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Because I have you in my heart (δια το εχειν με εν τη καρδια υμας). Or "because you hold me in your heart." Literally, "because of…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all. "There is a reason why I should cherish this hope for you, and this confident expectat…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
It is fitting.—Rather, it is but right, or just; it is but your due.
To think this of you all.
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Paul was right in regarding the Philippians so highly, because in a sense they had become partners in his imprisonment and his current legal obliga…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
As it is reasonable. For we are envious evaluators of the gifts of God if we do not consider as children of God those in whom there shine …
John Gill
JohnGill
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all
Some connect these words with (Philippians 1:3–5); as…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The highest honour of the most eminent ministers is to be servants of Christ. And those who are not truly saints on earth will never be saints in h…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
This letter is divided into a greeting and a me age . In the greeting, Paul does three things:
- He describes the persons who send the g…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson