Oleksandr Zhabenko

🇬🇧 Glory be to Jesus Christ! 🌞 Dedicated to Emma Kok.

(Philippians III:8-19)

Philippians III, 9 – ‘εμην’ – ‘emen’ – ‘mine’ ((with) mine).

Philippians III, 10 – ‘συμμορφιζομενος’ – ‘symmorphizomenos’ - ‘resembling; having the same form as; having a common appearance, shape’.

Philippians III, 13 – ‘εμαυτον’ – ‘emauton’ – ‘myself’. ‘εμπροσθεν’ - ‘emprosthen’ – ‘before; in front of the face’.

Philippians III:15 – ‘τελειοι’ – ‘teleioi’ – ‘perfect, having attained the goal of existence, fully mature, complete’.

Philippians III, 17 – ‘συμμιμηται’ – ‘symmimetai’ – ‘co-imitators, joint imitators’. The comparison with the story of the Apostle Peter is also important here:
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Philippians III, 19 – ‘κοιλια’ – ‘koilia’ – ‘belly; womb; every organ within the belly; a symbolic representation of the inner human being’.

A direct continuation of yesterday’s reading, with which it also has one verse in common (8th). For yesterday’s reading, see the link:
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In many ways, it has a similar theme to the readings I wrote about at the links (from the Epistle to the Romans):
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I will not go into detail now, but will only comment briefly.

When Paul speaks of the resurrection from the dead, he is not talking about the general resurrection at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, but rather about the renewal of the human being, the change from the old human being to the new human being who is renewed in the image of Jesus Christ Himself. This is evident from the fact that it is impossible to achieve the general resurrection, because it will be the action of God, not human efforts. It can also be said that attaining the resurrection here is synonymous with entering the Kingdom of God in the sense that it is used in many places in the New Testament, as I have written about many times before. It should also be remembered that in speaking of this age, the Apostle Paul does not forget or lose sight of the future eternal Kingdom of God.

Next comes the theme of constant spiritual growth, which is exemplified by the Apostle Paul. He never tires of going back to the past, of repeating something that happened in the past, but he is looking to the future, he is trying to achieve better and higher things every time. This is really the attitude of a competing athlete.

Just as a sprint is a model of determination, so Paul’s words show his total commitment to growing in Christ. He sees this endless growth as the goal of human life on earth. At the same time, he does not say that this is the only goal, speaking of other people. But for Paul, God revealed it in this way, revealed it to everyone.

To reinforce his point, he gives a contrasting example of those who live in a completely opposite way.

(Luke X, 1-15)

I wrote about the Gospel reading earlier, see the link:
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To the Holy Great Martyr Artemius of Antioch:
(2 Timothy II, 1-10; John XV, 17 – XVI, 2)
For the readings from the Apostle to the great warrior-martyr, see the link:
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For the readings from the Gospel, see here:
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Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!

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