16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. …
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-16)The apostle, having proposed himself as an example, urges the Philippians to follow it. Let the same mind be in us which was in blessed Paul. We see here how he was minded; let us be like-minded, and set our hearts upon Christ and heaven, as he did. 1. He shows that this was the thing wherein all good Christians were agreed, to make Christ all in all, and set their hearts upon another world. This…
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