Who Is The Book Of Philippians Written To. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.”. Pauline epistles, also one of four prison epistles, 11th book of the new testament.
The book of philippians is known as the ‘prison letter’ and was written around 62 ad whilst paul was imprisoned in rome. Philippians was written from rome during paul's first imprisonment, about 62 ad. He deals with persecution and how not to be discouraged when persecution comes.
This session looks at the beginning of chapter 1, where paul starts off his letter greeting and praying for the beloved church.
Paul writes the letter to confirm that what the philippians heard was true—epaphroditus was sick—but also to assure them that their friend had recovered and would return to them soon. The most natural understanding of the references to the “praetorian guard” (1:13), and the “saints. Paul met the philippians on his second missionary journey, which we read about in acts 16. The early church unanimously agreed that the apostle paul wrote the letter to the philippians.