Matthew Poole and continuators on Philippians 3:10

10 That I may know him , and the power of his resurrection h, and the fellowship of his sufferings , being made conformable to his death .

As consequent upon the former he had by winning of Christ, he doth here insist upon Sanctification, which would result from Faith's exerting it self, in a further saving experimental knowledge of Christ, to be found in whom, he undervalued all besides conformity to Christ in holiness, being to have communion with him in righteousness, 1 Cor▪ 1.30. God having appointed those who are found in Christ, to be conform'd to his image in holiness, Rom. 8.29. 2 Cor. 3.18. This saving knowledge is express'd elsewhere in scripture by the senses, Ioh. 10.4. 2 Cor. 4.6. 2 Cor. 2.14. Eph. 1.18. 1 Pet. 2.3. All and onely those found in Christ, do so know him, Ioh. 5.20. & 6.46, 69. Heb. 8.11. and desire so to know him, c. 1.9. that they may have a lively sense of his power, communion and conformity, 1. The power of his Resurrection in us, i. e. from the death of the Soul, under a Privation of spiritual life, and the image of God, unto newness of Life by the effectual working of the same spirit which raised Christ himself from the dead, Rom. 6.4, 10. Eph. 1.20. & 2.5, 6. called the first Resurrection, Rev. 20.5. When the Soul is raised from under the dominion of sin where it lay.

By communion of Christ's sufferings; is not meant of bearing a part in the merit of his personal sufferings, but of being partaker of his sufferings in his Members, or mystical Body, whether inward or outward (though this chiefly) Mat. 20.23. Act. 9.4. Rom. 8.17. 2 Cor. 1.7. & 4.10, 11. Gal. 5.24. Col. 1.24. 2 Tim. 2.11, 12.

Some reade whiles made conformable to his deat[illegible: 1 letter] ▪ not onely in dying to Sin, Rom. 6.5, 6. but in being conformed to his image in suffering, Rom. 8.29. dying daily, or always living ready to be delivered to death for Jesus sake upon his call, Rom. 8.18. 2 Cor. 4.11. such was his Christian temper that he could cheerfully goe through sufferings by reason of some Communion and conformity he hath in them with Jesus Christ.