Need to set up an account? Create Account. Our Policies Our site uses cookies to provide you with the best experience possible. Manage Accept. John Phillips Commentary Series 27 Vols. For the Olive Tree Bible App. Features Click on a feature to learn more. Tap on a feature to learn more. Charts Learn more with information displayed in visually-appealing ways. Well, don't try to be separated. Are you unattached? Then don't try to get married.
But if you, a man, should marry, don't think that you have done anything sinful. And the same applies to a young woman. Yet I believe that those who take this step are bound to find the married state an extra burden in these critical days, and I should like you to be as unencumbered as possible, All our futures are so foreshortened, indeed, that those who have wives should live, so to speak, as though they had none!
There is no time to indulge in sorrow, no time for enjoying our joys; those who buy have no time to enjoy their possessions, and indeed their every contact with the world must be as light as possible, for the present scheme of things is rapidly passing away. That is why I should like you to be as free from worldly entanglements as possible.
The unmarried man is free to concern himself with the Lord's affairs, and how he may please him. But the married man is sure to be concerned with matters of this world, that he may please his wife. You find the same differences in the case of the unmarried and the married woman.
The unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's affairs, and her aim in life is to make herself holy, in body and in spirit. But the married woman must concern herself with the things of this world, and her aim will be to please her husband.
But marriage is not wrong. Yet for the man of steadfast purpose who is able to bear the strain and has his own desires well under control, if he decides not to marry the young woman, he too will be doing the right thing.
Both of them are right, one in marrying and the other in refraining from marriage, but the latter has chosen the better of two right courses.
In my opinion she would be happier to remain as she is, unmarried. And I think I am here expressing not only my opinion, but the will of the Spirit as well. A practical problem: shall we be guided by superior knowledge or love? For whatever a man may know, he still has a lot to learn, but if he loves God, he is opening his whole life to the Spirit of God. For though there are so-called gods both in heaven and earth, gods and lords galore in fact, to us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything comes, and for who we live.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom everything exists, and by whom we ourselves are alive. But this knowledge of ours is not shared by all men. For some, who until now have been used to idols, eat the meat as meat really sacrificed to a god, and their delicate conscience is thereby injured. Now our acceptance of God is not a matter of meat.
If we eat it, that does not make us better men, nor are we the worse if we do not eat it. You must be careful that your freedom to eat meat does not in any way hinder anyone whose faith is not as robust as yours. For suppose you with your knowledge of God should be observed eating meat in an idol's temple, are you not encouraging the man with a delicate conscience to do the same?
Surely you would not want your superior knowledge to bring spiritual disaster to a weaker brother for whom Christ died? And when you sin like this and damage the weak consciences of your brethren you really sin against Christ. This makes me determined that, if there is any possibility of meat injuring my brother, I will have none of it as long as I live, for fear I might do him harm.
A word of personal defence to my critics. Have I not seen Jesus our Lord with my own eyes? Are not you yourselves samples of my work for the Lord? Even if other people should refuse to recognise my divine commission, yet to you at any rate I shall always be a true messenger, for you are a living proof of God's call to me. This is my real ground of defence to those who cross-examine me. May we not travel with a Christian wife like the other messengers, like other Christian brothers, and like Cephas?
Are Barnabas and I the only ones not allowed to leave their ordinary work to give time to the ministry? Even a preacher of the Gospel has some rights! Does any soldier ever go to war at his own expense? Does any man plant a vineyard and have no share in its fruits? Does the shepherd who tends the flock never taste the milk?
This is, I know, an argument from everyday life, but it is a principle endorsed by the Law. For is it not written in the Law of Moses: 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain'. Surely we are included! You might even say that the words were written for us. For both the ploughman as he ploughs, and the thresher as he threshes should have some hope of an ultimate share in the harvest.
If we have sown for you the seed of spiritual things need you be greatly perturbed because we reap some of your material things? And if there are others with the right to have these things from you, have not we an even greater right? Yet we have never exercised this right and have put up with all sorts of things, so that we might not hinder the spread of the Gospel. I am entitled to a reward, yet I have not taken it.
On the same principle the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the Gospel should receive their livelihood from those who accept the Gospel. Indeed I would rather die than have anyone make this boast of mine an empty one! My reward is to make the Gospel free to all men. I feel compelled to do so; I should be utterly miserable if I failed to preach it. If I do this work because I choose to do so then I am entitled to a reward. But if it is no choice of mine, but a sacred responsibility put upon me, what can I expect in the way of reward?
This, that when I preach the Gospel, I can make it absolutely free of charge, and need not claim what is my rightful due as a preacher.
For though I am no man's slave, yet I have made myself everyone's slave, that I might win more men to Christ. To those who were under the Law I put myself in the position of being under the Law although in fact I stand free of it , that I might win those who are under the Law. To those who had no Law I myself became like a man without the Law even though in fact I cannot be a lawless man for I am bound by the law of Christ , so that I might win the men who have no Law.
To the weak I became a weak man, that I might win the weak. I have, in short, been all things to all sorts of men that by every possible means I might win some to God.
