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Do Not Be Like These People 9

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"I urge Euodia and Syntyche to iron out their differences and make up. God doesn’t want his children holding grudges. And, oh, yes, Syzygus, since you’re right there to help them work things out, do your best with them. These women worked for the Message hand in hand with Clement and me, and with the other veterans—worked as hard as any of us. Remember, their names are also in the Book of Life." -the Apostle Paul writing to the first church in Philippi, 1st century Philippians 4:2-3 [This is the 9th message of this series ] Differences Continuing with this series , today we will be spotlighting two women who Paul mentioned by name to be having some sort of disagreement. Euodia and Syntyche Reading between the lines, I feel the disagreement between these two ladies were affecting the Philippian church to such a degree that Paul found it important that he had to step in to mend the rift or even to stop the bleeding. On another version of this verse, Paul put it more blu