Philipper 4:2

2 Die Evodia ermahne ich, und die Syntyche ermahne ich, daß sie eines Sinnes seien in dem HERRN.

Philipper 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 4:2

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche
Two women, who were members of this church at Philippi, and who seem to have been at variance; either with each other, on account of some temporal and civil things, as often is the case of the dear children of God, who fall out by the way; and it becomes a very hard and difficult task to reconcile them, though as here entreated in the most tender and importunate manner to agree: or else with the church, having entertained some sentiments in religion different from it; being drawn aside by false teachers from the simplicity of the Gospel, and their steadfastness in the faith; and this may rather be thought to be the meaning, since the apostle would scarcely take notice of a private difference in so public a manner, and since this exhortation follows so closely the former: that they be of the same mind in the Lord;
either that they agree together, and be reconciled to each other, considering the relation they stood in to one another, and to the Lord; or that they become of the same mind, and embrace the same truths, and profess and maintain the same principles the church did; and so the Arabic version renders it, "that ye entertain one and the same opinion concerning the faith of the Lord".

Philipper 4:2 In-Context

1 Also, meine lieben und ersehnten Brüder, meine Freude und meine Krone, besteht also in dem HERRN, ihr Lieben.

2 Die Evodia ermahne ich, und die Syntyche ermahne ich, daß sie eines Sinnes seien in dem HERRN.

3 Ja ich bitte auch dich, mein treuer Geselle, stehe ihnen bei, die samt mir für das Evangelium gekämpft haben, mit Klemens und meinen andern Gehilfen, welcher Namen sind in dem Buch des Lebens.

4 Freuet euch in dem HERRN allewege! Und abermals sage ich: Freuet euch!

5 Eure Lindigkeit lasset kund sein allen Menschen! der HERR ist nahe!