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14 as you have come to understand us partially, that we are your boast as you also are ours, on the day of [our] Lord Jesus.(A)

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16 as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.(A)

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VI. Instructions for the Community[a]

Chapter 4

Live in Concord. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1–9 This series of ethical admonitions rests especially on the view of Christ and his coming (cf. Phil 4:5) in Phil 3:20–21. Paul’s instructions touch on unity within the congregation, joy, prayer, and the Christian outlook on life.