Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philippians 2:1-2

"If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;" — Philippians 2:1-2 (ASV)

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 my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Paul did not mean to doubt that there is any consolation in Christ, any comfort of love, any fellowship of the Spirit, any bowels and mercies, for no one knew better than he did how those blessings abound to those who are in Christ Jesus. He put it by way of argument. If there is consolation in Christ, since there is consolation in Christ, since there is comfort of love, since there is fellowship of the Spirit, be one in Christ; do not be divided; love one another: be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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 you my joy, that you be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

He knew that these saints at Philippi loved him. They had sent repeatedly to relieve his necessities, so he pleaded with them, by their love to him, to love each other. He essentially says, "If you really do love me, if it is not a sham, if you have any sympathy with me, and with my labours and sufferings, if you really have the same spirit that burns in my breast, make my heart full of joy by clinging to one another, by being like-minded, 'having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.'"