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Philippians 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary on Philippians 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Whose end is destruction; rather, as R.V., perdition. Observe the contrast: not the prize of the high calling, but everlasting death. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame (comp.

). They boast of their liberty, and pervert it into licence' (). Who mind earthly things; rather, they who mind. The irregularity of the construction (he returns to the nominative) seems expressive of the apostle's indignation.

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