Agreeing Together
Churches, like any other people-packed group or business, are liable to encounter disunity, party spirit, anger, slander and lies. Of course, such behaviour is wrong and damaging to the cause of the gospel, as Paul outlined in Ephesians 4:17-32. But in today's verses his attention is focussed on two women who have created a 'septic wound' in the fellowship. Euodia means 'prosperous journey' and Syntyche means 'pleasant acquaintance': but they were certainly not travelling the same road together and hardly considered each other as friends.