Philippians Intro
Intro
About Paul's letter to the Philippians
Paul wrote this letter while he was in a prison in Rome. #1:0 Rome was an important city in the world at the time of Jesus. It was a powerful city and it had a strong army. The Romans ruled many other countries and they made the people obey the laws of Rome. They made them pay taxes to Rome. At that time, Rome's ruler (Caesar) was very powerful and he ruled over many countries. Paul wrote this letter in about the year AD 62. At that time, Philippi was an important city in Macedonia (the north part of Greece).
Paul first visited Philippi about 12 years before he wrote this letter. He went there to teach the people about Jesus. Some people there became angry about the things that Paul was doing. So they put Paul in prison. See Acts 16:11-40. We think that Paul visited Philippi again after that. He may have gone there several times.
In his letter, Paul tells the Christians that Jesus Christ is much more important to him than anything else. #1:0 Christ is a name for Jesus in the Greek language that means the same as Messiah in the Hebrew language. It means someone that God chose as a special king for his people. The purpose of Paul's life is to tell people about Christ.
Paul wants the Christians at Philippi to obey God completely as Christ did. Paul is afraid that they might listen to false teachers who were teaching wrong ideas. Paul wants the Christians to do things that make God happy. They must continue to trust God. They must continue to obey God, even when other people cause them to suffer.
Paul thanks the Christians at Philippi for the gifts that they had sent to him. He tells them that he will send Timothy and Epaphroditus to Philippi. These men will tell the Christians there the news about Paul.
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