Philippians
Subtitle: a handbook for Greek students
By: Jerry L. Sumney.
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Peabody, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781565639911
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Philippians -- Translating; Bible. -- N.T. -- Philippians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The letter to the Philippians; title: Philippians 1:1-2 epistolary greeting; title: Philippians 1:3-11 thanksgiving and prayer; title: 1:3-8 Paul's thankfulness for the Philippians; title: 1:9-11 Paul's prayer for love and discernment; title: Philippians 1:12-26 report of Paul's circumstances with related examples to imitate and to avoid; title: 1:12-14 Paul imprisonment and its effects; title: 1:15-20 responses to Paul's imprisonment; title: 1:15-17 antagonists and colleagues; title: 1:18-20 Paul's response to both; title: 1:21-26 Paul's care for the Philippians seen in his choice to continue; title: His life and mission; title: Philippians 1:27-2:18 exhortations to conform community life to the example of Christ; title: 1:27-30 exhortation to live in harmony as the Gospel demands; title: 2:1-4 exhortation to unity and humility; title: 2:5-11 a hymnic account of the Gospel; title: 2:12-18 application of the hymn; title: Philippians 2:19-3:16 contrasting examples of responses to the Gospel; title: 2:19-30 reports about Timothy and Epaphroditus, who serve as good examples of living the Gospel; title: 2:19-24 Paul's sending of Timothy, who cares more for others than for himself; title: 2:25-30 the coming of Epaphroditus, who cares deeply for the Philippians and risks his life for the Gospel and to serve others; title: 3:1-16 exhortation to consider those who require gentile Christians to be circumcised to be Christian as bad examples of responding to the Gospel; title: 3:2-11 contrast between those teachers and Paul; title: 3:2-4a true circumcision; title: 3:4b-6 Paul's earthly credentials; title: 3:7-11 the surpassing value of Christ; title: 3:12-16 Paul's striving as he lives in accord with the Gospel; title: Philippians 3:17-4:9 application of examples of living in accord with the Gospel with explicit exhortations; title: 3:17-4:1 exhortation to imitate the faithful and avoid the conduct of the "enemies of the cross"; title: 4:2-3 exhortation to Euodia and syntyche for unity; title: 4:4-7 exhortation to eschatological preparedness; title: 4:8-9 exhortation to virtue; title: Philippians 4:10-20 Paul's thanksgiving to the Philippians for their gift to him; title: 4:10-14 Paul's gratitude and contentment; title: 4:15-20 the Philippians' sweet-smelling offering; title: Philippians 4:21-23 epistolary closing; title: Conclusion: Philippians and beyond; title: Overview of the syntactical structure of New Testament Greek.