Philippians has been called the "laughing letter", because, perhaps more than any of his other writings, this one is redolent with joy. Given what Paul had suffered in Philippi (a flogging, torture in the stocks, and imprisonment), and that when he wrote the letter he was in prison again (probably in Rome), awaiting a death sentence, its joyful tone is astonishing. But Paul had been released from his Philippian incarceration by a mighty earthquake, and across several decades of apostolic ministry he had seen the power of the living Christ. This book tries to capture that joy, and to reflect it in many different ways. However, you will not find here a line-by-line commentary on the letter, but rather, an expansion of several of the key ideas that Paul introduces here and there in the letter. A couple of those ideas occur for the first time in this letter. Familiarity has eroded the startling impact those ideas made upon their first readers, but these pages strive to re-capture that freshness and to make Paul's marvelous revelations once again new and powerful, even to people who have heard them many times.
Philippians has been called the "laughing letter", because, perhaps more than any of his other writings, this one is redolent with joy. Given what Paul had suffered in Philippi (a flogging, torture in the stocks, and imprisonment), and that when he wrote the letter he was in prison again (probably in Rome), awaiting a death sentence, its joyful tone is astonishing. But Paul had been released from his Philippian incarceration by a mighty earthquake, and across several decades of apostolic ministry he had seen the power of the living Christ. This book tries to capture that joy, and to reflect it in many different ways. However, you will not find here a line-by-line commentary on the letter, but rather, an expansion of several of the key ideas that Paul introduces here and there in the letter. A couple of those ideas occur for the first time in this letter. Familiarity has eroded the startling impact those ideas made upon their first readers, but these pages strive to re-capture that freshness and to make Paul's marvelous revelations once again new and powerful, even to people who have heard them many times.
Interprets Paul's letter in light of its rhetorical content and cultural contextSkeptical of the trend among many biblical scholars to analyze Paul's short, affectionate letter to the Philippians in...
The church in Philippi was in many ways like many churches today. We have those moments in our church life when we are doing well and the church is active, growing, and enjoying a measure of peace...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work...
This is a revised version of St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, with additional notes, introductory material and dissertations by Joseph Barber Lightfoot. This revised version is intended for...
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