the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Philippians 4:1
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Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore my brothers, loved and longed for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Y'all keep riding for the brand! Stay true to the code of Christ. I can't wait to see y'all again my friends. Y'all have proved my work was not in vain. I'm sure I'm going to get a trophy buckle in heaven for the things y'all have done on earth.
So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in [the] Lord, beloved.
So then, my brothers, you are dearly loved and longed for—my joy and crown. In this manner stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brethren, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly-loved ones.
Therefore, my brethren, dearely beloued and longed for, my ioy and crowne, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearely beloued.
So as, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved ones.
Wherfore my brethre dearly beloued & longed for, my ioye & my crowne contynue so in the LORDE ye beloued.
Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown, whom I long to see, continue firm in your christian profession, my beloved.
My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don't waver. Stay on track, steady in God.
Therefore, my fellow believers, whom I love and long for, my delight and crown [my wreath of victory], in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Herfore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for my ioye and croune so continue in the lorde ye beloved.
Therefore, my brothers beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.
My dear brothers and sisters, I love you and want to see you. You bring me joy and make me proud of you, so stand strong in the Lord as I have told you.
So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Dear friends, I love you and long to see you. Please keep on being faithful to the Lord. You are my pride and joy.
So, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and my crown, my dear friends, keep standing firm in union with the Lord.
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brethre, beloued and longed for, my ioy and my crowne, so continue in the Lorde, yee beloued.
HENCEFORTH, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and crown, in this manner stand firm in our LORD, my beloved.
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor's crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends.2 Corinthians 1:14; Philippians 1:8,27; 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20;">[xr]
Wherefore, my brethren, beloved and tenderly-regarded, my joy and my crown, so stand in our Lord, my beloved.
Wherefore, my beloved and dear brethren, my joy and my crown !-so stand ye fast in our Lord, my beloved !
Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.
So, my dear Christian brothers, you are my joy and crown. I want to see you. Keep on staying true to the Lord, my dear friends.
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, - thus, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.
My dear brothers and sisters, I love you and want to see you. You bring me joy and make me proud of you. Continue following the Lord as I have told you.
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
So then, my friends, how dear you are to me and how I miss you! How happy you make me, and how proud I am of you!—this, dear friends, is how you should stand firm in your life in the Lord.
Therfor, my britheren most dereworthe and most desirid, my ioye and my coroun, so stonde ye in the Lord, most dere britheren.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Therefore: Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21, 2 Peter 3:11-14
and: Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:26
my joy: Philippians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 1:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:20, 1 Thessalonians 3:9
so: Philippians 1:27, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 125:1, Matthew 10:22, John 8:31, John 15:3, John 15:4, Acts 2:42, Acts 11:23, Acts 14:22, Romans 2:7, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Galatians 5:1, Ephesians 6:10-18, Colossians 4:12, 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Timothy 2:1, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:23, Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 10:36, 2 Peter 3:17, Jude 1:20, Jude 1:21, Jude 1:24, Jude 1:25, Revelation 3:10, Revelation 3:11
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:9 - David Job 31:36 - a crown Luke 15:6 - his Acts 13:43 - persuaded Romans 1:11 - I long Romans 16:8 - my 1 Corinthians 10:14 - my 2 Corinthians 9:14 - long 2 Corinthians 12:14 - for I 2 Corinthians 12:19 - dearly Philippians 1:4 - with Philippians 1:14 - brethren Philippians 2:12 - my beloved 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - dear 2 Timothy 1:2 - Timothy Philemon 1:20 - let me Hebrews 13:17 - with joy James 1:16 - my
Cross-References
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore, my brethren,.... Not in a natural but spiritual relation; having the same Father, being of the same family, and household of faith: seeing that on the one hand there were false teachers, who stand described by various characters in the preceding chapter, by whom they were in danger of being carried away from the simplicity of the Gospel; and on the other hand, such were the conduct and conversation of the apostle, and other true believers, and such were their expectations of Christ from heaven, and of happiness from him as there expressed; therefore he exhorts to steadfastness in him, and that under the most tender, affectionate, and endearing appellations; given in the uprightness of his soul, without any manner of flattery, to signify his strong affection for them, and to engage them to attend the more to what he was about to exhort them to; and which arose from pure love to them, an hearty concern for their good, and the honour of Christ Jesus:
dearly beloved: as belonging to Christ, interested in him, members of him, redeemed by him, and bearing his image; and as his brethren, and so not loved with a carnal, but spiritual love:
