3. Let nothing be done--The italicized words are not in the
Greek. Perhaps the ellipsis had better be supplied from the Greek
(Php 2:2),
"Thinking nothing in the way of strife" (or rather, "factious
intrigue," "self-seeking," see on
Php 1:16).
It is the thought which characterizes the action as good or bad
before God.
lowliness of mind--The direct relation of this grace is to God
alone; it is the sense of dependence of the creature on the Creator as
such, and it places all created beings in this respect on a level. The
man "lowly of mind" as to his spiritual life is independent of men, and
free from all slavish feeling, while sensible of his continual
dependence on God. Still it INDIRECTLY affects his behavior toward his
fellow men; for, conscious of his entire dependence on God for all his
abilities, even as they are dependent on God for theirs, he will not
pride himself on his abilities, or exalt self in his conduct toward
others
(Eph 4:2;
Col 3:12)
[NEANDER].
let each esteem--Translate as Greek, "esteeming each other superior
to yourselves." Instead of fixing your eyes on those points in which
you excel, fix them on those in which your neighbor excels you: this is
true "humility."
JFB.
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