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Joy and Peace. Rejoice[a] in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!(A) Your kindness[b] should be known to all. The Lord is near.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:4 Rejoice: see note on Phil 3:1.
  2. 4:5 Kindness: considerateness, forbearance, fairness. The Lord is near: most likely a reference to Christ’s parousia (Phil 1:6, 10; 3:20–21; 1 Cor 16:22), although some sense an echo of Ps 119:151 and the perpetual presence of the Lord.