18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; …
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)The apostle exhorts them in these verses to adorn their Christian profession by a suitable temper and behaviour, in several instances. 1. By a cheerful obedience to the commands of God (Phil. 2:14): “ Do all things , do your duty in every branch of it, without murmurings . Do it, and do not find fault with it. Mind your work, and do not quarrel with it.” God’s commands were given to be obeyed, not…
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