OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Greetings (1, 2)

• Thanks to God; Paul’s prayer (3-11)

• Good news advances despite trouble (12-20)

• To live is Christ, to die is gain (21-26)

• Behave in manner worthy of the good news (27-30)

2

• Christian humility (1-4)

• Christ’s humility and exaltation (5-11)

• Work out your own salvation (12-18)

  • Shining as illuminators (15)

• Sending Timothy and Epaphroditus (19-30)

3

• Not basing confidence in the flesh (1-11)

  • All things loss on account of Christ (7-9)

• Stretching forward to the goal (12-21)

  • Citizenship in the heavens (20)

4

• Unity, rejoicing, proper thoughts (1-9)

  • Do not be anxious over anything (6, 7)

• Appreciation for Philippians’ gifts (10-20)

• Final greetings (21-23)