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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/philippians/3.htm">New International Version</a> who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. <a href="/nlt/philippians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. <a href="/esv/philippians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. <a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who will transform our body of humiliation, conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working enabling Him even to subdue all things to Himself. <a href="/kjv/philippians/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. <a href="/nkjv/philippians/3.htm">New King James Version</a> who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. <a href="/nasb_/philippians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. <a href="/nasb/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. <a href="/nasb77/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. <a href="/lsb/philippians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by His working through which He is able to even subject all things to Himself. <a href="/amp/philippians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body. <a href="/csb/philippians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself. <a href="/hcsb/philippians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself. <a href="/asv/philippians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself. <a href="/cev/philippians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body. <a href="/erv/philippians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself. <a href="/gwt/philippians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body. <a href="/gnt/philippians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule. <a href="/isv/philippians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> He will change our unassuming bodies and make them like his glorious body through the power that enables him to bring everything under his authority. <a href="/msb/philippians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. <a href="/net/philippians/3.htm">NET Bible</a> who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself. <a href="/nheb/philippians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who will transform our humble body into the likeness of his glorious body, according to the power by which he is able even to subject all things to himself. <a href="/wbt/philippians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who will change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself. <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body. <a href="/web/philippians/3.htm">World English Bible</a> who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/philippians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> who will transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working of His power, even to subject all things to Himself. <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who will transform our body of humiliation, conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working enabling Him even to subdue all things to Himself. <a href="/ylt/philippians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things. <a href="/slt/philippians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who will change the body of our humiliation, for it to be conformable to the body of his glory, according to the operation by which he is able to place all things under himself.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/philippians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself. <a href="/cpdv/philippians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself. <a href="/nabre/philippians/3.htm">New American Bible</a> He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself. <a href="/nrsvce/philippians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/philippians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Who shall transform our poor body, to the likeness of his glorious body, according to his mighty power, whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/philippians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For he will transform the body of our humiliation into the image of his glorious body, according to his great power by which everything has been made subject to him. <div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/philippians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself. <a href="/godbey/philippians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself. <a href="/haweis/philippians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> who shall transform our body of humiliation, that it may be conformed to his body of glory, according to the effectual working of him who is able to subdue even all things to himself.<CM> <a href="/mace/philippians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself. <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body. <a href="/worrell/philippians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Who will transform the body of our humiliation into conformity to the body of His glory, according to the working whereby He is able also to subject all things to Himself. <a href="/worsley/philippians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> that it may be made like his glorious body, according to the energy of his ability to subdue all things to Himself. <a href="/parallel/philippians/3-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXomUhcrPbg?start=711" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Citizenship in Heaven</a> …20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21<a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hos (RelPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who,</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">by</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1753.htm" title="1753: energeian (N-AFS) -- Working, action, productive work, activity; in the NT, confined to superhuman activity. From energes; efficiency.">power</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1410.htm" title="1410: dynasthai (V-PNM/P) -- (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.">that enables Him</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293: hypotaxai (V-ANA) -- From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.">to subject</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-ANP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all things</a> <a href="/greek/848.htm" title="848: hautō (PPro-DM3S) -- Her own, his own, their own, themselves, they. Contracted for heautou; self.">to Himself,</a> <a href="/greek/3345.htm" title="3345: metaschēmatisei (V-FIA-3S) -- From meta and a derivative of schema; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply.">will transform</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5014.htm" title="5014: tapeinōseōs (N-GFS) -- Abasement (in spirit), low condition (in circumstances). From tapeinoo; depression.">lowly</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4983.htm" title="4983: sōma (N-ANS) -- Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.">bodies</a> <a href="/greek/4832.htm" title="4832: symmorphon (Adj-ANS) -- Similar, conformed to. From sun and morphe; jointly formed, i.e. similar.">to be like</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxēs (N-GFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glorious</a> <a href="/greek/4983.htm" title="4983: sōmati (N-DNS) -- Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.">body.