Philippians 4:20

God and our Father Better, our God and Father; the ultimate Source of all faith, love, and hope in the brethren and members of His Son. "Our":"It is no longer [-my", for the reference is now not to himself as distinguished from the Philippians, but as united to them" (Lightfoot).

glory Lit. and better, the glory; the adoring praise due in view of this their act of love, and of the certainty of a full supply of all their need.

for ever and ever Lit., "to the ages of the ages." The A.V. (and R.V.) are a true paraphrase. On the word aiôn(age) see notes in this Series, on Romans 16:25; Ephesians 1:21. The idea conveyed by the phrase here is of circles of duration consisting of, embracing, other circles ad infinitum.

Amen Probably, but not quite certainly, to be retained in the text. The word is properly a Hebrew adverb (" surely"), repeatedly used as here in O. T. See e.g. Deuteronomy 27:15; Psalms 72:19; Jeremiah 11:5 (marg. A. V.).