Section 5
by the renewing of the mind. It is quite possible that your mind is very old. This may even be true of young people. But if your mind has been renewed, it will be new and fresh, even though you may be an elderly person.
The only defect in the church in Philippi was the dissension caused by different opinions. In Philippians 4:2 Paul said, "I beseech Euodias, and I beseech Syntyche, to think the same thing in the Lord." These two leading sisters were co-workers with Paul. However, they were not one in their thinking. The differences in their thinking were probably not concerning secular matters, but concerning God's move on earth. Concerning this, they had different opinions in the soul. Because they were still one in spirit, these sisters were not divided. But in prac tice there was dissension between them because of their different concepts. This dissension was a shortcoming in that very good church at Philippi. As a result of the dissension among them, the Philippian saints were not one soul in preaching the gospel (1:27).
What does it mean to think the same thing and to think the one thing? Both expressions are found in 2:2. In 4:2 Paul besought Euodias and Syntyche to think the same thing. The same thing