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a> So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-53</a> Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. / For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. <a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a> For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a> Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a> And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. <a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a> When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-23</a> But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ... <a href="/ephesians/1-19.htm">Ephesians 1:19-20</a> and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, / which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a> And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2-3</a> And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. / Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a> But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me! <a href="/matthew/13-43.htm">Matthew 13:43</a> Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. <a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a> Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself.shall.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44,48-54</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: … that.<a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a> And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.<a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a> When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.<a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a> Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.the working.<a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a> He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.<a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.<a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a> I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/philippians/2-23.htm">Able</a> <a href="/john/3-7.htm">Anew</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-28.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/philippians/1-24.htm">Body</a> <a href="/galatians/5-9.htm">Change</a> <a href="/galatians/4-20.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Conformed</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Conformity</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Control</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Enables</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Exercise</a> <a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/galatians/4-25.htm">Image</a> <a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/galatians/4-14.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Power</a> <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Resembles</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Subdue</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">Transform</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Whereby</a> <a href="/philippians/2-22.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/philippians/4-10.htm">Able</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">Anew</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/colossians/1-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-25.htm">Change</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-12.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm">Conformed</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Conformity</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-4.htm">Control</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-34.htm">Enables</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">Exercise</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-12.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/genesis/2-22.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/philippians/4-12.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/james/1-10.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/colossians/1-15.htm">Image</a> <a href="/colossians/1-11.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-6.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/philippians/4-13.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">Resembles</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Subdue</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">Transform</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Whereby</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Philippians 3</div>1. <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">He warns them to beware of the false teachers;</a> 4. <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law;</a> 7. <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness;</a> 12. <a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal;</a> 15. <a href="/philippians/3-15.htm">He exhorts them to be thus minded;</a> 17. <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">and to imitate him,</a> 18. <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">and to decline carnal ways.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/philippians/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>who will transform The Greek word for "transform" is "μετασχηματίσει" (metaschēmatisei), which implies a change in form or appearance. This transformation is not merely superficial but a profound change that affects the very nature of our bodies. In the context of Christian eschatology, this transformation is a promise of the resurrection, where believers will be changed to reflect the glory of Christ. This transformation is a divine act, emphasizing God's power and purpose in redeeming and glorifying His people.our lowly bodies The phrase "lowly bodies" refers to the current state of human existence, marked by mortality, weakness, and susceptibility to sin. The Greek term "ταπεινώσεως" (tapeinōseōs) suggests humility or humiliation, indicating the fallen state of humanity. This acknowledgment of our present condition contrasts with the future glory promised to believers. It serves as a reminder of the hope Christians have in Christ, who will elevate our humble state to one of honor and glory.to be like His glorious body The comparison to "His glorious body" highlights the resurrection body of Jesus Christ, which is imperishable, powerful, and spiritual. The Greek word "δόξης" (doxēs) for "glorious" signifies splendor and majesty. This transformation into a body like Christ's is the ultimate hope for believers, signifying victory over death and sin. It reflects the promise of eternal life and the full realization of salvation, where believers will share in Christ's glory.by the power The term "power" is translated from the Greek "ἐνέργειαν" (energeian), which denotes active, effective power. This is not a passive potential but an active force that accomplishes God's will. It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead and is at work in believers, ensuring the fulfillment of God's promises. This power underscores God's sovereignty and ability to bring about His purposes, including the transformation of believers.that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself The phrase "subject all things to Himself" speaks to the comprehensive authority of Christ. The Greek word "ὑποτάξαι" (hypotaxai) means to arrange under or bring into subjection. This reflects the cosmic scope of Christ's reign, where all creation is brought under His lordship. It assures believers of Christ's ultimate victory and the establishment of His kingdom. This subjection is not merely a future hope but a present reality, as Christ is actively working to bring all things into alignment with His will.