Philippians

Author: Philippians 1:1 identifies the author of the Book of Philippians as the apostle Paul, likely along with the help of Timothy.

Date of Writing: The Book of Philippians was written in approximately A.D. 61. Full Article: When was Philippians written?

Purpose of Writing: The Epistle to the Philippians, one of Paul’s prison epistles, was written in Rome. It was at Philippi, which the apostle visited on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:12), that Lydia and the Philippian jailer and his family were converted to Christ. Now, some few years later, the church was well established, as may be inferred from its address which includes “bishops (elders) and deacons” (Philippians 1:1).

The occasion of the epistle was to acknowledge a gift of money from the church at Philippi, brought to the apostle by Epaphroditus, one of its members (Philippians 4:10-18). This is a tender letter to a group of Christians who were especially close to the heart of Paul (2 Corinthians 8:1-6), and comparatively little is said about doctrinal error.

Reference: https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Philippians.html

Check out some of our sermons:

• G is for Goal-Philippians 3:14
• G is for Gentleness-Philippians 4:5
• What is a Christian?-Phil 3:8-11
• Of Joy and Dogs-Phil 3:1-7
• Practical Gospel Living-Phil 2:19-30
• Sanctification by the Gospel, not Discipleship-Phil 2:5-11
• Complete My Joy-Philippians 2:1-4
• The Primacy of God in Faith and Suffering-Philippians 1:29-30
• Progress, Joy and Confidence-Philippians 1:21-26
• A Life Worthy of the Gospel-Philippians 1:27-28
• The Delightful Dilemma of Death-Philippians 1:21-30
• God Finishes What He Starts-Philippians 1:1-20
• Sanctification Part 3: Joy, Peace and Contentment-Philippians 4:2-23
• Sanctification Part 2: Not There Yet-Philippians 3:12-4:1
• Sanctification Part 1-Philippians 2:12-18