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A comparison of the Epistle to the Philippians with the letters that Paul had written before it might seem to indicate that the church at Philippi had no censurable weaknesses at all. Such a thought, of course, cannot be true because just as "there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins" (Eccl. 7: 20 ESV) so it is with churches, and even though the church at Philippi is not...

in total control. Anxiety over needs and difficulties creates an internal distraction which is the antithesis and opponent of peace. Counsel follows the veto. By itself, ‘Don’t worry,’ is a useless piece of advice, and Paul doesn’t give it. He goes on to direct what is to be done in addition to a refusal to become anxious about those difficulties which are real and unavoidable. The counsel is as precisely framed and as complete as the prohibition. It begins with ‘in everything’ and it consists of
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