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Php 1:5. Ἐπὶ, for) Construe with I thank.-κοινωνίᾳ, fellowship) which has come to you from above,[2] and is practised by you in holy liberality, ch. Php 4:10; Php 4:15-16; comp. 2Co 9:13.-ἀπὸ, from) Construe with I thank.-ἡμέρας, day) when ye became partakers of the Gospel.
[2] If only the one or the other part of this fellowship, and that too the latter, must be understood, which is performed by the exercise of liberality, and this is the opinion of some, I scarcely understand how the words ἄχρις ἡμέρας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, at the end of ver. 6, can be made to agree with it.-E. B.