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Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgements | p. xvii |
Abbreviations | p. xix |
General Introduction | p. 1 |
The Current State of the Discussion | p. 2 |
Those That See the Church as Responsive in Terms of Proclamatory Evangelism | p. 3 |
Those That See the Church as Proactive in Terms of Proclamatory Evangelism | p. 13 |
Conclusion to this Discussion | p. 28 |
Methodology | p. 29 |
Assumptions | p. 34 |
Definitions | p. 35 |
Introduction to Philippians | p. 37 |
Initial Exegetical Issues | p. 37 |
The Authorship of Philippians | p. 37 |
The Integrity of Philippians | p. 39 |
Date and Place of Composition | p. 42 |
Genre | p. 47 |
Issues at Play in Philippians | p. 53 |
Paul's Situation | p. 54 |
The Situation in Philippi | p. 56 |
The recipients | p. 56 |
Intersecting dimensions of the Philippian church | p. 58 |
A Church Paul is Generally Pleased With | p. 58 |
A Church Concerned for Paul's Situation Materially and Generally | p. 59 |
A Church Experiencing Opposition | p. 59 |
A Church Experiencing a Degree of Internal Contention | p. 62 |
A Church With a Degree of Joylessness | p. 63 |
A Church that Needs Hope: The Importance of Eschatology and Encouragement in Philippians | p. 63 |
A Church in Need of Corrected Thinking | p. 64 |
The Centrality of Ethical Witness, Prayer and Financial Support for Mission in Philippians | p. 65 |
The Centrality of the Gospel Mission to the Texture of Philippians? | p. 66 |
Conclusion | p. 70 |
Paul's Delight at Others Proclaiming the Gospel in Rome (1:14-18a) | p. 71 |
Paul's Delight at Roman Christians Who Have Responded to His Imprisonment with Evangelism (1:14) | p. 73 |
The Brothers of 1:14: General Christians or Co-Workers? | p. 75 |
Paul's Delight that the Gospel is Preached Despite False Motives (1:15-18a) | p. 86 |
The Identity of the <$$$> ('some') of 1:15 | p. 86 |
The Nature and Setting of the Two Groups | p. 91 |
The Nature of Paul's Attitude, Joy that the Gospel is Proclaimed | p. 95 |
The Use of <$$$> Constructions in Paul | p. 96 |
The Rhetorical Impact on the Philippians | p. 102 |
Conclusion to 1:14-18a | p. 105 |
Evangelistic Aspects of Contending for the Faith of the Gospel (1:27-30) | p. 107 |
Corporate Evangelism in Philippi ('for the Faith of the Gospel') | p. 109 |
The Meaning of <$$$> in 1:27 | p. 109 |
The Meaning of <$$$> in 1:27 | p. 113 |
The Evangelistic Context for the Suffering of 1:28-30 | p. 117 |
Conclusion to 1:27-30 | p. 123 |
Unified Ethical Witness and Proactive Evangelism (2:14-16a) | p. 125 |
Missiological Disunity in Philippi (2:14) | p. 126 |
Direct Appeals for Missiological Endeavour Including Evangelism (2:15-16a) | p. 128 |
An Appeal for Blameless Ethical Witness in Unbelieving Philippi (2:15) | p. 128 |
Hold Forth the Word of Life to this Generation (2:16a) | p. 135 |
The Relationship of the Participle to the Previous | p. 135 |
The Meaning of <$$$> | p. 136 |
The Question of Context | p. 139 |
The Meaning of <$$$> | p. 140 |
Conclusion to 2:16a | p. 145 |
Conclusion to 2:14-16a | p. 146 |
The Evangelistic Content of the Examples of Timothy and Epaphroditus (2:19-30) | p. 148 |
The Positive Example of the Co-Worker Timothy (2:19-23) | p. 151 |
The Positive Example of the 'Apostle' Epaphroditus (2:25-30) | p. 158 |
Evangelism and the Five-Fold Appellaton Concerning Epaphroditus | p. 161 |
