Being confident (πεποιθως). Second perfect active of πειθω, to persuade.

This very thing (αυτο τουτο). Acc…

Being confident. This is strong language. It means to be fully and firmly persuaded or convinced. Participle, Middle voice, from peith…

That he who hath begun (or rather, who began) a good work in you will also finish it. The ground of St. …

Of course, it was God who had produced their transformed lives by the work of regeneration. Even though Paul rejoiced in the Philippians’ generous …

Persuaded of this very thing. An additional ground of joy is found in his confidence in them for the future. But someone will say, why sho…

Being confident of this very thing
The reason of his thanksgiving, and of his making request with joy continually on…

The highest honour of the most eminent ministers is to be servants of Christ. And those who are not truly saints on earth will never be saints in h…

This letter is divided into a greeting and a me age . In the greeting, Paul does three things: