Philippians 1:2

We are asking God our father, and Jesus Christ our leader, to be good to you, and to make you feel happy and quiet inside yourselves.

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In The King James Version

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

1I am Paul, and this letter is from me, and it is from Timothy too, because he is helping me write it. We work all the time for Jesus Christ. We are sending this letter to all God’s special people at Philippi, you people that belong to Jesus Christ. We are writing to you Christian leaders, and to you church helpers, and to all you Christians.

3Every time I think about you mob, I thank God for you.

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Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:2-3

Philippians Philippi was a chief city of the western part of Macedonia, prote tes meridos tes Makedonias polis, Acts xvi. 12 . It took its name from Philip, the famous king of Macedon, who repaired and beautified it, and it was afterwards made a Roman colony. Near this place were the Campi Philippici, remarkable for the famous battles between Julius Cæsar and Pompey the Great, and that between Augustus and Antony on one side and Cassius and Brutus on the other. But it is most remarkable among Christians for this… Read the whole commentary →

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