<p>2:29 <i>Therefore receive him in the Lord with all joy and hold such in honour</i>- That Paul had to ask them to &quot;receive him in the Lord&quot; could be another hint that the spirituality of the Philippians was not as great as he had praised them for in chapter 1. We receive each other on the basis that we are &quot;in the Lord&quot;; to refuse to accept those who are &quot;in the Lord&quot; but who fail to meet some document based fellowship requirement is wrong indeed. Epaphroditus was to be honoured by them because of his labour in the Lord (:30). This respect of others for their labours is all part of the general picture the New Testament gives, of the true church being a place of respect and praise of its members.</p>