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/philippians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) Who shall change . . .--This passage needs more accurate translation. It should be, who shall change the fashion of the body of our humiliation, to be conformed to the body of His glory. (1) On the difference between "fashion" and "form," see <a href="/context/philippians/2-7.htm" title="But made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:">Philippians 2:7-8</a>. The contrast here signifies that humiliation is but the outward fashion or vesture of the body; the likeness to Christ is, and will be seen to be, its essential and characteristic nature. This "humiliation" marks our condition in this life, as fallen from our true humanity under the bondage of sin and death. The body is not really "vile," though it is fallen and degraded. (2) "His glory" is His glorified human nature, as it was after the Resurrection, as it is now in His ascended majesty, as it shall be seen at His second coming. What it is and will be we gather from the sublime descriptions of <a href="/context/revelation/1-13.htm" title="And in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle.">Revelation 1:13-16</a>; <a href="/context/revelation/19-12.htm" title="His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.">Revelation 19:12-16</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm" title="And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.">Revelation 20:11</a>. What is here briefly described as change to conformity with that glory is worked out in <a href="/context/1_corinthians/15-42.htm" title="So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:">1Corinthians 15:42-44</a>; <a href="/context/1_corinthians/15-53.htm" title="For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.">1Corinthians 15:53-54</a>, into the contrast between corruption and incorruption, dishonour and glory, weakness and power, the natural (animal) body and the spiritual body. In <a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm" title="But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.">2Corinthians 3:18</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm" title="For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.">2Corinthians 4:16</a>, we read of the beginning of glorification in the spirit here; in <a href="/context/2_corinthians/4-17.htm" title="For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;">2Corinthians 4:17-18</a>; <a href="/context/2_corinthians/5-1.htm" title="For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.">2Corinthians 5:1-4</a>, of the completion of "the exceeding weight of glory" in the hereafter, as glorifying also "our house which is in heaven. St. John describes that glorification with brief emphatic solemnity, "We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is," and draws out explicitly the moral which St. Paul here implies, "Every man that hath this hope purifieth himself, even as He is pure." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/philippians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body; rather, as R.V., who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory. Compare the description of our Lord's person and work in <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6-8</a>. There St. Paul tells us that he who was originally in the form of God took upon him the form of a servant, and was found in fashion as a man. Here he uses the derivatives of the same words "form" and "fashion" (μορδή and σχῆμα), to describe the change of the bodies of the saved at the resurrection. He had already told us (ver. 10) that the Christian soul is being gradually conformed during life unto the death of Christ. He now tells us that this conformity of the Christian unto Christ is ultimately to extend to the body. The Lord shall change the outward fashion of our body; but this change will be more than a change of outward fashion: it will result in a real conformity of the resurrection-body of the believer unto the glorious body of the Lord. The body of our humiliation; not "vile body." St. Paul does not despise the body, like the Stoics and Gnostics; the Christian's body is a sacred thing - it is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and the seed of the resurrection-body (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a>). According to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. According to the working, the energy, of his power not only to change and glorify the bodies of the redeemed, but also to subdue all things, the whole universe, unto himself. "The apostle shows," says Chrysostom, "greater works of the Savior's power, that thou mightest believe in these." <a href="/commentaries/philippians/3-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>who, ὃς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. by κατὰ (kata) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. power ἐνέργειαν (energeian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1753.htm">Strong's 1753: </a> Working, action, productive work, activity; in the NT, confined to superhuman activity. From energes; efficiency. that enables Him δύνασθαι (dynasthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_1410.htm">Strong's 1410: </a> (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible. to subject ὑποτάξαι (hypotaxai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_5293.htm">Strong's 5293: </a> From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey. all things πάντα (panta) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. to Himself, αὑτῷ (hautō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_848.htm">Strong's 848: </a> Her own, his own, their own, themselves, they. Contracted for heautou; self. will transform μετασχηματίσει (metaschēmatisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3345.htm">Strong's 3345: </a> From meta and a derivative of schema; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. lowly ταπεινώσεως (tapeinōseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5014.htm">Strong's 5014: </a> Abasement (in spirit), low condition (in circumstances). From tapeinoo; depression. bodies σῶμα (sōma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4983.htm">Strong's 4983: </a> Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. to be like σύμμορφον (symmorphon) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4832.htm">Strong's 4832: </a> Similar, conformed to. From sun and morphe; jointly formed, i.e. similar. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. glorious δόξης (doxēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. body. σώματι (sōmati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4983.htm">Strong's 4983: </a> Body, flesh; the body of the Church. 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