This trusted commentary by Jac J. Müller provides careful expositions of Philippians and Philemon that are characterized by a desire to balance the requirements of exacting scholarship and the need to relate Scripture to personal faith. In treating insightfully and comprehensively these Pauline epistles, Müller first provides essential historical and critical background to each text, including its date and place of origin, its occasion and purpose, and its style, structure, and general themes. The commentaries themselves then proceed through the texts section-by-section, making clear Paul's message both to his original audiences and to readers today. Long included in the widely acclaimed New International Commentary on the New Testament series and now available as an independent work, this volume continues to hold extraordinary value for scholars, pastors, students, and general readers alike. "This is a painstaking and helpful commentary." - The British Weekly Jac J. Müller was professor of New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. His other books explored themes in New Testament studies and church ministry.
We are living in a world of stress where most people are fighting to get ahead in life and earn a decent living. Its only since the last century that people have acted and moved faster than in the last 6000 years of known civilization. Slow down and ask yourself: What is your motivation in life? Are you looking for some Freedom from that bondage of living with tense or do you want to know some true values that would help you to be thankful for what you have? Th e answer to this question would most likely lead you to to the following questions: What do you believe in? What is the most important thing for your success or your purpose in life? Or what has become a god for you: Money, Science or Love? Some of your personal values are defi nitely driving you. But which one is predominant? Or which one has dominion over you? Read and fi nd out the root of each one of them. Peace, joy and happiness are often the result of having some basic beliefs. Th ink about it! As it is written: the truth shall set you free
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