29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-30)Paul takes particular notice of two good ministers; for though he was himself a great apostle, and laboured more abundantly than they all , yet he took all occasions to speak with respect of those who were far his inferiors. I. He speaks of Timothy, whom he intended to send to the Philippians, that he might have an account of their state. See Paul’s care of the churches, and the comfort he had in…
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