Philippians 1:1-11

Philippians 1Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)Greeting1 Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus:
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons.
² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer³ I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you,^[a] 4 always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer, ⁵ because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶ I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you^[b] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. ⁷ It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart,^[c] and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and establishment of the gospel. ⁸ For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.⁹ And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,¹⁰ so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in^[d] the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Questions:

1.      What does it mean that Christ will complete His work in you until He returns?
A.   We will be a complete Christian when we return to Him or He comes down from heaven, and he is giving us time to share the gospel to others who haven’t heard the Word.
2.    Is the fruit of righteousness in us?
A.   Yes, we are right with Jesus because we are saved by His death on the cross.
3.    What does it mean to pure and blameless in day of Christ?
A.   We will be complete in Christ and blameless because He forgave us of our sins.  He is our mirror image.  God sees Jesus not us.