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Although relatively brief, Philippians is one of the most interesting and beloved of Paul’s undisputed epistles. In Philippians and Philemon, Bonnie Thurston makes a convincing case that canonical Philippians is as Paul wrote it, one letter. Although there is not enough specific evidence to “name names,” she suggests a number of possible audiences. A translation conforming as closely as possible...

with the finite verb “fulfill” or “perfect” governing Paul’s appeal. Paul’s joy in them will be perfect when they exhibit “one-mindedness.” The hindrances to it, and their correctives, are spelled out in vv. 3–4. Karl Barth’s commentary on these four verses is particularly helpful. He finds 2:1–11 “a little compendium of Pauline testimony” (p. 49). Here, for Barth, is the heart of the Pauline ethic: “… each is to climb down from the throne on which he sits, and to mind and seek after the one end,
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