Book of Philippians

Pauline Epistles

Paul

c. 60–62 AD

Joy and humility in Christian fellowship.

Philippians, written from prison, is a warm letter of joy and thanksgiving, calling the church to imitate the humility of Christ and rejoice always.

“Do everything without complaining or arguing,”

“But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,”

“Brothers, 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,”

“Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,”

“I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.”