Paul's letters
The book of Philippians
A letter of joy from prison to a church Paul loved, with the great hymn of Christ’s humility (2:5–11).
Paul thanks the church at Philippi for their gift brought by Epaphroditus (Philippians 4:18). He writes from custody, probably in Rome, with a trial still ahead.
Written at: Rome, by tradition (Acts 28:30; Philippians 1:13)
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
Rejoice in the Lord always. Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
Philippians 4:4 (World English Bible)
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On the timeline
Lydia, a slave girl, and a jailer: the church at PhilippiPaul under house arrest in RomePaul writes Philippians
Dating notes
Some place it in Caesarea or Ephesus. Conventional chronology. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.