The Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians is one of his 4 Captivity Letters, alongside Ephesians (which goes before it), Colossians (which tails 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 movement to Bithynia, however the Spirit of Jesus - πνεῦμα Ἰησοῦ - diverted Paul to Macedonia (Acts 16:7), 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 - 16:12).
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 (96 AD) 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); 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), 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 from the verb κενόω, 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 is particularly essential, as Paul is imagining himself in a race, going ahead towards the objective, which is Christ Jesus himself.
The Greek word ἀρετή in Philippians 4:8 is deciphered as ideals or good brilliance and alludes to having an idealistic existence. Furthermore, 4:13 is a most loved statement: "I can do everything through Him who reinforces 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.
