Philippians
Author: Paul
Paul always started off his epistles with his name.
Confirmed by Eusebius in Book 3, Chapter 25, Verse 2, of Ecclesiastical History.
Date: About 62 A.D. (1)
Language: Greek
Place: While imprisoned in Rome (J.B. Phillips)
Purpose: To acknowledge a gift, and to encourage the believers in Christ.
What kind of book?: Epistle, (a letter to a group), regarding a particular occasion.
Reflection: We can have joy for the reason that God is faithful!
Hunter Irvine
(1) J.B. Phillips, Letters to Young Churches (New York: The Macmillian Company, 1947), 100.
