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Philippians 1:1

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Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

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Philippi was a Roman colony in Macedonia (northern Greece), named after Philip II and settled with Roman veterans. Its status helps explain Paul’s address to a church whose members lived within Roman civic culture while serving Christ as their true Lord.

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