But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
10 But I rejoiced He now declares the gratitude of his mind towards the Philippians, that they may not regret their beneficence, “Afin qu’ils ne se repentent point de luy auoir assiste;” — “That they may not regret their having assisted him.” as is usually the case when we think that our services are despised, or are reckoned of no account.
Paul had a grateful spirit, and though the Philippians owed him their very souls, he speaks of their gift as if it were generous charity rather than a just debt. What they sent was small, yet he records it for all ages to read; their kindness shall be a memorial wherever this epistle goes. They alone helped him when he left Macedonia, when no other church did so.
AI summary
Commenting on Philippians 4:10-19
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly,.... The apostle proceeds to the last part of this epistle, and to take notice of the present which these Philippians had sent him, on account of which this his rejoicing was; and which was not small but great, and was not of a carnal but spiritual kind; it was a joy in the Holy Ghost, which is opposed...