will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus (
Philippians 4:19).
Lamoureaux suggests that
Philippian wanien heard the Christian message differently than men because Paul paints death as a positive and not as a punishment: "It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.
Paul's letter to the
Philippians expands and illustrates this model.
It's this type of suffering and death that Paul asks us to focus on in today's
Philippians pericope.
Like O'Brien, Fee is unimpressed by the more imaginative approaches to
Philippians which have characterized a great deal of modern discussion of this Epistle.
Paul calls Epaphroditos the [lamda][member of][i.[tau][omicron][upsilon][rho][gamma][omicro][zeta] [tau][eta][zeta] [chi][rho][member of]i[alhpa][section] [mu][omicron][upsilon] (Phil 2:25), who filled up what was lacking in the
Philippian church's service to Paul ([tau][omicron] [upilon][mu][omega]v [upsilon][omicron]i[member of][rho] [eta][mu][alpha] [tau][eta] [zeta] [pi][rho][omicron][zeta] [mu][member of] [lambda][member of]i[tau][omicron][upsilon][rho][gamma]i[alpha][zeta], 2:30).
He is perhaps on more speculative ground in concluding from just five known Christian names in the Pauline congregation that Latin speakers were also under-represented in the early
Philippian church--especially if, as he admits (p.
In first-century
Philippian, as well as generally Graeco-Roman, consciousness, Philippi marked the violent transition from the old republic to the first imperial dynasty, and remained symbolically important for its legitimation.
In his letter to the
Philippian church, the apostle Paul pleaded with Euodia and Syntyche to settle their conflict (
Philippians 4:2).
He is an Israelite who can't imagine going home and a
Philippian who clings to his titles.
Philippians 2:3-4 My friend Jaime works for a huge international corporation.
Always in every prayer of mine making my prayer with joy"(
Philippians 1.3-4).
In the foyer of Broadcasting House is a quotation from St Paul's letter to the
Philippians: "Whatsoever is pure, whatsoever is lovely, think on these things".
I believe it's one of the reasons he instructed us in
Philippians 4:8 to think about the good things.
