The Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians is one of his 4 Captivity Letters, alongside Ephesians (which goes before it), Colossians (which follows it), and Philemon in the New Testament of the Bible.
St. Paul set up the principal Christian people group at Philippi in Europe on his Second Missionary Journey. While he was in Asia Minor, he had intended to move to Bithynia, however the Spirit of Jesus diverted Paul to Macedonia > > Acts 16:7
“When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.”
a voyage which was the principal recorded presentation of Christianity into Europe! Philippi was an essential city in Macedonia, named after Philip of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great.
Paul left Antioch with Silas on his Second Missionary Journey and proselytized Syria and Cilicia. In the wake of going through Derbe, Paul met Timothy and absolved him in Lystra, and from that point he went with Paul and Silas. Luke joined Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Troas for the voyage to Philippi
Acts 15:40
“but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord”
Acts 16:12
“From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days”
His Letter to the Christians at Philippi was composed while he was in jail, alluding to his detainment in Chapter One, verses 7, 13, 14, and 17. While Clement (Philippians 4:3), later Bishop of Rome, says in Chapter 5 of his Letter to the Corinthians that Paul was in prison seven times, there is unequivocal scriptural proof that Paul was detained three times: quickly overnight in Philippi with Silas before they were liberated by a quake
Acts 16:23
“After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.”
in Caesarea (Acts 23:35) anticipating trial, and afterward at long last in Rome (Acts 28:16), where he was allowed to live without anyone else's input, with the fighter who was guarding him.
Paul's Letter to the Philippians is emotional and moving, calls for Christian solidarity
Philippians 1:27
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
and, in the lovely psalm of 2:5-11, presents a standout amongst the most unequivocal and significant declarations in the New Testament of the Divinity and humankind of Jesus Christ. Paul utilizes the word kenosis that Christ "exhausted himself," that he stripped himself of his Divine benefits, appearing as a slave, lowering himself, even to death on a cross to spare humankind.
Section 3 has a self-portraying note.
Philippians 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
is particularly essential, as Paul is imagining himself in a race, going ahead towards the objective, which is Christ Jesus himself.
in Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Furthermore, 4:13 is a most loved statement: "I can do everything through Him who strengthens me."
The accompanying Scripture is from the World English Bible, now in the general population space. The World English Bible is a cutting edge English interpretation in light of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible initially distributed in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament.