{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_ger_phi_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_ger_phi_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_ger_phi_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/wb/ger/phi.htm","summary":"This is Paul's letter to the Philippians (German text, Luther Bible translation), a first-century New Testament epistle written from prison. Paul expresses warm gratitude and affection for the Philippian congregation, his earliest and most financially supportive community, reassuring them that his imprisonment has paradoxically advanced the gospel's spread. The letter's theological centerpiece is the famous \"Christ hymn\" (2:6\u201311), presenting Jesus as one who voluntarily abandoned divine status to become human and die on a cross, then was exalted above all creation \u2014 offered as a model of self-emptying humility for believers to imitate. Paul also famously rejects his impressive Jewish credentials (circumcision, Pharisaic zeal, blameless law-keeping) as worthless compared to knowing Christ, urging readers to pursue righteousness through faith rather than law-observance. The letter's distinctive tone is unusually personal and joyful for a prison letter, with repeated commands to rejoice, and closes with practical exhortations including the well-known counsel to dwell on whatever is true, honorable, and good.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"German Bible: Philippians","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2164}