{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_swe_phi_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_swe_phi_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_swe_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/swe/phi.htm","summary":"This is the Epistle to the Philippians, a first-century pastoral letter from the New Testament attributed to the Apostle Paul, written from prison to a Christian congregation in Philippi. The letter's central concern is encouraging unity, joy, and steadfastness among believers despite external opposition and internal division \u2014 Paul repeatedly exhorts the community to be \"of one mind\" and to rejoice in the Lord even amid suffering. A theologically pivotal passage (2:6\u201311) presents Christ as one who, though equal with God, emptied himself by taking human form and dying on the cross, for which God exalted him above all \u2014 a high Christology that became foundational to Christian doctrine. Distinctively, Paul reframes his own imprisonment not as a setback but as an advance for the gospel, and in chapter 3 he dramatically renounces his impeccable Jewish credentials (Pharisee, circumcised on the eighth day, blameless under the law) as worthless compared to knowing Christ. The letter closes with practical exhortations \u2014 anxiety replaced by prayer, a meditation on \"whatever is true, honorable, just, and pure\" \u2014 alongside warm personal remarks about co-workers Epaphroditus and Timothy. The tone throughout is unusually affectionate and intimate for Paul, making this one of his most personally revealing letters.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Swedish Bible: Philippians","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2535}