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In this commentary, Fred Craddock focuses on the text of Philippians rather than on conversations among scholars about the text. He begins by exploring the importance of Philippians as a letter of Paul to a particular church. His commentary on the text differs from many other commentaries in that issue of authorship, date, place of writing, integrity, or purpose are dealt with at points where the...

Christ’s. The present point is that although he spoke often of participating in Christ’s suffering and death (Gal. 2:20; 6:17), the passage before us is striking in that he places suffering and death after resurrection. In terms of the Christian calendar, Paul put Easter before Good Friday, or to be more precise, in verses 10–11 he speaks of Easter, Good Friday, and Easter. For Paul, the resurrection interpreted the cross, planting it centrally not only in his faith but also in the style of his life
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