handling their own adversity. The passage has two closely related parts (vv. 12–14, 15–18a). Paul begins by turning the Philippians’ attention immediately to the progress of the gospel, which his confinement has helped along in two ways: his captors and guards have been made aware of Christ (v. 13), and believers in Rome are more actively proclaiming Christ (v. 14). Although this second matter is a cause for joy, it has not been without some personal wounds, which leads to the second part: a subparagraph