Philippians 2:28

2:28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, ¹  so that when you see him again you can rejoice ²  and I can be free from anxiety.

Philippians 2:23

2:23 So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

Philippians 1:27

1:27 Only conduct yourselves ³  in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that ⁴  you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, ⁵ 

Philippians 2:24

2:24 though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you ⁶  soon.

Philippians 4:5

4:5 Let everyone see your gentleness. ⁷  The Lord is near!

Philippians 4:1

Christian Practices

4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, ⁸  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Philippians 2:26

2:26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

Philippians 1:22

1:22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, ⁹  this will mean productive work ¹⁰  for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer: ¹¹ 

Philippians 4:3

4:3 Yes, I say also to you, true companion, ¹²  help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry ¹³  along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹ tn Grk “I have sent him to you with earnestness.” But the epistolary aorist needs to be translated as a present tense with this adverb due to English stylistic considerations.

² tn Or “when you see him you can rejoice again.”

³ tn Grk “live as citizens.” The verb πολιτεύεσθε (politeuesqe) connotes the life of a freeman in a free Roman colony.

⁴ tn Grk “the things concerning you, [namely,] that.” The ὅτι (Joti) clause is appositional to τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν (ta peri Jumwn) and therefore “the things concerning you” was not translated.

⁵ tn The phrase “the faith of the gospel” could mean one of three things: “the faith that is the gospel” (genitive of apposition), “the faith that originates from the gospel” (genitive of source), or “faith in the gospel” (objective genitive).

⁵ tn The words “to see you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied, and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “let your gentleness be seen by all.” The passive voice construction has been converted to active voice in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

¹¹ tn Grk “flesh.”

¹² tn Grk “fruit of work”; the genitive ἔργου (ergou) is taken as an attributed genitive in which the head noun, καρπός (karpos), functions attributively (cf. ExSyn 89-91).

¹³ tn Grk “what I shall prefer.” The Greek verb αἱρέω (Jairew) could also mean “choose,” but in this context such a translation is problematic for it suggests that Paul could perhaps choose suicide (cf. L&N 30.86).

¹³ tn Or “faithful fellow worker.” This is more likely a descriptive noun, although some scholars interpret the word σύζυγος (suzugos) here as a proper name (“Syzygos”), L&N 42.45.

¹⁴ tn Grk “in the gospel,” a metonymy in which the gospel itself is substituted for the ministry of making the gospel known.