65]; Fee 106). According to the pattern (see above example), we would expect Paul to inform the Philippians about his suffering. Instead, we learn about Paul’s circumstances only in passing, as he focuses, instead, on the progress of the gospel. Γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι functions as a “metacomment,” a discourse strategy whereby a writer stops saying what he is saying in order to comment on what is going to be said (Runge 101). Γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι could be removed “without substantially altering