIII

JOY IN THE LORD AND ITS PRESERVING INFLUENCE
"THAT I MAY KNOW HIM"
(PHIL. iii. 1-11.)

CHAPTER IX

CHRISTIAN STANDING AND CHRISTIAN PROGRESS.
(PHIL. iii. 12-16.)

CHAPTER X

THE BLESSED HOPE AND ITS POWER
(PHIL. iii. 17-21.)

CHAPTER XI

PURITY AND PEACE IN THE PRESENT LORD
(PHIL. iv. 1-9.)

CHAPTER XII

THE COLLECTION FOR ST PAUL: THE FAREWELL
(PHIL. iv. 10-23.)

"Holy Scripture is the Letter of God Almighty to His creatures; learn
God's heart in God's Words."

GREGORY THE GREAT, _Epist._, iv. 31.

_INTRODUCTORY_

O Gracious GOD and most mercifull Father, which hast vouchsafed us the
rich and precious iewell of thy holy worde, assist us with thy Spirit,
that it may be written in our hearts to our euerlasting comfort, to
reforme us, to renew us according to thine owne image, to build us up,
and edifie us into the perfect building of thy Christ, sanctifying and
increasing in us all heauenly vertues. Graunt this O heauenly Father,
for Iesus Christes sake. Amen.

_From the_ GENEVA BIBLE, 1557.

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

Characteristics of the Epistle--The Bible is ever young--Littera
Scripta Manet--"This Same Jesus"--Philippi--How the mission church had
grown--Where was the Epistle written?--When was the Epistle
written?--"The word endureth"

The Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians is, to careful and loving
Bible-students, one of the fairest and dearest regions of the Book of
God. It is t