Novum Testamentum XXVII, 2 (1985) THE COMPOSITION AND UNITY OF PHILIPPIANS Some Neglected Literary Factors by DAVID E. GARLAND Tiibingen In 1919 Plummer wrote in his commentary on Philippians: There is no reasonable doubt that all four chapters were written as parts of one and the same letter, and in the order in which we have them.' DOI: 10.53751/001c.29422 Corpus ID: 164012320; The Christ-Story of Philippians 2:6-11: Narrative Shape and Paraenetic Purpose in Paul’s Letter to Philippi @article{Weymouth2016TheCO, title={The Christ-Story of Philippians 2:6-11: Narrative Shape and Paraenetic Purpose in Paul’s Letter to Philippi}, author={Richard J. Weymouth}, journal={Tyndale Bulletin}, year={2016}, url={https://api Use SBL Abbrev. H.B. Charles, Jr. :: The Hymn of Christ (Philippians 2:5-11) Philippians 2:5-11 is called THE HYMN OF CHRIST, because scholars tell us that this passage records an actual hymn that was sung in worship by the early church. Contextually, Philippians 2 is a call to spiritual unity. In verses 1-4, Paul says, "So if there is any the Philippians main letter (1973:43). Russell, on the other hand, calls 1:27-2:11 the 'parenetic subsection' and indicates 3:1-4:9 as the parenesis proper (1982:299-305). * The rhetorical genre of the letter is disputed. In this regard, Marshall (1993) opposes Kennedy: 'Contrary to Kennedy's view that Philippians is The famous passage about Christ in Philippians 2:6-11 is usually described as a “hymn,” and is usually taken to celebrate the inverted parabola of Christ’s descent from heaven, his incarnation as man, the nadir of his death on the cross, followed by his return to heaven and exaltation to a position equal to or perhaps higher than the one he left. 0MVYYN.

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