I do all this for the sake of the Gospel; I want to play my part in it properly. To preach the gospel faithfully is my set purpose. Well, you ought to run with your minds fixed on winning the prize! Every competitor in athletic events goes into serious training. Athletes will take tremendous pains - for a fading crown of leaves.
But our contest is for an eternal crown that will never fade. I am no shadow-boxer, I really fight! I am my body's sternest master, for fear that when I have preached to others I should myself be disqualified. Spiritual experience does not guarantee infallibility.
They were all, so to speak, "baptised" into Moses by these experiences. They all shared the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink for they drank from the spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ.
Yet in spite of all these wonderful experiences many of them failed to please God, and left their bones in the desert. Now in these events our ancestors stand as examples to us, warning us not to crave after evil things as they did.
Nor are you to worship false gods as they did. The scripture says - 'The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Nor should we dare to exploit the goodness of God as some of them did, and fell victims to poisonous snakes. Nor yet must you curse the lot that God has appointed to you as they did, and met their end at the hand of the angel of death. God still governs human experience. But God can be trusted not to allow you to suffer any temptation beyond your powers of endurance.
He will see to it that every temptation has a way out, so that it will never be impossible for you to bear it. We have great spiritual privileges: let us live up to them. I am speaking to you as intelligent men: think over what I am saying.
When we break the bread do we not actually share in the body of Christ? The very fact that we all share one bread makes us all one body. Look at the Jews of our own day. Isn't there a fellowship between all those who eat the altar sacrifices? Not at all! I say emphatically that Gentile sacrifices are made to evil powers and not to God at all.
Brief Introduction to Harmonies. Gospels - Matthew - Mark - Luke - John. C hristian Life in Summary. Books of the New Testament What subjects are covered in the Books? The last text was corrected and modified July It has not been possible to upload the few transcription errors that have since been identified.
A much-loved translation; the story of the Gospels and Acts, the meaning of the Letters, including Paul's, and Revelation, were never easier to read or clearer.
Deeply thought-provoking and provocative more than 50 years on and as vital to the future of the Church and the World as then. Net Web Counter. One turns to "modern" translations of the Bible with the hope that words that have become somewhat dry and stale through much repetition will suddenly appear new and fresh.
In that I was mostly disappointed. There are occasional turns of phrase that are striking, but for the most part, this is the familiar old Bible as I know it. Learning the background of the book, that was not surprising.
Phillips began writing his own translation of the "Letters to Young Churches" during the Blitz. He thought One turns to "modern" translations of the Bible with the hope that words that have become somewhat dry and stale through much repetition will suddenly appear new and fresh. He thought that young Britons, who were enduring a dangerous time, would take courage from words addressed to the early Christians, who were themselves facing death and hardship.
But the young Britons he knew had trouble understanding the old-fashioned language of the Bible they were then reading. He translated it into the language of s England, which was itself pretty formal, hardly hip by today's standards. Also Phillips says that once he realized that people were using his New Testament for serious Bible study, he decided to make it more of a translation, and less of a paraphrase. He "cleaned up" some of the looser language. In addition, quotes from the Old Testament are included in their archaic forms, with "dosts" and "shalts.
Jul 29, Charmaine rated it it was amazing Shelves: religion. This is a wonderful, illuminating translation of the New Testament that left me wanting to read it again and again. Because it is written in prose form without verse numbers, it flows and seems to move along rapidly. I found it particularly helpful in understanding Paul's epistles. For example, compare this translation of I Corinthians "This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience--it looks for a way of being constructive.
It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor This is a wonderful, illuminating translation of the New Testament that left me wanting to read it again and again.
It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it shares the joy of those who live by the truth. Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its rust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love never fails. A couple quotes can sum up this book. The book is about the mission and work of the Son of God "Christ Jesus entered the world to rescue sinners.
In the past you were not 'a people' at all: now you are the people of God. In the past you had no experience of his mercy, but now it is intimately yours. This translation is delightful to read as it is homey and thought-provoking, even on familiar passages. Jan 02, Ryan rated it it was amazing Shelves: sunday-reading. I highly recommend the Phillips translation as a "reader's edition. The more familiar language also makes it easier to keep track of Paul's arguments over the course of a whole letter.
I tried to read the Pauline Epistles in chronological order rather than order of length as they are included in the canon but I kept track poo I highly recommend the Phillips translation as a "reader's edition. I tried to read the Pauline Epistles in chronological order rather than order of length as they are included in the canon but I kept track poorly and got confused. I also tried to read this book along with several NT commentaries. I'll come back in for Sunday School.
Shelves: religion. Although I've two religion degrees, my meagre Greek has all been self-taught. The results being negligible I've had to rely on lexicons and the work of other translators when performing exegeses.
Consequently I've long been in the market for competent translations of the bible and other ancient texts, picking this one up while I lived in New York City and employing it, along with other translations, for exegetical projects. View all 4 comments. Aug 29, Stacey rated it it was amazing Shelves: christianity. Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today! By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use.
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