If (ε). Paul uses four conditions in this verse, all of the first class, assuming the condition to be true.

Comfort…

PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER II

If there is therefore any consolation...—In the fourfold division of this verse, we trace, first, a reference to unity wi…

if there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye…

The following exhortation also concerns unity, but this time the focus is turned on problems within the church. To encourage the fulfillment of thi…

If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ
Or "exhortation", as the word is sometimes rendered; that is, eith…

Here are further exhortations to Christian duties: to like-mindedness and lowliness of mind, according to the example of the Lord Jesus. Kindness i…

Previously, the Apostle offered himself as an example of patience and holiness; here he presents others as examples of the same. First, he gives th…