Brother <$$$> | p. 162 |
Co-Worker <$$$> | p. 162 |
Fellow-Soldier <$$$> | p. 168 |
Apostle <$$$> | p. 170 |
Apostle in Ephesians 4:11-16 | p. 177 |
Conclusions to Apostle | p. 183 |
Minister <$$$> to My Needs (<$$$>) | p. 184 |
Conclusion to Epaphroditus | p. 185 |
Conclusion to 2:19-30 | p. 186 |
Evangelistic Disunity in the Philippian Church (4:1-3) | p. 187 |
A Call to Steadfastness (4:1) | p. 188 |
Paul's Appeal to Correct Mission-Disunity in Philippi (4:2-3) | p. 189 |
The Nature of the Involvement of Euodia and Syntyche in the Gospel Mission | p. 193 |
The Nature of the Problem | p. 203 |
The Implications of the Reference to Co-Workers | p. 205 |
Conclusion to 4:2-3 | p. 205 |
Thanksgiving for the Philippian Involvement in Evangelistic Mission (1:3-7) | p. 206 |
The Content of 'Your Fellowship in the Gospel' (1:5) | p. 208 |
The Meaning of <$$$> in 1:5 | p. 208 |
Paul's Use <$$$> in 1:5 | p. 210 |
Paul's Use of <$$$> in 1:5 | p. 211 |
Synthesis: Paul Use of <$$$> in 1:5 | p. 211 |
Conclusion to 1:5 | p. 215 |
The Content of <$$$> in 1:6 | p. 216 |
The Good Work of Redemption | p. 217 |
The Good Work of the Philippian Involvement in the Gospel | p. 218 |
Parallelism in the Structure of 1:5-7 | p. 221 |
Conclusion to 1:6 | p. 223 |
The Content of <$$$> in 1:7 | p. 224 |
Preliminary Exegetical Questions | p. 224 |
The Nature of Grace in 1:7 | p. 227 |
Salvation Grace | p. 228 |
Suffering Grace | p. 229 |
Giving Grace | p. 229 |
Mission Grace | p. 229 |
Conclusion to 1:7 | p. 230 |
Conclusion to 1:5-7 | p. 231 |
Imitation and Proclamation (4:9) | p. 233 |
The Evangelistic Content of the Appeal for Emulation (4:9) | p. 235 |
Proclamation in Other References to Imitation in the Pauline Epistles | p. 243 |
1 Corinthians 11:1 | p. 243 |
1 Thessalonians 1:6-8 | p. 250 |
1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 | p. 260 |
Conclusion to Other References | p. 266 |
Conclusion to 4:9 | p. 266 |
Conclusion and Implications | p. 268 |
Conclusions | p. 268 |
Congregational Evangelism in Philippians | p. 268 |
Philippians 1:14-18A | p. 269 |
Philippians 1:27-30 | p. 269 |
Philippians 2:14-16A | p. 270 |
Philippians 2:19-30 | p. 271 |
Philippians 4:2-3 | p. 271 |
Philippians 1:5-7 | p. 272 |
Philippians 4:9 | p. 272 |
The Broader Question: Congregational Evangelism in the Pauline Epistles? | p. 274 |
Implications for Practice | p. 279 |
Limitations and Future Research | p. 280 |
The Connection Between Evangelism and the Military Metaphor in Paul | p. 282 |
Military Metaphor and Paul's Ministry | p. 282 |
Military Metaphor and the Gospel Ministry of Others | p. 285 |
Ephesians 6 and Evangelism | p. 286 |
Your Feet Fitted with the Readiness that Comes from the Gospel of Peace (Eph 6:15) | p. 288 |
The Sword of the Spirit, Which is the Word of God (6:17) | p. 292 |
Conclusion | p. 296 |
The Connection Between Evangelism and the Athletic Metaphor in Paul | p. 297 |
Evangelistic Nuances to the 'Christ-Hymn' (Phil 2:5-11) | p. 301 |
Assumptions Concerning the Christ-Hymn | p. 301 |
The Evangelistic Framework and Dimensions of the Christ-Example | p. 303 |
Mission Dimensions of the Christ-Hymn | p. 304 |
The <$$$> Clause of 2:10: Result and Purpose | p. 307 |
The Evangelistic Nuance of <$$$> | p. 309 |
Conclusion | p. 311 |
Bibliography | p. 312 |
Scripture Index | p. 333 |
Modern Authors Index | p. 353 |
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