Greeting (Philippians 1:1-2)

v1 doulos (1401) - bound servant - a slave

• What title did Paul take (v1)?
• What three groups were addressed (v1)?

Thanksgiving and Prayers (Philippians 1:3-11)

v5 koinonia - Fellowship, partnership, participation

• How often did he thank God for them (v3)?
• In what percentage of his prayers (v4)?
• When did they begin their fellowship with Paul (v5)?
• Their fellowship made them partakers of what (v7)?
• Is starting enough (v6)?
• What was Paul’s condition when he wrote Philippians (v7)?
• What did he pray that would abound (v9)?
• What does love have to be in (v9)?
• Is there a temptation to not be sincere (v10)?
• What fruit of righteousness is to fill them (v11, Gal 5:22-23, 2 Pet 1:5-9)?

Paul’s Activity (Philippians 1:12-18)

• What was the result of Paul’s imprisonment (v12, Rom 8:28)?
• Who learned Paul’s purpose (v13)
• Can we be encouraged when someone else does what is right (v14)?
• Can we teach and preach with wrong motives (v15-16)?
• Who appointed Paul to defend the Gospel (v17, Acts 9:15-16)?
• Can we rejoice that Christ is preached even from a wrong motive (v18)?

Life or Death (Philippians 1:19-26)

• What was Paul’s expectation and hope and why (v20, Rom 1:16)?
• At what times would Christ be magnified (v20)?
• What did Paul consider as factors for life or death(v21-24)?
• Do we think of death the way Paul did (v23)?

Encouragement (Philippians 1:27-30)

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