Php 4:1-23. EXHORTATIONS: THANKS FOR THE SUPPLY FROM PHILIPPI: GREETING; AND CLOSING BENEDICTION.
1. "Wherefore"; since we have such a glorious hope
(Php 3:20, 21).
dearly beloved--repeated again at the close of the verse, implying that
his great love to them should be a motive to their obedience.
longed for--"yearned after" in your absence
(Php 1:8).
crown--in the day of the Lord
(Php 2:16;
1Th 2:19).
so--as I have admonished you.
stand fast--
(Php 1:27).
JFB.
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