The epistle to the Philippians is one of Paul’s prison epistles. Paul visited Philippi on his second missionary journey (AD 50-54; Acts 16:12). Paul wrote this letter about A.D. 60 and by the time he wrote it the church he founded had grown significantly enough to have elders (bishops) and deacons (Philippians 1:1) When Paul came to the city around AD 50, Philippi was an urban center at the eastern end of the plain, a few miles northwest from Neapolis. The people there were both Romans and Greeks and spoke predominantly Greek even though Latin was the official language. In spite of a strong Roman influence, the city's religious life was quite diverse. It included monuments reflecting emperor worship, plus Greek gods and their Roman counterparts, especially Jupiter (known in the Greek world as Zeus). The local Thracians worshipped the goddess Artemis, while there were also sanctuaries to Egyptian gods, especially Isis and Serapis, and to the Phrygian Cybele, known as the great Mother-goddess. There was a small Jewish community, but probably not a regular synagogue congregation, which would have required ten men. Instead, several women met outside the city on the Sabbath for prayer (Acts 16:13).
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