God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
I want you to know that what I am writing the letter of Philippians in chains has really served to advance the gospel.
The gospel that was preached Christ out of envy, the gospel that was preached Christ out of goodwill, like this, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached:
But whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him:
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
It is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
Even if my blood is being poured out like a drink offering on your spiritual sacrifice for the worship service from your spiritual faith, I am going to be glade and rejoice with all of you.
You too rejoice in the Lord
I, the apostle Paul press on toward the goal to take hold of that for which Jesus took hold of me, because it does not have already obtained all this or have already been made perfect.
Do not be anxious about everything, but in the everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
The whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me put it into practice, then the God of peace will be with you.
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
When the children saved of God of Philippi church were having a hard time with confusion among them because the church brethren were separated two parties due to Euodia and Syntyche, the apostle Paul who was in chains in Rome gave these messages mentioned above to them.
The children saved of God who are living today’s world of the darkness will become to be aware of more spiritually through these precious messages given by Philippians that leads us to live joyfully in the Lord without being swept away by the living of the flesh of the world of the darkness.
Also, the chosen people of God who are not yet born again from the dead spirit due to the sin of Adam are able to be aware spiritually of and believe it.
And then they, as the righteous, will be saved with the Counselor as the Spirit that promised to send by the Lord.
At his first missionary journey, the apostle Paul preached the gospel with Barnabas traveled around Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe of Galatia region in Asia Minor against the persecution of the Jews.
So that the apostle Paul was able to make the foundation of the early church at those cities.
And the apostle Paul with Barnabas returned back Antioch church in Syria region and completed his first missionary journey.
And when the apostle Paul began with Silas his second missionary journey, first off they traveled around again Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe of Galatia region in Asia Minor to preach the gospel to the churches over there.
And then the Apostle Paul tried to preach the gospel more widely around there, the Galatia region in Asia Minor.
But God did not allow any more the apostle Paul’s gospel mission in Asia Minor.
And God called him in a vision to go to Macedonia region from Asia Minor.
According to the will of God, the apostle Paul sailed with Silas to the Macedonia region from Asia Minor and arrived to Philippi of Macedonia region.
There, He and Silas met Lydia, a dealer in purple cloths and the apostle Paul’s preaching let her be aware spiritually of the gospel and believed it.
Therefore, the apostle Paul was able to build the Philippi church in her house for the first time in the Macedonia region.
And the apostle Paul arrived Thessalonica from Philippi in Macedonia region and went into the synagogue there and preach the gospel.
But the Jews were jealous and started a riot in the city, so, the apostle Paul was able to get out of Thessalonica by the help of the brothers in Jesus.
The apostle Paul stoped by Berea and to avoid arrest by the Jews from Thessalonica, the brothers in Jesus who escorted the apostle Paul brought him alone to Athens in Achaia region.
Nevertheless, the apostle Paul preached the gospel at those place.
And the apostle Paul arrived Corinth in Achaia region from Athens and met Aquila, a tentmaker and his wife Priscilla, and worked together to get the money during the gospel preaching mission for Corinth people.
In this way the apostle Paul was able to build the early church in Thessalonica of Macedonia region and Corinth of Achaia region.
When the apostle Paul continued his suffering gospel mission, for his mission of Thessalonica, brothers in Jesus of the Philippi church sent him material help few times.
Such material help for the apostle Paul had been first time by the Philippi church.
And the apostle Paul left for Jerusalem from Corinth with Aquila and his wife Priscilla, on the way they arrived at Ephesus in Lydia region of Asia Minor and the apostle Paul himself went into synagogue to preach the gospel and then Aquila and his wife Priscilla were working there for their living.
Like this, the apostle Paul had been laying the foundation of the Ephesus church.
And the apostle Paul let Aquila and his wife Priscilla stay there and he sailed to Antioch in Syria region.
In this way the apostle Paul completed his second missionary journey.
The apostle Paul built the Philippi church in Macedonia region first.
And he built the Thessalonica church in Macedonia region and built the Corinth church in Achaia region.
After that, the apostle Pual built the Ephesus church.
For the Philippi church that was built through his such gospel mission, the apostle Paul wrote Philippians with the precious messages just as the mentioned in 「About this book」.
I, David Kwak, am the author of this Interpretation Book of Philippians.
To help you gain easily a spiritual understand of Philippians, I put the spiritual Interpretation under each verse of the messages of Philippians.
Therefore, through the detailed spiritual interpretation, you will become to be aware spiritually of and believe the will of God in such messages that the apostle Paul preached through Philippians.
And you will be born again from the dead spirit due to the sin of Adam through the baptism with the Holy Spirit and be saved with the Counselor, as the Spirit promised by the Lord.
Then you, as the children saved of God are able to live the spiritual life with the word of the life separately in the world of the darkness.
And you are able to preach the word of the life to the word as well.
David K. in the Lord