because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
They became partakers of the gospel through faith from the moment the doctrine was set before them, a rare excellence indeed, for most are sluggish to obey God's call, and still more fall away through inconsistency. That they held fast from the first day until now marks their faithfulness as something to thank God for.
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Though scourged and imprisoned at Philippi, Paul remembers that place with joy, not shame. The best remembrance of absent friends is to bring them before God's throne in prayer, naming them and their particular needs, which is the surest comfort we can give them and ourselves.
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Commenting on Philippians 1:3-6
They communicated liberally to the gospel's support from the first, as Lydia and the jailer showed, and this generous spirit never ceased, their gift by Epaphroditus proves it still. Yet more deeply, they became partakers of the gospel's blessings and power, made participants in the Father and Son through it, which is the true cause of thanksgiving.
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