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As he sits in a Roman prison, the Apostle Paul does not focus on the difficulties of his own situation when he writes to the Philippians. Rather, he is most interested in encouraging the Philippian church that he and his ministry team had founded on his second missionary journey. He overflows with joy as he urges his readers to maintain unity by looking to role models—himself, their brother...

With another note on the joy Paul felt because of these close friends in Philippi (see the commentary on 1:4, 18), he expresses his deep gratitude for the gift they had sent by way of Epaphroditus (2:25–30). Here Paul is describing his past rejoicing when he had first received the gift, but this joy obviously spilled over into the present whenever their gift came to
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