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Paul’s letter to the Philippians may aptly be seen as a meditation on joy. But Paul’s joy, rather than the result of ease and comfort, is a contentedness made pure through suffering. He has “learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” Ralph Martin shows how these themes flow from and emulate Christ’s humility,...

apostle confronts the whole church with a stirring call to rejoice in the Lord (see note on 3:1), followed by instruction in the practice of Christian virtues (vv. 5–9). The appeal to constant rejoicing (cf. 1 Thess. 5:16) is no empty phrase. To a company of Christ’s people, who were in doubt and fear (1:28) and set in the midst of a hostile world (2:15), this assurance rings out like a clarion call, and is repeated so that its message may not be misunderstood. Paul has the supreme qualification
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