and longed for; to see them, converse with them, and impart some spiritual gift to them; being the excellent in the earth, as other saints, towards whom was his desire, and with whom was all his delight. These epithets are joined with the word "brethren", in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and read thus, "my dearly beloved, and longed for brethren"; and in the Ethiopic version, "our beloved brethren": to which are added,
my joy and crown; they were matter of joy to him, as he had reason to hope well of them; yea, to be confident that the good work was begun, and would be carried on in them; and that they had hitherto continued in the doctrine of the Gospel, and walked worthy of it; and they were his "crown", as they were seals of his ministry; and whom he valued more, and reckoned a greater honour and ornament to him, than the richest diadem, set with the most costly jewels and precious stones, and which he hoped and believed would be his crown of rejoicing another day; when he, with them, should stand at the hand of Christ triumphing, as victors crowned, ever sin, Satan, the world, death, and hell:
so stand fast in the Lord; or "by the Lord"; by his power and strength, which is only able to make to stand fast; saints are liable to failing, and would fall, were they not upheld with his right hand, and kept by his power; they only stand fast, as they stand supported by his strength, trusting in his might, and leaning on his arm. Christ is the only foundation where they can stand safe and sure; and such as are rooted and grounded, and built up in him, are established and stand; though they are still in need of being exhorted to hold the head, abide by him, and cleave unto him; to stand fast in his grace, exercising the graces of faith, hope, and love upon him; in the liberty of Christ, in opposition to the bondage of the law, false teachers were for bringing them into; and in the doctrine of faith, and not depart from it in any degree, nor give way in the least to the opposers of it, but continue steadfast in it without wavering, and which is chiefly intended here: so the Arabic version renders it, "so stand in the faith of the Lord"; both in the grace faith, and in the doctrine of it, and in the profession of both: see 1 Corinthians 16:13. The apostle bids them so stand fast; that is, either as they had hitherto done, or as they had him and others for an example; whose views, conversation, and behaviour, are described in the foregoing chapter:
[my] dearly beloved; this, which otherwise would be a repetition of what is before said, is by some connected with the former clause, and read thus, "so stand fast my dearly beloved in the Lord"; and contains a reason, both why they were dearly beloved by the apostle, because beloved in and by the Lord; and why it became them to stand fast in him, and abide by him, his truths, ordinances, cause, and interest.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for - Doddridge unites this verse with the previous chapter, and supposes that it is the proper close of the solemn statement which the apostle makes there. The word “therefore” - ὥστε hōste - has undoubted reference to the remarks made there; and the meaning is, that in view of the fact that there were many professed Christians who were not sincere - that the “citizenship” of all true Christians was in heaven, and that Christians looked for the coming of the Lord Jesus, who would make them like to himself, the apostle exhorts them to stand fast in the Lord. The accumulation of epithets of endearment in this verse shows his tender regard for them, and is expressive of his earnest solicitude for their welfare, and his deep conviction of their danger. The term “longed for” is expressive of strong affection; see Philippians 1:8, and Philippians 2:26.
My joy - The source of my joy. He rejoiced in the fact that they had been converted under him; and in their holy walk, and their friendship. Our chief joy is in our friends; and the chief happiness of a minister of the gospel is in the pure lives of those to whom he ministers; see 3 John 1:4.
And crown - Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:19. The word “crown” means a circlet, chaplet, or diadem:
(1)As the emblem of royal dignity - the symbol of office;
(2)As the prize conferred on victors in the public games, 1 Corinthians 9:25, and hence, as an emblem of the rewards of a future life; 2 Timothy 4:8; Jam 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4;
(3)Anything that is an ornament or honor, as one glories in a crown; compare Proverbs 12:4, “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband;” Proverbs 14:24, “The crown of the wise is their riches;” Proverbs 16:31, “The hoary head is a crown of glory;” Proverbs 17:6, “Children’s children are the crown of old men.”
The idea here is, that the church at Philippi was that in which the apostle gloried. He regarded it as a high honor to have been the means of founding such a church, and he looked upon it with the same interest with which a monarch looks upon the diadem which he wears.
So stand fast in the Lord - In the service of the Lord, and in the strength which he imparts; see the notes at Ephesians 6:13-14.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IV.
The apostle exhorts them to stand fast in the Lord, 1.
And beseeches Euodias and Syntyche to be of one mind in Divine
things, 2.
And requests his true yokefellow to help them to a good
understanding, 3.
Gives them directions concerning their temper and frame of mind,
4-7.
And how to act in all respects as becomes the purity and
excellence of the Gospel, as they had heard from and seen in
him, 8, 9.
Thanks them for their attention to him in his captivity, in
sending him what was necessary for his support, though he had
learned to be contented in all situations in life, 10-14.
Mentions particular cases in which they had ministered to him;
promises them, through the riches of glory in Christ, a supply
of all their spiritual wants; and renders thanks to God, 15-20.
Salutes all the saints, and those particularly of the emperor's
household, 21, 22.
And concludes with his usual apostolical benediction, 23.
NOTES ON CHAP. IV.
Verse Philippians 4:1. Therefore, my - beloved — Because ye have this armour, and those enemies, and God for your support, see that ye stand fast in him. This verse most unquestionably belongs to the preceding chapter.
