Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Philippians 4:13
How could Paul be content? His contentment did not come through will power or the power of positive thinking. Paul was not a member of the Stoic philosophic school. It was Jesus Christ who enabled him to be content."The secret of Paul’s independence was his dependence upon Another. His self-sufficiency in reality came from being in vital union with One who is all-sufficient." [Note: Hawthorne, p. 201.] Earlier in this letter Paul explained that the most important thing in life was to center on... read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Philippians 4:10-20
IV. EPILOGUE 4:10-20The apostle began this epistle by sharing some personal information about his situation in Rome (Philippians 1:12-26). He now returned from his concerns for the Philippians (Philippians 1:27 to Philippians 4:9) to his own circumstances (Philippians 4:10-20). Notice the somewhat chiastic structure of the epistle. This epilogue balances the prologue (Philippians 1:3-26)."Nowhere else in all of Paul’s letters nor in all of the letters of antiquity that have survived until the... read more