Paul [Paulos]. He does not mention his apostleship as he usually does. Omitted also in I and II Thess. and Philemon. Timothy [Timotheos]. In no sense the author, but associated with Paul because with him here in Rome as in Corinth when I and II Thessalonians written and in Ephesus when I Corinthians sent and in Macedonia when II Corinthians written. Timothy was with Paul when the Philippian church was founded (Ac 16:1,13; 17:14). He had been there twice since (Ac 19:22; 20:3f.). To all the saints [pasi tois hagiois]. The word saint [hagios] here is used for the professing Christians as in 1Co 1:2 which see as well as Ro 1:7 for the origin of the word. The word "all" [pasi] means that all individual believers are included. Paul employs this word frequently in Philippians. In Christ Jesus [en ChristOi Iesou]. The centre for all Christian relations and activities for Paul and for us. In Philippi [en Philippois]. See on Ac 16:12 for discussion of this name. With the bishops [sun episkopois]. "Together with bishops," thus singled out from "all the saints." See Ac 20:17,28 for the use of this most interesting word as equivalent to [presbuteros] (elder). It is an old word from [episkeptomai], to look upon or after, to inspect, so the overseer or superintendent.
Archibald Thomas Robertson was born in 1863 and the Civil War was already taking a bad turn for the Southern cause. A.T.'s father was a country doctor and plantation owner who lost the majority of his fortune during and after the war. After suffering the devastating effects of Reconstruction, the family moved to Statesville, North Carolina to work a small farm. There on the farm, A.T. learned to make things grow. He would spend most of his life making the Word of God grow in the hearts of people around the world.
Robertson exemplified the Baptist tradition of preaching scholars. Robertson never lost his love for preaching. One needs only to hear Robertson himself to feel his passion for preaching.
In the early 1900's, AT. was a founding member of the Baptist World Congress now known as The Baptist World Alliance. In 1914 his ministry was also broadened through a series of summer Bible conferences with D.L. Moody and F.B. Meyer, introducing Robertson to thousands of pastors and layman alike. He died of a stroke on September 24, 1934.
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