Philippians 4:1
Therefore, amy brethren bdearly beloved and longed for, cmy joy and crown, so dstand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοὶ καὶ ἐπιπόθητοι, χαρὰ καὶ στέφανός μου, οὕτω στήκετε ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀγαπητοί.
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a:
Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
b:
Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
Philippians 2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
Philippians 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
c:
Philippians 2:16-2:18 16. Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
2 Corinthians 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.
d:
Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Peter 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Luke 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Luke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Psalms 125:0 A Song of degrees.
this particle connotes that which follows to be inferred by way of conclusion from what he had premised in the close of the former chapter, in opposition to the shame of the earthly-minded, concerning the glory of the heavenly-minded.
he affectionately owns them to be his brethren in the common faith, Tit 1:4.
those who, not being enticed by the insinuations of seducers, did adhere to him, had his sincere affections, Php 2:12.
whose safety and felicity every way he most heartily desired, Php 1:8 2:26; with Rom 1:11 1Th 3:6.
intimating how their faith and holiness did at present afford matter of rejoicing to him, Php 1:4,7,8, with 1Th 2:19,20.
he was not ambitious of man’s applause, but accounted them his honour and glory, the great ornament of his ministry, whereby they were converted to Christ, (as elsewhere in Scripture a crown is taken figuratively, Pro 12:4 14:24 16:31 17:6), 1Th 2:19; the reward which had some similitude with the honour they had who were victorious in a race, Php 2:16,17: as Jas 1:12 1Pe 5:4 Rev 2:10 Rev 3:11.
he exhorteth them not barely to stand, but so to stand that they did not fall, 1Co 10:12. Hereupon he adds,
i.e. considering their relation unto Christ, they would derive power and virtue from him, into whom they were implanted, to persevere, conformably to his will, in Christian concord, till they were made like to him, Php 3:21, with Php 1:27 Joh 15:4,7 1Co 15:58 16:13 Gal 5:7 Eph 6:11,14.
in whom looking upon them, (the more to fix them), he pathetically and rhetorically repeats his endearing compellation beloved.