Expositor's Bible Commentary 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)

The conduct that receives Christ’s commendation is “the fruit of righteousness”—i. e., transformed lives as proof that God works in believers. Paul desires that when his readers stand before Christ, their lives will have been filled with the right kind of fruit. He is not talking about mere human uprightness measured by outward conformity to law (3:9). He is rather speaking of the spiritual fruit that comes from Jesus Christ, produced in them by the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Consequently, all the glory and praise belong not to believers but to God, for he has redeemed them by the work of his Son and has implanted within them his Spirit to produce the fruit of righteousness (cf. Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14).