Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Philippians 4:3
I entreat thee also, true yokefellow. Some very dear brother who
had been a fellow-laborer of Paul. The term is applied to the relation
of husbands and wives, and to that of very intimate friends. The one
addressed must have been a companion of toils and sufferings. Some have
thought that Silas, associated with him in suffering at Philippi is
meant (Acts 16:19-24), and that he was at Philippi when this letter
was sent, but this is not certain.
Help those women which laboured with me in the gospel. As Euodias
and Syntyche have just been named, they are those meant. They had
zealously aided his labors at Philippi.
With Clement also. The Clement named is thought to be the same who
was later a bishop at Rome, and the author of certain extant Epistles
to the Corinthians. The name, however, was so common that this is
uncertain.
Whose names [are] in the book of life. Those are held to have
their names in the book of life who are enrolled as the children of
God. Compare Revelation 3:5 13:8 17:8 20:12.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Philippians 2:2
Philippians 4:3
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