Philippians 4:21,22

21. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you. 22. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household.

Translation and Paraphrase

21. Greet all the saints (the holy ones) in Christ Jesus (all that you meet). The (Christian) brethren with me (my special helpers and associates) greet you.
22. (Yea) all the saints (here in Rome) greet you, in particular those from the household of Caesar (send greetings).

Notes

1.

Paul closed a number of his epistles, as he does this one, with salutations or greetings. Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 1 Corinthians 16:21; Colossians 4:10 ff.

2.

The Philippians were requested to greet every saint in Christ Jesus individually. (In Christ may go either with salute or with saint.) There is a great blessing in Christians-' knowing one another well and greeting one another as brothers.

3.

Except for Timothy we do not know the names of any of the brethren who were with Paul. Paul spoke about his associates back in Philippians 2:20 in a manner which (at first glance anyway) does not appear very complimentary (but see the notes on that verse).

4.

All the church members (the saints) in Rome sent their greetings to the Philippians, along with Paul.

5.

The reference to Christians in Caesar's household thrills us. There were a few godly people in King Ahab's court and kingdom. There were a few Christians in Caesar's (Nero'S) household. Compare Philippians 1:13. There are Christians today in Communist and Mohammedan lands.

6.

The expression Caesar's household probably refers not to the imperial family, but to employees in the houseslaves, cooks, guards, and such.

7.

The especially in Philippians 2:22 seems to point out that the Christians in Caesar's household particularly wanted the Philippians to know of their existence in such difficult surroundings, and wanted the prayers and fellowship of the Christians elsewhere. In many places it is hard enough to be a Christian even when you have encouragement from brethren elsewhere. How much harder it is to be faithful without their fellowship and prayers.