For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
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.
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Commenting on Philippians 4:10-19
Verse 16. For even in Thessalonica. . Paul remained there long enough to establish a flourishing church. He met, indeed, with much opposition and persecution there; and hence it was necessary that his wants should be supplied by others.
The Philippians sent aid to me repeatedly while I labored in Thessalonica because the believers there either lacked means to help or the disposition to give, and since many were idle and lazy, I worked with my own hands rather than burden them. The Philippians, hearing of this, sent their brethren often with gifts to supply my wants.
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