Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Philippians 2:25
To send Epaphroditus — Back immediately. Your messenger — The Philippians had sent him to St. Paul with their liberal contribution.
To send Epaphroditus — Back immediately. Your messenger — The Philippians had sent him to St. Paul with their liberal contribution.
Verse 25. _EPAPHRODITUS, MY BROTHER_, c.] Here is a very high character of this minister of Christ he was, 1. A _brother_-one of the _Christian family_; a thorough convert to God, without which he co...
YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS - Epaphroditus is nowhere else mentioned but in this Epistle; see Philippians 4:18. All that is known of him, therefore, is what is mentioned he...
II. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S PATTERN CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Oneness of mind through self effacement (Philippians 2:1)_ 2. The humiliation and exaltation of Christ (Philippians 2:5) 3. Work out your own salva...
PHP_2:19-30. TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS. Paul proposes to send Timothy in advance of his own expected visit, that he may obtain encouraging news about them. There is no one else to send, the others bein...
THE CAUSES OF DISUNITY (Php_2:1-4)...
I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-worker, and fellow-soldier, your messenger and the servant of my need, because he is longing for you all, and he is very distre...
SUPPOSED. Same word in Philippians 2:3 (esteem) and Philippians 2:6 (thought). TO. App-104. EPAPHRODITUS, See Philippians 4:18. COMPANION IN LABOUR. Greek. _sunergos,_ fello
_Yet I supposed_ Better, BUT I HAVE COUNTED, or, I COUNT. "_Yet_" is too strong a word of contrast or exception. _"I have counted":_the Greek verb is an aorist, but an "epistolary" aorist, in which t...
HE PROPOSES SOON TO SEND TIMOTHEUS: HE SENDS WITHOUT DELAY EPAPHRODITUS...
ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙ͂ΟΝ ΔῈ. As against the less obligatory call for Timothy’s journey. There was _a duty_, to Epaphroditus and to Philippi, and it must not be postponed. ἩΓΗΣΆΜΗΝ. Render, in English idiom, “I hav...
ΆΝΑΓΚΑΪΟΣ (G316) вынужденный, необходимый, ΉΓΗΣΆΜΗΝ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΉΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G2233) вести, считать, ΣΥΝΕΡΓΌΣ (G4904) сотрудник, ΣΥΣΤΡΑΤΙΏΤΗΣ (G4961) соратник, ΆΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ (G652) миссионер...
BUT YOUR MESSENGER, &C.— _But your Apostle, and who is now to act for me with you;_ or, _the ready minister to the relief of my necessities,_ by whose faithful hand I received that liberal supply, whi...
25. BUT I COUNTED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS, MY BROTHER AND FELLOW-WORKER AND FELLOW-SOLDIER, AND YOUR MESSENGER AND MINISTER TO MY NEED; 26. SINCE HE LONGED AFTER YOU ALL, AND WAS SORE...
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. I SUPPOSED - `I thought it...
_ THE LIVING EXAMPLES_ 19 The word soul has lost its significance in English, especially in its compounds, hence we render idiomatically "good cheer," for "well souled" and "equally sensitive" for "e...
2:25 minister (g-22) _ Leitourgos_ . as Romans 15:16 . A kind of official person in service....
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S APPEAL FOR UNITY AND *HUMILITY 2:1-4 V1 You are united with Christ and that encourages you. You know the comfort of...
[5. Exhortation and Commendation (Philippians 2:12). (1) EXHORTATION TO WORK OUT THEIR SALVATION through the in working of God, and so to be lights in the world, and the glory of the Apostle, even i...
EPAPHRODITUS. — The name was often shortened into Epaphras. But it was a common name; hence any identification with the Epaphras of Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 1:23, is, to say the least...
CHAPTER 9 TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS. Philippians 2:19 (R.V.) THE outpouring of his thoughts, his feelings, and his desires towards the Philippians has so far spent itself. Now he turns to mention the...
NEWS OF EPAPHRODITUS: A CORDIAL WELCOME FOR HIM AT PHILIPPI BESPOKEN....
This verse opens a passage which Clemen (_op. cit._, pp. 138 141) assigns to the second of the two letters into which he proposes to divide the Epistle. See our _Introduction_. The Apostle, as a matte...
HONORING CHRISTIAN MESSENGERS Philippians 2:19 The Apostle nobly honored the younger men who wrought with him. He speaks of Timothy as his son, and expatiates on the genuineness of his loving interes...
The apostle now urged those to whom he wrote to fill his joy to the full. In order to do this he indicated two causative facts which suggested two resulting experiences, and then referred to conduct i...
EPAPHRODITUS It is possible Epaphroditus was the one who carried this letter to the Philippians. "Your messenger" could be translated "your epistle" if he was the one sent. He was a brother in Christ,...
_Epaphroditus....your apostle, and the minister of my wants. Epaphroditus had also laboured after St. Paul, and is thought to have been the bishop of the Philippians; thus he might be called their apo...
(14) В¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: (15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine...
There is no epistle in the New Testament which gives so little space to the development of. doctrine as this to the Philippians. Need it be said that it has not the less its own proper office on that...
25_I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus_. After having encouraged them by the promise of his own coming and that of Timothy, he fortifies them also for the present, by sending previously...
