Rejoice

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Paul wrote his letter to the church in Philippi from prison in Rome. It was more of a house arrest than a prison as we might think of it, but still, he did not have freedom of movement and was under guard.  Awaiting trial. He was pretty sure he would not be condemned to death.  But still, the possibility of execution was real. If it were me in that situation, I might not feel a lot of joy. But he did. He wrote about it, and apparently really dwelt on it. In the KJV of this letter, we find Paul talking about joy or rejoicing 18 times.  It’s 16 times in the NKJV and the NASB, 13 in the NIV, 12 in the ESV.  Some of the difference among versions is due to varying use of “glorying” instead.  The “rejoicing” and “glorying” are not all from the same word family in the Greek, but that’s not the point here. The point is that joy and rejoicing were at the forefront of Paul’s mind, as he sat in detention awaiting trial. What did he have to be so joyful about?

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