4:15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
1 tn Grk “For I have no one who is like-minded who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.”
2 tn Grk “according to my eager expectation and hope.” The κατά (kata) phrase is taken as governing the following ὅτι (Joti) clause (“that I will not be ashamed…”); the idea could be expressed more verbally as “I confidently hope that I will not be ashamed…”
3 tn Or possibly, “be intimidated, be put to shame.”
4 tn Grk “whether by life or by death.”