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Philippians Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Philippians 4:2

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.
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BBE Philippians 4:2

I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
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DARBY Philippians 4:2

I exhort Euodia, and exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in [the] Lord;
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KJV Philippians 4:2

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
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WBT Philippians 4:2

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WEB Philippians 4:2

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.
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YLT Philippians 4:2

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - I beseech Enodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord; rather, Euodia. It is plain from the next verse that both are female names. The narrative in Acts 16 shows that the female element was more than usually important in the early Philippian Church. These ladies seem to have held a high position in that Church; possibly they may have been deaconesses, like Phoebe at Cenchrea. Their dissensions disturbed the peace of the Church. The repeated "I beseech" is emphatic; it may, perhaps, also imply that both were in fault. St. Paul earnestly begs them to be reconciled, and to be reconciled as Christians, in the Lord, as members of his body, in the consciousness of his presence. Mark how often the words, "in Christ," "in the Lord," occur in this Epistle; how constantly the thought of spiritual union with Christ was present to the apostle's mind.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Euodias.--The name should be Euodia, as is seen by Philippians 4:3. Of Euodia and Syntyche nothing is known. Many strange attempts have been made to find symbolism in these names. Evidently they were women of note, leaders at Philippi, where, we may remember, the gospel was first preached to women (Acts 16:13), and the church first formed in a woman's house (Acts 16:14; Acts 16:40). We may note the many female names--Ph?be, Priscilla, Mary, Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis, Julia, the mother of Rufus, the sister of Nereus--in the long list of greetings to the Church of Rome (Romans 16).