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Philippians 3:20-21 KJV
Philippians · chapter 3 · verses 20–21
20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.Philippians 3:20-21 · King James Version
Philippians 3:20-21 in context
18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 2:19
- Colossians 3:1-3
- Hebrews 12:22
- 1 Peter 1:3-4
- 2 Timothy 4:8
- Ephesians 2:6
- 2 Corinthians 5:8
- 1 John 3:2
- Colossians 3:4
- 1 Corinthians 15:42-56
- Romans 8:29
- John 11:24-26
Key words (Strong's)
- conversationpoliteumathe administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth, the constitution of a…G4175 →
- gloriousdoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- Savioursōtērsaviour, deliverer, preserverG4990 →
- workingenergeiaworking, efficiency, in the NT used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the…G1753 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- whencehoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- changemetaschēmatizōto change the figure of, to transformG3345 →
- subduehypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
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He closes the chapter with warnings and exhortations. I. He warns them against following the examples of seducers and evil teachers (Phi 3:18, Phi 3:19): Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-21