Philippians 1:2-5
I thank <2168> [I thank.]
<1909> [upon.]
remember <3417> [remembrance. or, mention.]
in <1722> [in.]
with <3326> [with.]
Philippians 1:8
God <2316> [God.]
<5613> [how.]
with <1722> [in.]
Philippians 1:21
living <2198> [to live.]
dying <599> [to die.]
Philippians 2:8
<4976> [in.]
He humbled <5013> [he.]
by becoming <1096> [and became.]
of death ... death <2288> [the death.]
Philippians 2:20
<2192> [I have.]
like <2473> [like-minded. or, so dear unto me.]
Philippians 2:23-24
<5613> [so.]
Philippians 3:6
zeal for God <2205> [zeal.]
persecuted <1377> [persecuting.]
In .......... According to <2596> [touching.]
Philippians 4:5
your <5216> [your.]
Lord <2962> [The.]
Philippians 4:16
in <1722> [in.]
even ..... more than one <2532> [once.]
Philippians 4:22-23
saints <40> [the.]
belong <1537> [they.]
Caesar's <2541> [Caesar's.]
The cruel, worthless, and diabolical Nero was at this time emperor of Rome; but it is not improbable that the empress Poppaea was favourably inclined to Christianity, as Josephus relates that ([theosebes <\\See definition 2318\\> gar <\\See definition 1063\\> en <\\See definition 2258\\>]) "she was a worshipper of the true God." Jerome states, (in Phm) that St. Paul had converted many in Caesar's family; for "being by the emperor cast into prison, he became more known to his family, and turned the house of Christ's persecutor into a church."
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS. The Church at Philippi in Macedonia was planted by the Apostle Paul about A.D. 53, (Ac 16:9-40;) and it appears he visited them again, A.D. 60, though no particulars are recorded concerning that visit, (Ac 20:6.) The Philippians were greatly attached to St. Paul, and testified their affection by sending him supplies, even when labouring for other churches, (ch. 4:15, 16; 2 Co 11:9;) and when they heard that he was under confinement at Rome, they sent Epaphroditus, one of their pastors, to him with a present, lest he should want necessaries during his imprisonment, (ch. 2:25; 4:10, 14-18.) The more immediate occasion of the Epistle was the return of Epaphroditus, by whom the apostle sent it as a grateful acknowledgment of their kindness; which occurred towards the close of his first imprisonment, about the end of A.D. 62, or the commencement of 63.
