“Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:”
So you see, I myself too rejoiced greatly at the news of him — Paul's own great joy (chara megale) at Epaphroditus's improvement mirrors what the Philippians will experience. His shared emotion models what he asks of them: emotional participation in others' welfare. The joy is contagious, spreading from Paul to Philippians to Epaphroditus in circular bonds of love. Community is defined by shared emotional investment in one another's flourishing.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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