Philippians Chapter 4, Verse 14
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14: πλην καλως εποιησατε συγκοινωνησαντες μου τη θλιψει
14: Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate
with my affliction.
14: Nevertheless, you have done well in communicating to my
tribulation.
Notwithstanding ye have well done. Though he had learned the grace of contentment, and though he knew that Christ could enable him to do all things, it was well for them to show sympathy for his sufferings; for it evinced a proper regard for a benefactor and an apostle.
Ye did communicate. You took part with my affliction. That is, you sympathized with me, and assisted me in bearing it. The relief which they had sent not only supplied his wants, but it sustained him by the certainty that he was not forgotten.
- "with my affliction" "Have jointly contributed
to relieve"
