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3 aLet nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but bin lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.  
4 aLet each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of bothers.  

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

5 aLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,  
6 who, abeing in the form of God, did not consider it1 robbery to be equal with God,  
7 abut1 made Himself of no reputation, taking the form bof a bondservant, and ccoming in the likeness of men.  
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and abecame bobedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.  
9 aTherefore God also bhas highly exalted Him and cgiven Him the name which is above every name,  
10 athat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  
11 and athat every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  

Light Bearers

12 Therefore, my beloved, aas you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, bwork out your own salvation with cfear and trembling;  
13 for ait is God who works in you both to will and to do bfor His good pleasure.  
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)

Philippians

There is something to be said for the idea that Paul wrote the Epistle to the Philippians while a prisoner in Ephesus if he ever was a prisoner there. All that can be said for that view has been presented by Professor George S. Duncan in St. Paul's Ephesian Ministry (1930). But, when all is considered carefully in the light of the facts in the Acts and the Epistles, the best that one can say is that a possible case is made out with many difficulties remaining unexplained. The argument is more ingenious than convincing. It is not possible here to review the arguments pro and con that convince me that Paul was in Rome when he wrote this letter to Philippi. It is not clear whether it was written before the three that went together (Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians) or afterwards. Probably there was no great difference in time, but there was time for Epaphroditus to come to Rome, to fall sick, for the news to reach Philippi and for Epaphroditus to hear of their concern about him. The church in Philippi was Paul's joy and pride and they had helped him before as they did this time.

The Epistle is a beautiful expression of gratitude for the love and gifts of the Philippian saints. He is a prisoner of hope in Rome with possible death before him, but with the note of joy running through all that Paul says. He hopes to be set free and to see them again.

Meanwhile he tells the Philippians about the difficulties and triumphs in Rome. The Judaizers have followed Paul here and there is an echo in chapters 1; 3 of their opposition. But Paul rises to full stature in the great Christological passages in chapters 2; 3 which prepare the way for the controversy with the Gnostics over the Person of Christ in Colossians and Ephesians.

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