REJOICE IN THE LORD

Finally, my brothers, rejoiceG5463 in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to

you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

Philippians 3:1

rejoice in the Lord. Cf. 4:4. Paul’s familiar theme throughout the epistle which has already been heard in chaps. 1, 2. This, however, is the first time he adds “in the Lord,” which signifies the sphere in which the believers’ joy exists—a sphere unrelated to the circumstances of life, but related to an unassailable, unchanging relationship to the sovereign Lord. (57)

MacArthur Study Bible

Worship with Grove Community Church singing “He Has Made Me Glad”: