7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-8)The apostle expresses the ardent affection he had for them, and his concern for their spiritual welfare: I have you in my heart , Phil. 1:7. He loved them as his own soul, and they lay near his heart. He thought much of them, and was in care about them. Observe, 1. Why he had them in his heart: Inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers o…
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