4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, 1 dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
1:27 Only conduct yourselves 2 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 3 you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, 4
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
2 tn Grk “live as citizens.” The verb πολιτεύεσθε (politeuesqe) connotes the life of a freeman in a free Roman colony.
3 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.
4 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).