Commentary on the Epistle to the Philippians

by John Calvin

Length
4h 6m
Chapters
20
Language
English

That the Expository Treatises of Calvin on Paul's Epistles should be considered by the most eminent critics to be peculiarly successful is the more remarkable, when we take into view the disadvantageous circumstances under which most, if not all, of them were prepared. His Commentaries on six of Paul's Epistles were written by him (as we are informed by Beza, in his Life of Calvin) in 1548, a year of most harassing conflict with the enemies of the truth. His correspondence, however, at this period, clearly shews that his devout mind found tranquility in an assurance of Divine support. In writing to Brentius, who was then living in exile at Basle, he says: “ Amidst all these calamities one co…

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