The Gospel Advances Both Inside and Outside Prison (Phil 1:12–14) Those who are fully alive because of the gospel, who in Paul’s language have nothing yet possess everything (2 Cor 6:10), exist as a constant threat to those whose minds are set on merely earthly things. Leave Paul alone and he and his companions will be those who have turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6); put him in prison and he turns Caesar’s elite upside down (Phil 1:13), not to mention Caesar’s very household (Phil 4:22). To paraphrase Brutus, “Yon Paul has that lean and hungry look; he talks too much. Such men are dangerous.” Here is a person not just making the best of his circumstances but actually turning them around for the glory of God. No wonder joy abounds.
Fee, Gordon D.
Philippians/Gordon D. Fee.
p. cm.—(The IVP New Testament commentary series)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0–8308-1811–1 (cloth: alk paper)
1. Bible. N.T Philippians Commentaries. I. Title.
II. Series.
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