Filippesi 2:18

18 Gioitene parimente voi, e congioitene meco.

Filippesi 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 2:18

For the same cause also do ye joy and rejoice with me.
] He would not have them be sorrowful, should they hear of his death for the sake of the Gospel, and of his blood being poured out in such a cause, since it was as a libation on their faith, and for the confirmation of it, and would be gain to Christ, and his interest, and to the apostle also: and therefore they should be so far from indulging grief and sorrow on that account, that they should rather joy and rejoice with him, who was ready to be offered up, or poured out; since he had run out his race, and that not in vain, but to so good a purpose, and especially among them.

Filippesi 2:18 In-Context

16 acciocchè io abbia di che gloriarmi nel giorno di Cristo, ch’io non son corso in vano, nè in vano ho faticato.

17 E se pure anche sono, a guisa d’offerta da spandere, sparso sopra l’ostia e il sacrificio della fede vostra, io ne gioisco, e ne congioisco con tutti voi.

18 Gioitene parimente voi, e congioitene meco.

19 OR io spero nel Signore Gesù di mandarvi tosto Timoteo, acciocchè io ancora, avendo saputo lo stato vostro, sia inanimato.

20 Perciocchè io non ho alcuno d’animo pari a lui, il quale sinceramente abbia cura de’ fatti vostri.