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Designed to make the latest scholarship on Philippians accessible to a broader readership, this commentary brings to life both the letter’s historical setting and its vigorously theological purpose. A number of important recent studies of the social and religious context of first-century Philippi are considered here for the first time in a commentary, and the author offers a critical engagement...

3:1; 4:1, 4, 10). The importance of this theme in Philippians is not accidental: 2 Cor. 8:2 shows joy in the midst of affliction to be a hallmark of Paul’s churches in Macedonia, as indeed 1 Thess. 1:6–7 recalls how the gospel was received there with great ‘joy in the Holy Spirit’ (cf. 1 Thess. 5:16–18; Acts 16:34). Its significance in Philippi apparently continued for some time (cf. Pol. Phil. 1.3). Joy for the biblical writers is not primarily a mood or an emotion; it is not dependent on success
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