Philippians 2:1

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Philippians 2:1

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Summary

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

Any consolation

If any comfort

1 John 4:7

If any fellowship

If any bowels

Philippians 1:8

Colossians 3:12

General references

1 Corinthians 16:14

Hebrews 13:1

Bible References

Any consolation

for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

but the angel said to them, be not afraid, I am only come to bring you great news, which will be matter of joy to you and to the whole world.

I will not leave you orphans; I will come again to you.

These things have I spoken to you, that you might have some present comfort, and that hereafter your joy might be compleat.

so you are afflicted at present: but I will see you again, and then shall your hearts be affected with joy, and your joy shall no one wrest from you.

now that I am coming to thee, while I am here, I make these requests for them, that their joy in me may be compleat.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ,

besides Esaias saith, "there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope."

I am daily receiving new mortifications, witness your cruel boastings against me, which I bear for the sake of Christ Jesus our Lord;

for as I have greatly suffered for Christ, so I have been greatly comforted thro' Christ.

but thanks be to God, who maketh me triumph, thro' Christ, and spreads his healing doctrine by me, in eevery place:

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ, and God our father, who has loved us, and by his favour given us the advantageous hopes of eternal joys, consolate your souls,

that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to deceive us, we, who have no other refuge to fly to, but to maintain our present hopes,

This it is that fills you with joy, notwithstanding the various tryals, which still necessarily afflict you,

If any comfort

your love to me will be in keeping my commandments: even as I love my father by keeping his commandments.

and continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they did eat their meals with gladness, and simplicity of heart,

Now the whole body of believers were but one heart, and one soul: no one look'd upon what he possessed, as his own, but every thing was held in common.

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance:

grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom you are sealed against the day of deliverance:

that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ,

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.

If any fellowship

now hope will not deceive us, because the love of God is diffused thro' our hearts, by the holy spirit which is given to us;

you are not in such a state, but in a spiritual one, provided the divine spirit dwell in you. now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Don't you know, that you are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwells in you?

what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

for by one spirit we have all been baptized, to be form'd into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and have been all made to drink of one spirit.

the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amen.

and because ye are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying Abba, that is, father;

by whom you also have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: and having believed in him, ye were mark'd with the seal of the holy spirit, which was promised:

for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father.

Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view;

to sanctify them by his spirit, that by their obedience they might be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. may the divine savour make you continually prosper.

he that observes his commandments, dwelleth in God, and God in him: and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the spirit which he hath given us.

If any bowels

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

be you therefore adorn'd with a compassionate temper, with benevolence, humility, meekness, patience as becometh saints and chosen favourites of God:

General references

let all your transactions flow from social affections.

Let brotherly love still reign.