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Paul sent his son in the faith to check on these three struggling churches.
What are Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica?
Do all things but don't do these two things. (2:14)
What is arguing and grumbling?
Paul wrote that this behavior is a sign of destruction for the opponents of the gospel, but a sign of salvation for the Philippians. (1:27b-28a)
What is being unalarmed.
In 365 B.C., King Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) made this connection to the city of Philippi.
BONUS QUESTION: King Philip's name's meaning indicates that he was a lover of these majestic animals.
What is he named it after himself?
BONUS: What are horses?
This man's name, in Greek, means small or humble in greek.
Who is Paul?
Paul originally met Timothy in this Turkish city, from which they traveled approximately 1300 miles on foot to arrive in Philippi.
What is the city of Lystra?
Paul told his readers that it is for God's good pleasure that He works in them to do these two things. (2:13)
What is to will and to work?
When Paul says, in verse 2:15, that the church is living in a "crooked and perverse generation", he is quoting a direct phrase spoken by this famous prophet against Israel.
Who is Moses?
(Deuteronomy 32:5)
The city of Philippi sat on a major trade route called The Egnation Way in this region of the world.
What is Macedonia?
The Greek word goggysmos, is an onomatopoeia for the sound of this bad habit that Paul called the Philippians attention to.
What is grumbling?
Epaphroditus was Paul's brother, fellow worker and soldier in Philippi, but this first-century Christian minister, also a close missionary associate of Paul, and founder of the church in Colossae, is often mistaken for being the same person.
Who is Epaphras?
(see Colossians 1:7-8, Colossians 4:12-13, and Philemon 1:23)
Paul wrote that he hoped to send these two men to the church in Philippi, one shortly and the other immediately. (2:19, 23)
Who are Timothy and Epaphroditus?
What did Paul do when life got wrinkled and imperfect?
What is, 'he pressed on'?
(3:12)
A local Philippian jailor and a female business owner were among the first Europeans to do this.
What is become followers of Christ?
This man's name, in Greek, means lovely or charming.
Who is Epaphroditus?
These two Philippian women contended at Paul's side in the cause of the gospel, but later they contended against each other!
Who are Euodia and Syntyche?
(Philippians 4:3)
Paul did not do these two things in vain.
What is run and labor? (2:16)
At the end of his letter, Paul declares, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your ______"
What is spirit?
Because expensive purple dye required the use of this particular gastropod, Lydia's business most likely sat adjacent the Gangites River, where the horrifically odorous, decomposing creatures could be quickly returned to the waters from which they came.
What is a Murex Snail?
This word in english is a major theme in Paul's letter, perhaps the Greeks were the first to sing this famous tune: "I've got the chara, chara, chara, chara, down in my heart..."
What is joy? (4:4)