Albert Barnes Commentary Philippians 1:11

"being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God." — Philippians 1:11 (ASV)

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness. These fruits are what righteousness in the heart produces. The fruits, or results, will be seen in the life; and those fruits are honesty, truth, kindness, meekness, goodness. The apostle's wish is that they might abundantly show by their lives that they were truly righteous. He does not refer merely to liberality, but to everything that true piety in the heart is equipped to produce in the life.

Which are by Jesus Christ.

1. Which His religion is equipped to produce.
2. Which result from striving to follow His example.
3. Which are produced by His agency on the heart.

Unto the glory and praise of God. His honour is never more promoted than by the eminent holiness of His friends. (See Barnes on John 15:8).

If we wish, therefore, to honour God, it should not be merely with the lips, or by acts of prayer and praise; it should be by a life devoted to Him. It is easy to render the service of the lips; it is far more difficult to render that service which consists in a life of patient and consistent piety; and in proportion to the difficulty of it, is its value in His sight.