Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Verse Takeaways
1
A Life Worth Imitating
Commentators unanimously highlight Paul's remarkable confidence in offering his own life as a model. Unlike someone who says, 'Do as I say, not as I do,' Paul could point to his teaching, his conduct, and his reputation as a complete package for the Philippians to emulate. Scholars note this demonstrates the integrity required of Christian leaders, whose lives should confirm their message.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Philippians
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
12
18th Century
Presbyterian
Those things which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do. That is, what you have witnessed in me, wha…
In me (εν εμο). Paul dares to point to his life in Philippi as an illustration of this high thinking. The preacher is the interpre…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye have both learned, and received.—The reference is here to St. Paul’s teaching, which he “delivered” to them (see [Refe…
Consider supporting our work
Baptist
These things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do:
It is well when a preacher can speak like th…
Since Paul himself had been their teacher and example, what they had learned from him they were to keep on practicing. The four verbs in this verse…
16th Century
Protestant
What things you have learned, and received, and heard. By this accumulation of terms, he intimates that he was assiduous in inculcating th…
Get curated content & updates
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These things which you have both learned Meaning from himself, in a doctrinal way.
and received ;…
Let believers be of one mind and ready to help each other. As the apostle had found the benefit of their assistance, he knew how comfortable it wou…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the apostle proposed examples for the Philippians to follow. Here, in a moral exhortation, he shows how they should conduct themselves.…
