What Does Philippians 2:2 Mean in the King James?
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Unity here is one shared soul: common direction and love become a life held in common.
THE MEANING
The joy named here becomes full as people share a direction, hold the same love, and live from one inner life. Their common orientation takes shape in love and shared purpose.
THE ROOT
σύμψυχοι
sympsychoi
GROWS FROM
ψυχ- (psych-), in σύμψυχοι (syn + psychē)
ψυχή (psychē) means living soul or life; σύν (syn) means with or together. The compound describes being together in soul.
“One accord” carries the sense of a shared inner life, deeper than matching words. The verse places this shared soul alongside the same love and a common direction.
ALSO GROWS
psychē: living soul; life
ψυχή
This is the noun within σύμψυχοι, making the verse’s unity a shared life held in common.
psychikos: natural; soulish
ψυχικός
This related word shows the same psyche family describing the inner life that σύμψυχοι pictures as shared.
φρονῆτε
phronēte
GROWS FROM
φρον-
phron-
To think, hold an inward disposition, or set one’s mind.
“likeminded / of one mind” in this verse is phronēte. The first and last clauses use the same verb family, enclosing the same love and one soul within a shared orientation. The verse’s common stance is expressed through affection and a shared inner life.
ALSO GROWS
phroneō: think; set one’s mind
φρονέω
This is the verb family behind both the opening call to be likeminded and the closing phrase about thinking one thing.
phronēma: mindset; disposition
φρόνημα
This related word makes clear that phroneō concerns an inward orientation, illuminating the shared direction in the verse.
THE PATTERN
Unity is shared inward life expressed through common love, purpose, and care.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.THE THREAD
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;“With one mind” translates μία ψυχή (mia psychē), “one living soul,” from the same ψυχή root carried in σύμψυχοι, “one accord,” here. The shared inner life in Philippians 2:2 becomes a shared stance as they stand together.
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