# “The example of Christ is living legislation” by John Eadie

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- Published: 2026-09-23T09:00:00-05:00
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“The example of Christ is living legislation- law embodied and pictured in a perfect
humanity.

Not only does it exhibit every virtue, but it also enjoins it.

In showing what _is_, it enacts what _ought to be_.

When it tells us how to live, it commands us so to live.”

–John Eadie, [_**A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul to the Philippians**_](https://amzn.to/2Y6K6XO)(
ed. W. Young; Second Edition.; Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1884), 94-95. Eadie is commenting
on **Philippians 2:5**.

[⌊A Commentary on the Greek Text of Philippians by John Eadie⌉⌊A Commentary on the
Greek Text of Philippians by John Eadie⌉[

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