Philippians 2:2
2. Fulfil—that is, Make full. I have joy in you, complete it by that which is still wanting, namely, unity (Php 1:9).
likeminded—literally, "that ye be of the same mind"; more general than the following "of one mind." having the same love—equally disposed to love and be loved. being of one accord—literally, "with united souls." This pairs with the following clause, thus, "With united souls, being of one mind"; as the former two also pair together, "That ye be likeminded, having the same love."Philippians 4:2
2. Euodia and Syntyche were two women who seem to have been at variance; probably deaconesses of the church. He repeats, "I beseech," as if he would admonish each separately, and with the utmost impartiality.
in the Lord—the true element of Christian union; for those "in the Lord" by faith to be at variance, is an utter inconsistency.
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