Philippians 1:5

Philippians 1:5

I. In the text we see age and youth together. (1) The old will contribute the wisdom of experience; the young will quicken the animation of hope.

II. In the text, though age and youth are together, yet age takes precedence of youth. It is Paul and Timotheus, not Timotheus and Paul.

III. In the text, though age takes precedence of youth, yet both age and youth are engaged in common service. See how one great relationship determines all minor conditions and attitudes; looked at as before Christ, the one Lord, they were both servants.

Parker, City Temple,vol. i., p. 215.

Reference: Philippians 1:5. Clergyman's Magazine,vol. iii., p. 216.