Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
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Gill's Exposition
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord,.... The Syriac version reads, "in our Lord", i.e. Christ. The apostle seems as if he was about to conclude his epistle; and therefore, as if he was taking…
Barnes' Notes
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord - That is, in the Lord Jesus; see Phi 3:3; compare the Act 1:24 note, and 1Th 5:16 note. The idea here is, that it is the duty of Christians to rejoice in the…
Adam Clarke
Rejoice in the Lord - Be always happy; but let that happiness be such as you derive from the Lord.
To write the same things - He means those which he had formerly preached to them or to other…
It seems the church of the Philippians, though a faithful and flourishing church, was disturbed by the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to keep up the law of Moses, and mix the observances of it…
Cambridge Bible
Php 3:1-3. Let them cultivate Joy in the Lord, as the true preservative from the Dangers of Judaistic Teaching
1. Finally Lit., "For the rest"; "For what remains." See Eph 6:10, and note in this…
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