2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, 7 any affection or mercy, 8
1 tn Grk “so that the whole imperial guard.” The ὥστε (Jwste) clause that begins v. 13 indicates two results of the spread of the gospel: Outsiders know why Paul is imprisoned (v. 13) and believers are emboldened by his imprisonment (v. 14).
2 sn The whole imperial guard (Grk “praetorium”) can refer to the elite troops stationed in Rome or the headquarters of administrators in the provinces (cf. Matt 27:27; Mark 15:16; John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35). In either case a metonymy is involved, with the place (the praetorium) put for those (soldiers or government officials) who were connected with it or stationed in it.
3 tn Grk “it has become known by the whole imperial guard and all the rest.”
4 tn Grk “my bonds [are].”
5 tn Grk “your boasting may overflow in Christ Jesus because of me,” or possibly, “your boasting in me may overflow in Christ Jesus.” BDAG 536 s.v. καύχημα 1 translates the phrase τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν (to kauchma jJumwn) in Phil 1:26 as “what you can be proud of.”
6 tn Grk “through my coming again to you.”
9 tn Or “spiritual fellowship” if πνεύματος (pneumato") is an attributive genitive; or “fellowship brought about by the Spirit” if πνεύματος is a genitive of source or production.
10 tn Grk “and any affection and mercy.” The Greek idea, however, is best expressed by “or” in English.
13 tn Grk “according to the goal.”
14 tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”
17 tn Or “according to the riches of his glory.” The phrase “of his glory” is treated as an attributive genitive in the translation.