Other Members of the Church (Philemon:2)

2 also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: In verse two, Apphia is mentioned and described as Paul’s sister. Traditionally she is identified as Philemon’s wife although there is no evidence for this in the letter. She certainly is an influential figure in the local church.

Greetings from Paul (Philippians 1:1-2)

Today is All Souls’ Day. You can find a comment on the second reading here: https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2022/11/02/all-souls-day-2nd-reading-romans-63-9/ and on the gospel here https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/all-souls-day-2-november-gospel-commentary-john-637-40/ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Women in Philippi

We continue our introduction to Paul’s letter to the Philippians by looking at the position of women in ancient Philippi. William Tarn and G. T. Griffith, in their book Hellenistic Civilisation, write about the place of women in Greece. In Macedonia, women were more prominent than in other areas which they thought was due to

The Background of the First Letter of Peter

Continuing this year’s study of the Letters to All Christians (also known as the Catholic epistles) in the New Testament, we now turn to the first letter of Peter which states that its author is “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ”. Most recent scholarship questions this because its Greek is of very high quality and