Rom 16:18, Phili 3:19 | JFB | STEP | 18. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ —"our Lord Christ" appears to be the true reading. but their own belly —not in the grosset sense, but as "living for low ends of their own" (compare ). and by good words and fair speeches deceive the simple

Romans 16:18

18. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ—"our Lord Christ" appears to be the true reading.

but their own belly—not in the grosset sense, but as "living for low ends of their own" (compare Php 3:19).

and by good words and fair speeches deceive the simple—the unwary, the unsuspecting. (See Pr 14:15).

Philippians 3:19

19. destruction—everlasting at Christ's coming. Php 1:28, "perdition"; the opposite word is "Saviour" (Php 3:20).

end—fixed doom.

whose god is their belly— (Ro 16:18); hereafter to be destroyed by God (1Co 6:13). In contrast to our "body" (Php 3:21), which our God, the Lord Jesus, shall "fashion like unto His glorious body." Their belly is now pampered, our body now wasted; then the respective states of both shall be reversed.

glory is in their shame—As "glory" is often used in the Old Testament for God (Ps 106:20), so here it answers to "whose God," in the parallel clause; and "shame" is the Old Testament term contemptuously given to an idol (Jud 6:32, Margin). Ho 4:7 seems to be referred to by Paul (compare Ro 1:32). There seems no allusion to circumcision, as no longer glorious, but a shame to them (Php 3:2). The reference of the immediate context is to sensuality, and carnality in general.

mind earthly things— (Ro 8:5). In contrast to Php 3:20; Col 3:2.