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Book | Epistle to the Philippians |
Category | Pauline epistles |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 11 |
Philippians 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Philippians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, probably in the mid-50s or early 60s CE and addressed to the Christians in Philippi. [1] This chapter contains Paul's comments and exhortations centering on a narrative about his life. [2]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses. The Philippians Fragments Hypothesis suggests that Philippians 3:2 to 4:1 constitutes a separate letter from the rest of the text, known as the Kampfbrief or Letter C. [3]
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
Paul tells his own story to draw the people's minds back to Christ, how he 'emptied himself' for Christ's sake and how his ultimate goal was now to follow the "upward call of God" (verse 14) to the end. Paul describes how his values had changed since becoming a follower of Christ. Jesuit theologian Robert Murray describes this process as a "transvaluation of values", using a phrase adopted from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. [5]
Paul emphasizes that while he has not 'obtained' (elabori) the resurrection or 'been made perfect' (NRSV, cf. Philippians 3:15), but he said 'I press on' (dioko, lit. pursue; cf. Philippians 3:6), 'to grasp it (katalabo), as I have been grasped by Christ Jesus'. [12]
Paul states that it is right to be good citizens, but 'our citizenship (politeuma) is in heaven'. [13] Murray joins verse 4:1 with this section as the conclusion of Paul's main exhortations in chapters 2–3. [14] The section calls on the Philippians to be Greek: συμμιμηταί (summimetai, co-imitators) of himself, a word which is "not elsewhere preserved". [15]
"Philippians 3:20-21" is a song title in the album " The Life of the World to Come" inspired by these verses that was released by the American band The Mountain Goats in 2009. [16]
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Book | Epistle to the Philippians |
Category | Pauline epistles |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 11 |
Philippians 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Philippians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, probably in the mid-50s or early 60s CE and addressed to the Christians in Philippi. [1] This chapter contains Paul's comments and exhortations centering on a narrative about his life. [2]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses. The Philippians Fragments Hypothesis suggests that Philippians 3:2 to 4:1 constitutes a separate letter from the rest of the text, known as the Kampfbrief or Letter C. [3]
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
Paul tells his own story to draw the people's minds back to Christ, how he 'emptied himself' for Christ's sake and how his ultimate goal was now to follow the "upward call of God" (verse 14) to the end. Paul describes how his values had changed since becoming a follower of Christ. Jesuit theologian Robert Murray describes this process as a "transvaluation of values", using a phrase adopted from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. [5]
Paul emphasizes that while he has not 'obtained' (elabori) the resurrection or 'been made perfect' (NRSV, cf. Philippians 3:15), but he said 'I press on' (dioko, lit. pursue; cf. Philippians 3:6), 'to grasp it (katalabo), as I have been grasped by Christ Jesus'. [12]
Paul states that it is right to be good citizens, but 'our citizenship (politeuma) is in heaven'. [13] Murray joins verse 4:1 with this section as the conclusion of Paul's main exhortations in chapters 2–3. [14] The section calls on the Philippians to be Greek: συμμιμηταί (summimetai, co-imitators) of himself, a word which is "not elsewhere preserved". [15]
"Philippians 3:20-21" is a song title in the album " The Life of the World to Come" inspired by these verses that was released by the American band The Mountain Goats in 2009. [16]
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