Questions tagged [philippians]
Questions about Paul's letter to the Philippians.
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Should Luke 9:62 and Philipians 3:13 be taken literally like this?
An interpretation/hermeneutic I see, a strangely literal interpretation on a couple verses(which are used in regards to spiritual growth or the Christian walk, and well the context IS about that, but ...
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What does Paul’s mention of 'they that are of Caesar’s household' in Philippians 4:22 reveal about the spread of the gospel within the Roman Empire?
Philippians 4:22 (KJV):
"All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household."
What does Paul’s mention of 'they that are of Caesar’s household' in Philippians 4:22 ...
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In Philippians 2:6, did Jesus not consider seizing equality with God, or did he not consider clutching his being like a god?
Philippians 2:5-7 ESV
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who,
though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied ...
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what is the difference between prayer (προσευχῇ) and prayer also translated as supplication (δέησις) in Philippians 4:6?
As I was reading Philippians 4:6 (ESV), I came across the phrase, “prayer and supplication” being curious I began studying what the word supplication meant and began going down a rabbit hole of the ...
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Philippians 3:5—Paul’s description of his advantages “in the flesh"
I’m seeking an understanding of the list in Philippians 3:3-6 ESV, especially vv 5-6
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in ...
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Why does St Paul attribute humility to incarnation of Son of God in human likeness, given the glorification of human form in Gen 1?
We read in Gen 1:26-28 how man was made in God's likeness and image. We also read in Phil 2:6-7 (NIV):
Who, being in very nature God,
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In Philippians 2:6, is this controversial proposal a viable translation? [closed]
Philippians 2:5-6 as rendered in the ESV translation:
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing ...
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Does everyone born of a woman start with their name in God's Book of Life?
Ex 32:33
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Does everyone born of a woman start with their name in God's Book of Life?
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Confused about “missing” Greek words. Phil 2:7
Are there NT manuscripts “missing” and/or with different Greek words in Philippians 2:7? Specifically, in reference to the word servant? Also note other word variations seen regarding this verse. ...
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Our "tent" - Discarded or resurrected?
In 2 Corinthians 5:1, Paul writes the following (NKJV):
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the ...
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Is Philippians 3:3 evidence for the worship of the Holy Spirit?
In the ESV, Philippians 3:3 reads:
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.
According to this paper by Christiaan ...
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What mind was in Jesus that the Philippians were advised to also have? [closed]
Philippians 2:5 ASV
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Should Philippians 2:6 say "in the form of God" or "in the form of a god"?
I have come across a theological assertion that Philippians 2:6 should be understood thus:
Who, being in the form of a god, thought it not robbery to be
equal with a god ...
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What is the power Jesus has to subject everything to Himself?
Philippians 3:21 NASB
“…who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.”
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Why does Paul have a category of people being “perfect” in Philippians 3:15?
Philippians 3:15 NASB
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you…
What does Paul mean here when ...
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