Bible Commentary with Application - Philippians Hardcover

Most biblical commentaries are a one-way trip: they take us from the twenty-first century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that somehow we will know how to return on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the passage, but they do not delve into its application to contemporary life. The information they offer is very valuable, but it is only a half-hearted help.

The NIV Application Commentaries help us with both parts of the interpretive task, that is, they also help us apply a message from another era to our current context. This series not only explains what it meant to the original readers, but also shows us that there is a powerful message for the church today.

To achieve this, it analyzes each passage in three parts:

• 1. Original Meaning
• 2. Bridging the Gap between the Biblical Author’s Context and Ours
• 3. Contemporary Significance