Philippians 4:1-23

Final Charge. Acknowledgement of Philippian Bounty

VI. Closing Exhortations (Philippians 4:1)

§ 15. Philippians 4:1. With heightened feeling St. Paul resumes the vein of exhortation commenced in Philippians 3:1 : Wherefore (in view of the grand hope of our calling).. so stand fast in the Lord (see Philippians 1:27)—'so,' i.e. in 'imitating' the Apostle and 'marking those' of like 'walk' (Philippians 3:17); this appeal sums up the foregoing homily. For the endearing epithets accumulated here, cp. Philippians 1:3; Philippians 2:16 also 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:20.