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Scofield Reference Notes Book Introductions The Epistle of Paul the
(1917 Edition) Apostle to the Philippians
Also [1] {which are at Philippi}
WRITER. The Apostle Paul (1.1)
DATE. The date of Philippians cannot be positively fixed. It is
one of the prison letters. Whether Paul was twice imprisoned, and
if so, whether Philippians was written during the first or second
imprisonment, affects in no way the message of the Epistle. A.D.
64 is the commonly received date. The immediate occasion of the
Epistle is disclosed in
# Phm 4:10-18
THEME. The theme of Philippians is Christian experience.
Soundness of doctrine is assumed. There is nothing in church order
to set right. Philippi is a normal New Testament assembly--"saints
in Christ Jesus, with the bishops (elders) and deacons." The
circumstances of the apostle are in striking contrast with his
Christian experience. As to the former, he was Nero's prisoner.
As to the latter, there was the shout of victory, the paean of joy.
Christian experience, he would teach us, is not something which is
going on around the believer, but something which is going on
within him.
The key-verse is, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain"
(1.21). Right Christian experience, then, is the outworking,
whatever one's circumstances may be, of the life, nature, and mind
of Christ living in us (1.6,11 2.5,13).
The divisions are indicated by the chapters: I. Christ, the
believer's life, rejoicing in suffering, 1.1-30. II. Christ, the
believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service, 2.1-30 III.
Christ, the believer's object, rejoicing despite imperfections,
3.1-21. IV. Christ, the believer's strength, rejoicing over
anxiety, 4.1-23.
[1] Churches (local), Summary: A local church is an assembly of
professed believers on the Lord Jesus Christ, living for the most
part in one locality, who assemble themselves together in His name
for the breaking of bread, worship, praise, prayer, testimony, the
ministry of the word, discipline, and the furtherance of the Gospel
# Heb 10:25 Ac 20:7 1Co 14:26 5:4,5 Php 4:14-18 1Th 1:8 Ac 13:1-4
Such a church exists where two or three are thus gathered
# Mt 18:20
Every such local church has Christ in the midst, is a temple of God,
and indwelt by the Holy Spirit
# 1Co 3:16,17
When perfected in organization a local church consists of "saints,
with the bishops [elders] and deacons."