SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:26
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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:26
Verse 26. That your rejoicing may be more abundant] Men rejoice more in recovering a thing that was lost, than they do in a continual possession of what is of much greater value.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. That your rejoicing may be more abundant , etc.] They had rejoiced greatly on his account already, blessing God that ever they had seen his face, or heard his voice; as they had great reason to do, he being the happy instrument of first bringing the Gospel to them, and of their conversion; and now he hoped he should be delivered out of prison, and see them again, that their joy might be increased and abound yet more and more, upon his deliverance, they had so earnestly prayed and so much longed for, and at the sight of him they so dearly loved: and yet to show that this their joy was not looked upon by him as a carnal one, or as arising from a natural affection, he observes that it was in Jesus Christ ; though they rejoiced in him as an instrument, and therefore he adds, for me ; yet it was on account of Jesus Christ, the subject of his ministry; their joy did not centre in the apostle, but had Christ for its object, whose person, righteousness, and salvation were held forth by him to their view and comfort; and though they would still more and more rejoice should he return to them once more, by my coming to you again ; yet still it would he in Christ, and because of the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ, in which he should come to them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 21-26 - Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good. The apostle's difficulty was not between living in this world and living in heaven; between these two there is no comparison; but between servin Christ in this world and enjoying him in another. Not between two evi things, but between two good things; living to Christ and being with him. See the power of faith and of Divine grace; it can make us willin to die. In this world we are compassed with sin; but when with Christ we shall escape sin and temptation, sorrow and death, for ever. But those who have most reason to desire to depart, should be willing to remain in the world as long as God has any work for them to do. And the more unexpected mercies are before they come, the more of God will be seen in them.
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
26. Rejoicing (kauchma). The matter of rejoicing, wrought through your faith.
In Christ Jesus for me (en Cristw Ihsou en emoi). Construe in Christ Jesus with may abound, not with rejoicing. Christ is conceived as the element in which the matter of rejoicing grows and abounds. For me, better, as Rev, in me. The conjunction of the two phrases in Christ, in me, is somewhat confusing Paul's presence is the immediate cause of their christian joy; hence in me; but their rejoicing in Paul is in Christ - a joy evolved within the sphere of life in Christ, and peculiar to those only to whom to live is Christ.
Coming (parousiav). Rev., better, presence.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:26 {In Christ Jesus in me} (en Christ"i iesou en emoi). "In Christ Jesus" as the basis for the glorying (kaucema), "in me" as the instance in point. {Through my presence} (dia tes emes parousias). The word so often used of the second coming of Christ, but here in its ordinary sense as in #2:12; 1Co 16:17.