But this, too, produced its effects. The apostle desired that their joy should be full, and that unity among the Philippians should be perfect; for his absence had allowed some seeds of disunion and d...
YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS,.... In the mean while, before either he or Timothy could come to them. This man was sent by the Philippians to the apostle with a present, and...
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. Ver. 25. _Necessary to send to...
_Yet I supposed it necessary to send Epaphroditus_ Back immediately, who is near and dear to me as _a brother and companion in labour_ A fellow-labourer in the work of the Lord; _and fellow-soldier_ “...
EPAPHRODITUS; he was from Philippi, and had come to Rome to bring assistance to Paul. Chapter Philippians 4:18....
YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS, MY BROTHER AND COMPANION IN LABOR AND FELLOW-SOLDIER, BUT YOUR MESSENGER, AND HE THAT MINISTERED TO MY WANTS....
The return of Epaphroditus to Philippi:...
In the first chapter we have seen that Christ is the very principle of life that motivates the apostle in whatever circumstances, - and so indeed it should be for all believers. Chapter 2 now brings C...
A Priceless Pair 1 Peter 2:19-30 1. KEY WORDS 19 Trust, comfort, state 20 Likeminded, naturally, care 21 Seek, own, things of Christ 22 Proof, served, gospel 23 Hope, soon 24 Trust, shortly 2...
“But. counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need” “I counted it necessary”: “Yet. deem it important”...
19-30 It is best with us, when our duty becomes natural to us. Naturally, that is, sincerely, and not in pretence only; with a willing heart and upright views. We are apt to prefer our own credit, ea...
YET I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS; in the mean time he gives them an account why he esteemed it needful to send back Epaphroditus (whom some, but without sufficient warrant, woul...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians that I should pretend to be equal in honour to them? But as your "fellow-soldier,"[36]...
Php_2:25 Yet G1161 considered G2233 (G5662) necessary G316 send G3992 (G5658) to G4314 you G5209 Epaphroditus G1891 my G3450 bro
PAUL NOW GIVES TWO EXAMPLES OF MEN WHO, LIKE HIMSELF, HAVE THE MIND THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS (PHILIPPIANS 2:19 TO PHILIPPIANS 3:1). Having expressed his own willingness to be ‘poured out as a libation'...
‘But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,' Paul stresses that his sending of Epaphroditus wa...
MEANWHILE HE IS SENDING HIS LETTER WITH EPAPHRODITUS THEIR FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN WHO HAS BEEN CLOSE TO DEATH ‘FOR THE WORK OF CHRIST' (PHILIPPIANS 2:25). Epaphroditus is pictured as having the mind of Chr...
_Of his intention soon to send Timothy, and of the immediate return of Epaphroditus,_ 19-30. The apostle now turns to personal matters about which he is sure from their behaviour that they will be int...
Philippians 2:25. BUT I COUNTED IT NECESSARY. In our idiom we should say ‘I count,' but the Greeks put their verbs in epistolary writing into the tense which would be true not only at the date of the...
I COUNTED IT (ηγησαμην). Epistolary aorist from the point of view of the readers.EPAPHRODITUS (Επαφροδιτον). Common name, though only in Philippians in N.T., contracted into Epaphras, though not t...
CONTENTS: Christ, the believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service. The outworking of inworked salvation. The apostolic example. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus. C...
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ._ Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one...
EPAPHRODITUS. This is the messenger which the Philippian church sent to Paul. Now Paul is going to send him back to them immediately, with this Letter....
_I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly _ CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP I. Is founded in the faith of Christ. II. Concerns itself for the state of others. III. Is unselfish. IV. Is proved by...
I SUPPOSED IT NECESSARY TO SEND TO YOU EPAPHRODITUS_--_ EPAPHRODITUS I. His titles. 1. The first of these shows his religion, and his holy union with the apostle and other believers. For the Christi...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 2:1 Encouragement to Humble Service. Paul calls the Philippians to unite in love and humility (vv. Philippians 2:1), following
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 2:25 Epaphroditus, who is from Philippi, is another example of genuine Christian love. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 2:25. EPAPHRODITUS.—Brother, work-mate, comrade-in-arms, Church-messenger, and serving-man. What a designation! St. Paul thinks him worthy of all the honou...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 2:1 IF THERE BE THEREFORE, ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST. Mark the fervor of the apostle. Ὅρα πῶς λιπαρῶς πῶς σφοδρῶς πῶς μετὰ συμπαωείας πολλῆς (Chrysostom). He appeals...
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if [there is] any comfort of love, if [there is] any fellowship of the Spirit, if [there is] any bowels [compassion] and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, tha...
1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 2:13;...
Epaphroditus. Mentioned only in this epistle. See on Epaphras, Philippians 1:23. The name is derived from Aphrodite (Venus), and means charming. Messenger [α π ο σ τ ο λ ο ν]. The same word as apostl...
HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD LIVE Philippians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We were told that when Minister Wu, of China, was addressing an American audience in Washington, D. C., upon comparative religions, he s...
If Paul had the gift of healing, why couldn’t he heal his coworker, Epaphroditus? PROBLEM: In the Book of Acts, Paul healed the sick and even raised the dead (Acts 20:9-10). On one occasion he even h...