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What does it look like to love our fellow brothers well?

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Spurred to love by Christ

Philippians 2:1-4

What motivates our unity?

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Published August 17th, 2021

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Main point summary

Phil 2:1-4

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Main point summary

Bring my joy to its apex by being in full agreement about the gospel of Christ and having his same love considering others more important than yourself.

Phil 2:1-4

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Philippians 2:1-4

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So if there is any encouragement in Christ,

any comfort from f love,

any g participation in the Spirit,

any h affection and sympathy,

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i complete my joy

complete my joy

by being j of the same mind,

Having the same thoughts

having the same love,

Having the same love. Object of love, generator of love, and sustainer of love.

being in full accord

in complete agreement with ideas and opinions

and of one mind.

is this a repetition of 2b? are they book ends?

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Do nothing from k selfish ambition or l conceit,

but in m humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Counts other more significant than yourselves

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Let each of you n look

Look to the interests of others

not only to his own interests,

but also to the interests of others.

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Questions

How does affection and sympathy tie in to the series in v1? Is it speaking of God himself? v2b and v2e seem to be saying the same thing. Are these significant book ends for the series in v2? Is the exhortation in v3-4 something that can be accomplished through the unity described in v2 or is it a further explanation of how that unity and love would play out?

Take-aways

Commands: What am I told to do? Complete my joy. Means: How am I to obey? By what means? Be of the same mind Have the same love Be in full accord Be of one mind Don't do anything from selfish ambition or conceit Count others more significant than yourselves (in what manner? in humility) Don't look to your own interests Look to the interests of others Motivations: What motivates me to obey? Why should we obey this command? Encouragement in Christ. Comfort from love. Participation in the Spirit. Affection and sympathy. Meditations and Takeaways: The command is to complete Paul's joy. This is accomplished by being united in mind, in thought, and in love. What motivates this union? Encouragement in Christ, comfort from his love, and participation in his Spirit.

Comments

Brent Karding

Don't do anything from selfish ambition or conceit

Your inclusion of the commands in 3-4 here, and your Main Point Summary, make me think that your largest relationship should be Ac-Mn. That's in your third question above; your answers under Means, and your Main Point Summary, show that you're leaning towards Ac-Mn rather than Id-Exp - perhaps unconsciously. :)

Brent Karding

Is the exhortation in v3-4 something that can be accomplished through the unity described in v2 or is it a further explanation of how that unity and love would play out?

Good, thoughtful questions here.

Brent Karding

Bring my joy to its apex by

Your Main Point Summary reads as if your bracket had Ac-Mn as its largest relationship: "Bring my joy to its apex," and do so in this way: "by being...." It would be better to construct it as an Id-Exp, with an If-Th inside it, thus reflecting your bracket.

Brent Karding

Excellent bracket! There are no mistakes here.

There's one slight improvement you could make: 2d-e have their own parallel construction, "being" two things: "in full accord" and "of one mind." So they could be their own Series, inside your current Series.

But your other relationships are well chosen and defensible, including the Id-Exp as the largest bracket, your other two Id-Exps, and everything else.

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