20 For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.
Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, even as I.
fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;
And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion. For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of [the house of] Chloe, that there are strifes among you.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.
and Jesus called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These [are the] only fellow-workers for the kingdom of God who have been a consolation to me.
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Commentary on Philippians 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
The apostle proceeds to further exhortations to several duties, to be like-minded, and lowly-minded, which he presses from the example of Christ (v. 1-11), to be diligent and serious in the Christian course (v. 12, 13), and to adorn their Christian profession by several suitable graces (v. 14-18). He then concludes with particular notice and commendation of two good ministers, Timothy and Epaphroditus, whom he designed to send to them (v. 19-30).
Phl 2:1-11
The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. Here we may observe,
Phl 2:12-13
Phl 2:14-18
The apostle exhorts them in these verses to adorn their Christian profession by a suitable temper and behaviour, in several instances.
Phl 2:19-30
Paul takes particular notice of two good ministers; for though he was himself a great apostle, and laboured more abundantly than they all, yet he took all occasions to speak with respect of those who were far his inferiors.