Future Promise and Present Power
Philippians 2:12-13
Motivations for Obedience
#promise
#sanctification
#salvation
Published October 22nd, 2018; Updated October 25th, 2018
Main point summary
Arc
Philippians 2:12-13 Diag
notes
Main point summary
Work out your own Salvation because of 1) Promised reward in the future, 2) Power and means in the present
Arc
editing
NT
Philippians 2:3-13
net
na28
Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition 5 or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned 6 not only 7 about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. 8 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, 9
μηδὲν κατʼ ἐριθείαν μηδὲ κατὰ κενοδοξίαν ἀλλὰ τῇ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν, μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστος σκοποῦντες ἀλλὰ [καὶ] τὰ ἑτέρων ἕκαστοι. Τοῦτο φρονεῖτε ἐν ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
10 who though he existed in the form of God 11 did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, 12 by looking like other men, 13 and by sharing in human nature. 14 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross!
ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, ἀλλʼ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν μορφὴν δούλου λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος• καὶ σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν γενόμενος ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ.
As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow - in heaven and on earth and under the earth - and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
διὸ καὶ ὁ θεὸς αὐτὸν ὑπερύψωσεν καὶ ἐχαρίσατο αὐτῷ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα, ἵνα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται ὅτι κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πατρός.
actionresult
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, 15
Ὥστε, ἀγαπητοί μου, καθὼς πάντοτε ὑπηκούσατε, μὴ ὡς ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ μου μόνον ἀλλὰ νῦν πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ μου, μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε•
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort - for the sake of his good pleasure - is God.
θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας.
ground
bilateral
na28
discourse
Philippians 2:12-13 Diag
Philippians 2:12-13
subjectverb
(X)
solid
drop
equal
revrocket
line
pred
κατεργάζεσθε
prepphrase
pstack
cword
μετὰ
directobject
rocketship
φόβου
τρόμου
vertical
καὶ
τὴν
σωτηρίαν
ἑαυτῶν
text
γάρ
free
linemid
line2
ἐστιν
predicate
θεὸς
shelf
ὁ
ἐνεργῶν
infinitive
τὸ
θέλειν
τὸ
ἐνεργεῖν
καὶ
καὶ
ἐν
ὑμῖν
ὑπὲρ
τῆς
εὐδοκίας
(You)
continue
bringing
about
salvation
your
with
awe
reverence
and
for
line2
is
the
one
forth
desire
effort
both
in
you
his
good
pleasure
God
diagram
Comments
Disclaimer: The opinions and conclusions expressed on this page are those of the author and may or may not accord with the positions of Biblearc or Bethlehem College & Seminary.