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Philippians: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paul’s letter to the Philippians offers treasures to the reader—and historical and theological puzzles as well. Paul A. Holloway treats the letter as a literary unity and a letter of consolation, according to Greek and Roman understandings of that genre, written probably in Rome and thus the latest of Paul’s letters to come down to us. Adapting the methodology of what he calls a new history of...

hope” (Rom 15:13), “to increase in the work of the Lord” (1 Cor 15:58), “to increase in this grace [of benefaction]” (2 Cor 8:7). If Paul had considered the Philippians to be lacking in love, he would have written: “that your knowledge might abound in love.” As it stands, however, his prayer commends their love and calls for an increase “in knowledge and all discernment.”65 This idea is not as foreign to Paul as the Christian theological tradition has imagined. For example, Paul offers a similar analysis
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