Produced by Colin Bell, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Variations in spelling have been preserved except in obvious cases of typographical error. Hyphenation is inconsistent. Page 331: The transcriber has supplied the word "a"--"who has not made it a matter of personal study". THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS BY ROBERT RAINY, D.D. PRINCIPAL OF NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH NEW YORK: FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, LAFAYETTE PLACE. 1900. PREFATORY NOTE. Not much need be said by way of preface, in addition to what is suggested in the introductory chapter. It may be observed, however, that the Apostle's teaching repeatedly touches on the question, How the problem of practical human life on this earth is to be conceived and dealt with under the light and the influences of Christianity? The thought occurred that some expository passages might be superseded by an appendix summing up in one view the principles conceived to underlie the Apostle's way of dealing with such topics, which could be referred to on each separate occasion: and such a statement was prepared. It was, however, finally judged more suitable to the nature of an exposition to keep as close as possible to the Apostle's turn of thought in each of the cases in which he approaches the subject, rather than to try to secure brevity by a more summary treatment. A few sentences have been transferred from a lecture on the Apostle Paul, published some years ago. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY: THE SALUTATION 3 CHAPTER II. THE APOSTLE'S MIND ABOUT THE PHILIPPIANS 19 CHAPTER III. HOW THE PHILIPPIANS SHOULD THINK OF PAUL AT ROME 45 CHAPTER IV. THE CHOICE BETWEEN LIVING AND DYING 65 CHAPTER V. UNDAUNTED AND UNITED STEADFASTNESS 77 CHAPTER VI. THE MIND OF CHRIST 95 CHAPTER VII. THE MIND OF CHRIST (_continued_) 111 CHAPTER VIII. WORKING AND SHINING 131 CHAPTER IX. TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS 157 CHAPTER X. NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH 171 CHAPTER XI. THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 199 CHAPTER XII. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH 217 CHAPTER XIII. RESURRECTION LIFE AND DAILY DYING 237 CHAPTER XIV. CHRISTIAN LIFE A RACE 259 CHAPTER XV. ENEMIES OF THE CROSS 281 CHAPTER XVI.