27 [a]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 matters, that ye [b]continue in one spirit, and in one mind, fighting together through the faith of the Gospel.

28 [c]And in nothing fear your adversaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of salvation, and that of God.

29 [d]For unto you it is given for Christ, that not only ye should believe in him, but also suffer for his sake,

30 [e]Having the same fight, which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

1 He exhorteth them above all things, 3 to humility,  6 and that by the example of Christ. 19 He promiseth to send Timothy shortly unto them, 26 and excuseth the long tarrying of Epaphroditus.

[f]If there be therefore any consolation in [g]Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any [h]compassion and mercy,

Fulfill my joy, that ye be like minded, having the [i]same love, being of one accord, and of one judgment,

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 1:27 Having set down those things before, in manner of a Preface, he descendeth now to exhortations, warning them first of all, to consent both in doctrine and mind, and afterward, that being thus knit together with those common bands, they continue through the strength of faith to bear all adversity in such sort, that they admit nothing unworthy the profession of the Gospel.
  2. Philippians 1:27 The word signifieth, to stand fast, and it is proper to wrestlers, that stand fast, and shrink not a foot.
  3. Philippians 1:28 We ought not to be discouraged, but rather encouraged by the persecutions which the enemies of the Gospel imagine and practice against us: seeing that they are certain witnesses from God himself, both of our salvation, and of the destruction of the wicked.
  4. Philippians 1:29 He proveth that his saying, that persecution is a token of our salvation, because it is a gift of God to suffer for Christ, which gift he bestoweth upon his own, as he doth the gift of faith.
  5. Philippians 1:30 Now he showeth for what purpose he made mention of his afflictions.
  6. Philippians 2:1 A most earnest request to remove all those things, whereby that great and special consent and agreement is commonly broken, to wit, contention and pride, whereby it cometh to pass, that they separate themselves one from another.
  7. Philippians 2:1 Any Christian comfort.
  8. Philippians 2:1 If any feeling of inward love.
  9. Philippians 2:2 Like love.

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