Philippians 1:3

Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Philippian Saints

3. I thank So Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4; Ephesians 1:16; Col 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1Th 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Philemon 1:4. St Paul's thanksgivings for the two Macedonian Churches, Philippi and Thessalonica, are peculiarly warm and full. See Bp Lightfoot here. Observe the recognition in all these thanksgivings of God as the whole cause of all goodness in the saints.

my God So Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 12:21; below, Philippians 4:19; Philemon 1:4. Cp. also Acts 27:23; Galatians 2:20; and below, Philippians 3:8. See too Psalms 63:1, and many other O. T. passages. Profound personal appropriation and realization speaks in the phrase. And we are reminded that the salvation of the Church takes place through the salvation of individuals, and their personal coming to (John 6:37) and incorporation into Christ.

upon every remembrance Lit. and better, in my whole remembrance; as in a habit rather than as in single acts. For such remembrance, and its expressions, cp. Romans 1:9; Ephesians 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:3; Philemon 1:4.