Chapter three was apparently meant to be the end of the letter, as Paul seemed to begin concluding it in Philippians 3:1. The command to rejoice occurs again. Paul knew he was repeating himself, but he thought it was worth it. He warned them about those who had continually dogged him throughout his ministry (dating […]
Chapter two contains the clearest teaching on what happened to Jesus in the incarnation than anywhere else in Scripture. Paul opened the chapter by insisting that the believers work to foster unity amongst themselves (Philippians 2:1-4). This unity is to be based on the truth of what occurs in us at salvation and what the
Philippians is one of the four “prison epistles,” written when Paul was under house arrest in Rome (Acts 28:30-31). Unlike Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon, which do not indicate how long he had been there, Philippians seems to show that Paul thought he would be released soon (Philippians 1:19-26). Though it contains Paul’s typical mix of
