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Philippians has to do with our state rather than our standing, with responsibility rather than privilege, with communion rather than union. In other words, this epistle is suited to our wilderness journey, written to guide our feet while going through the world. Paul’s letter to the Philippians is rooted in his pastoral concern and his desire to orient this concern around the person of Jesus....

and, probably, no one ever entered into it so fully as the apostle Paul. We may, perhaps, better understand the experience, “For me to live is Christ,” if we consider for a moment what life means to many an other. The Christless business man, whose one aim and object is to obtain wealth, might well say, “For me to live is money.” The careless seeker after the world’s pleasures, if he told the truth, would say, “For me to live is worldly pleasure.” The carnal voluptuary given up to self-gratification,
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