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J.B. Lightfoot’s classic commentary on the Greek version of Philippians. Contains extensive verse-by-verse exegetical commentary, as well as dissertations on the history and setting of the epistle, the nature of Christian ministry (including the offices of bishop/presbyter and deacon), and speculations concerning St. Paul and the Roman philosopher Seneca.

To all ages of the Church—to our own especially—this epistle reads a great lesson. While we are expending our strength on theological definitions or ecclesiastical rules, it recalls us from these distractions to the very heart and centre of the Gospel—the life of Christ and the life in Christ. Here is the meeting-point of all our differences, the healing of all our feuds, the true life alike of individuals and sects and churches: here doctrine and practice are wedded together; for here is the ‘Creed
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