Phillipians background

Philippians

Author: Paul
See Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius; Book 3, Chapter 25, Verse 2.

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?: Letter re: a specific 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.