PHILIPPIANS, EPISTLE TO THE

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PHILIPPIANS, EPISTLE TO THE , a

book

BOOK

of the New Testament. Communications had already passed between the Christians of

Philippi

PHILIPPI (Turk. Filibejik)

and

Paul

PAUL
PAUL (PAULUS)

, not only when he was at Thessalonica (iv. 15-16), but at some subsequent period (iv. 18), when Epaphroditus had brought him a present of money from them. It is possible that this

gift

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut.
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later
English
- ENGLISH
is due to Scandinavian
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
)

was accompanied by a

letter

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the
alphabet
- ALPHABET (see also WRITING)
; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

. At any

rate

RATE

the extant epistle is the answer to one received from the Philippian Christians, who had evidently desired information about the

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