It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,
and it is a safeguard for you.
Philippians 3:1
John MacArthur notes that this is the first time Paul added the words “in the Lord” to his admonishment to rejoice:
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. (58)
Worship with Grove Community Church singing “He Has Made Me Glad”:
