Phili 4:18 | TNotes | STEP | 4:18 Epaphroditus (see also 2:25-30 ) had carried the gifts from Philippi. • Their gifts were a sweet-smelling sacrifice: In the Old Testament, acceptable offerings were a pleasant fragrance to God (see Lev 1:9 , 13 , 17 ; 2:2 , 9 ; 3:5 , 16 ; cp. Rom 12:1 ; Eph 5:2 ).

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‏ Philippians 4:18

4:18 ^a Epaphroditus (see also 2:25-30 ^b) had carried the gifts from Philippi.

• Their gifts were a sweet-smelling sacrifice: In the Old Testament, acceptable offerings were a pleasant fragrance to God (see Lev 1:9 ^c, 13 ^d, 17 ^e; 2:2 ^f, 9 ^g; 3:5 ^h, 16 ⁱ; cp. Rom 12:1 ^j; Eph 5:2 ^k).