The author thinks that Philippians was written from an Ephesian imprisonment and, therefore, it was one of Paul's first letters. Many think that Philippians is a letter of friendship, but this author thinks that this idea is not very good, although he does not reject it outright. the author combs that Philippians is a single letter and not a mosaic of three letters, as some have claimed. the commentary is very brief. One of its strongest points was the discussion of the rhetoric of Paul's argument.
The book of Philippians was written by the apostle Paul and it was written towards the Philipian Church. The Primary purpose of this book was to thank the Philipian Church for the gift that they had sent him during his imprisonment in Rome. Throughout the letter, he encourages the church telling them to stay strong in the faith and to let them know how he is handling his circumstances. Interestingly enough, We see Paul warn the church that their are religious leaders in the midst of their congregation that seek to divide the church through religious ways. " Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.
Philippians contains no Old Testament quotations. It is a missionary thank-you letter. In includes a
The book of Galatians contains some of Paul's most impetuous theological reasoning. We get a glimpse of Paul in a mode of impulsive reflex assembling theological arguments to influence the corporate and personal life of the Galatians Christians in a situation that deeply disturbed him. The Christians to whom Paul wrote were Gentiles. They had affectionately received Paul and his message at an earlier date and as a consequence of Paul's ministry, the Galatians had a profound experience of the spirit that instilled in them a hardy sense of Christian identity that continued for some time. Paul left the Galatians to preach the gospel elsewhere, and during his time away from the Galatians, he received word that a group of Jewish Christian evangelist
In Paul’s First letter to the Thessalonians, Paul commented “You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers” (1 Thess 2:10). In comparison to this devastating event, many people may
Text: Philippians 2:6-11 Title: Jesus Reigns Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9
In studying Philippians 2:1-11, Paul starts with a repetition of conditional statement “if” challenging the reader to submit to a greater lifestyle of Jesus that leads to genuine joy and unity. Attributes that make unity in Christ attainable require love, sharing, tenderness, compassion. Paul admonishes for unity which would make his joy complete. “Having the same love, being in one spirit and one mind (repetition for emphasis). Contrast the mindset that hinders unity from one that promotes unity.
The book of Philippians was written to be one of Paul’s most happily letter in which his biggest concern in writing this letter is to encourage the reader to rejoice in the Lord in all circumstances of life. Paul was also mentioning that the source of their joy is rooted in what Christ has done, that believers are invited into the practice of joyful self-giving that marked Christ’s own life. As believers face different kinds of adversity, there is a stable source of joy that came from knowing Christ Jesus and be found by putting our faith in Him that caused the righteousness of God is given to us as a gift rather than generated by obeying the law. In other words, Paul encouraged the people that whatever the circumstances, whether rich or poor,
Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians is a rich, upbeat, and positive letter, full of warmth, theological insights, and spiritual depth. “Pound for Pound,” writes Klyne Snodgrass (1996), “Ephesians may well be the most influential document ever written” (p. 17). Its application for believers today is as significant as it was then. The Church in America, Snodgrass (1996) writes, “need[s] nothing less than a new reformation, and Ephesians is the document to bring it about” (p. 18). If Ephesians is such an important epistle, it might be helpful to know a little about who the Ephesian’s were and why Paul wrote to them.
This chapter should be studied so that those who do not have a general understanding about salvation or justification can learn how to gain righteousness in God’s eyes. The main points of Romans 4 are justification by faith and how we are claimed to be “righteous” in God’s eyes. Paul is illustrating
You know most of the time we asked questions and something a we are afraid to ask questions but the questions we asked are very important and sometimes when we asked questions of single women in our season of waiting, we ask the Lord questions like, “What’s wrong with me?” “Why I ain’t got a man?” “How comes nobody is interested in me?” We say those things, “What’s wrong with me?” The answer my sister is nothing!
Introduction Today’s world leaders are facing a myriad of domestic and global crises, i.e., the deadly and tragic terrorist attacks that took place in Paris, France on November 13, 2015; one week later another deadly attack in Bamako, Mali on November 20, 2015, that presumably led to a barrage of imminent threats toward U.S. cities –New York City and Washington, D.C.; the refugee crisis of men, women, and children seeking asylum from war torn Syria, all have placed the current world leaders in a mode for critical decision making and they could learn much from the readings of the Apostle Paul. Today’s world need leaders could learn and understand from Paul how to bring people together, even during crises, from different cultures on how to deal
Paul, in prison, is writing to thank and encourage Christians in Philippi. They face their own trials and have their own problems. They, like many churches today, had some pretty disagreement and selfishness. Paul points them to a better approach to interpersonal relationships and gives them examples they can imitate. He is not just asking them to think like one another.
The Book of Philemon is a part of the Pauline letters. The Apostle Paul wrote many letters to various churches and devoted leaders of the Christian faith. The letter of Philemon is one of a private and personal intent to another Christian leader in Christ. It is from this letter we see the love Paul has for Philemon and Onesimus. Apostle Paul demonstrated a godly and righteousness perspective of how Christians are to work together when there maybe differences between brothers and sisters of the faith.
Paul’s pneumatology found in his writings has been a matter of interest in recent New Testament scholarship. Gordon Fee has been a great contributor in this area and in Paul, the Spirit and the People of God he outlines the various elements found in Pauline pneumatology giving us greater insight into this subject. In this paper I will highlight some of these elements that are unique to Paul and are not found in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. The first distinctive of Pauline pneumatology is the way he sees the Spirit as God’s personal presence. For Paul, the coming of the Spirit meant that God had fulfilled the promises He had made to Jeremiah and Ezekiel when He said, ‘I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel’ (Jer. 31:31), and
