Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
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Study Note
The civic metaphor — 'only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ' (politeuesthe axios — 'live as citizens worthy of') — summons the Philippian church to embody the gospel in public, communal terms appropriate to their identity as a Roman colony with civic pride. The political register is deliberate: Paul will later invoke the counter-claim that 'our citizenship (politeuma) is in heaven' (3:20), setting gospel community against Roman civic identity as competing frameworks of ultimate loyalty. The phrase 'standing firm in one spirit, with one mind' (verse 27) applies athletic and military solidarity to the community's conflict with opposition. The verse opens Paul's paraenetic section by grounding all specific ethical instruction in the overarching category of gospel-worthy living as a public, communal, visible reality.
Bản dịch khác
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
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