Letter To The Philipians
Phil 4:2-3
The purpose of this paper is to carefully study and analyze Phil 4:2-3, a passage from a Pauline letter in its historical and literary context using two standard tools in biblical studies, The Anchor Bible Dictionary and Commentaries.
Geographical Context In the letter to the Philippians, Paul is in prison (Phil 1:12-13). The geographical location of this prison is up for debate, some scholars believe that he could have been in Rome, while others believe that Paul is in Caesarea . These scholars that believe Paul is in prison in Caesarea, because the travel time is much shorter than Rome and Paul was able to write at least three letters to the Philippians. The city of Philippi was built in 358-357 B.C.E. by King Philip II of Macedon …show more content…
The sender of this letter is Paul and Timothy servants of Christ Jesus Phil 1:1a. The recipient’s in the letter are “all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with bishops and deacons” Phil 1:1b. The grace wish is “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” Phil 1:2. Paul does include in this letter a thanks giving summary which is found in Phil 1:3-11.
The rest of the letter seems to go back and forth from body to exhortation, back to body . I believe the reason for this back and forth between body and exhortation is because this letter is a collection of at least three letters . The body of first letter (letter A) in Philippians is from Phil 1:12-:1-26. In letter A, Paul is writing to the Philippians to let them know that he is in prison Phil 1:13, and that it has actually helped him spread the gospel Phil 1:12. The exhortation or paraenesis of letter A is in Phil 1:27-2:1-4 . Paul is telling the Philippians to live their life in a manner that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, and that they are suffering like he is, which is evident to their salvation. Letter A seems to stop for a while or merely gets cut off and picked back up in Phil 4:10-20, because the tone of that verse seems to match the same tone in the beginning of the
The purpose of this paper is to carefully study and analyze Phil 4:2-3, a passage from a Pauline letter in its historical and literary context using two standard tools in biblical studies, The Anchor Bible Dictionary and Commentaries.
Geographical Context In the letter to the Philippians, Paul is in prison (Phil 1:12-13). The geographical location of this prison is up for debate, some scholars believe that he could have been in Rome, while others believe that Paul is in Caesarea . These scholars that believe Paul is in prison in Caesarea, because the travel time is much shorter than Rome and Paul was able to write at least three letters to the Philippians. The city of Philippi was built in 358-357 B.C.E. by King Philip II of Macedon …show more content…
The sender of this letter is Paul and Timothy servants of Christ Jesus Phil 1:1a. The recipient’s in the letter are “all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with bishops and deacons” Phil 1:1b. The grace wish is “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” Phil 1:2. Paul does include in this letter a thanks giving summary which is found in Phil 1:3-11.
The rest of the letter seems to go back and forth from body to exhortation, back to body . I believe the reason for this back and forth between body and exhortation is because this letter is a collection of at least three letters . The body of first letter (letter A) in Philippians is from Phil 1:12-:1-26. In letter A, Paul is writing to the Philippians to let them know that he is in prison Phil 1:13, and that it has actually helped him spread the gospel Phil 1:12. The exhortation or paraenesis of letter A is in Phil 1:27-2:1-4 . Paul is telling the Philippians to live their life in a manner that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, and that they are suffering like he is, which is evident to their salvation. Letter A seems to stop for a while or merely gets cut off and picked back up in Phil 4:10-20, because the tone of that verse seems to match the same tone in the beginning of the