“Paul depended totally on the life of Christ to bear fruit” by G. Walter Hansen

“As a tree depends totally on water, earth, and sun to bear fruit, so Paul depended totally on the life of Christ to bear fruit.”

–G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 82. Hansen is commenting on Philippians 1:21.