Epaphroditus Essays

Coming of age is a time when a young adolescent’s life begins; A new chapter in their lives where life will start to become a roller coaster. There will be the ups in their lives and there will be the lows. However, the roller coaster of life will not be the only obstacle that the adolescent will encounter. As problems in the young adult life come and go, the young often pray for everything to go well and when it does they believe faith has taken its course causing the Generation-Z to rely heavily

Epistles Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon by the hand of Tychicus, as their destinations were near one another. However, the letter to the Philippians was to be delivered by Epaphroditus, who had come to Paul in Rome with financial help from the church at Philippi (Philippians 2:25; 4:18). But during his time in Rome, Epaphroditus took ill, which delayed his return home and, therefore, the delivery of the letter

universe emphasizing them to be different from others. He also said they should be cheerful until the day the Lord will appear. Chapter 2 ends with Paul saying good things about Timothy and Epaphroditus who he is sending to take care and help the believers in Philippi. He talks about how Paul and Epaphroditus have sacrificed so much for the works of

of time. For example, there has to have been time accounted for someone to have been sent from Paul to make the Philippians aware of his imprisonment. Also, there has to be an account for the time that it would have taken the Philippians to send Epaphroditus to Paul with a gift that they wanted to give him (2:25). Lastly, there had to have been time for someone to go to Philippi and tell the Philippians about the status of Epaphroditus’s

of his real name. Epictetus was born to a slave mother and therefore became a slave himself to his master Epaphroditus. There are no records of Epictetus marrying or having any children and most sources believe he lived to an old age. Epictetus was tortured by his master and became unable to walk normally after his leg was twisted. Because Epictetus had intellectual abilities, Epaphroditus let him study with Musonius Rufus, a Stoic teacher. Epictetus was taught Stoicism philosophy and enjoyed it

To understand the book of Philippians in the Bible, it’s necessary we look at the man whom God used to write this book of the Bible under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. As we conclude from the beginning of this Philippian epistle, Paul, one of the predominant men used in the writing of the New Testament, is writing to the Saints at Philippi. With this all said the question that lingers is how this Church at Philippi began and what is Paul’s connection to it? In the Sixteenth chapter of the Book

The occasion of Paul’s letters from prison in Philippian have several reasons. While Paul was in Rome the church at Philippi sent him a gift. Paul’s letter expressed a thank you to them, to comfort them about his situation, to warn them against disunity and false teaching. The two major problems that surface in Philippian; first there was conflict between Euodia and Syntyche, two women in the church. He letter encouraged them live in harmony. The second reason was the false teachings, so the

He kept in contact through messengers such as Timothy and Epaphroditus who both reported to Paul how the church was doing. “This letter was stimulated by simple friendship, not a need to communicate some corrective or instructive truth.” As such this epistle reads much more as described, like a “personal” letter

Philippians 2:1-11 Introduction: About the Author And The Book Philippians is a prison epistle, written by Paul to the people at Philippi. Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ, a name that he even called himself in his letters. He was an apostle to not only the Gentiles, but also to the Jews. In the year 10 BC, Paul was born originally named Saul, in Tarsus, an Asian city located on the southern coast of Turkey. By birth, he was Jewish, as both his parents were Jews. It is possible that Saul’s parents

Eileen MylesStewart Survey of Philosophical Thoughts Professor James Moore June 13, 2015 Enchiridion and “On Free Will”. In William E. Mann’s article entitled “On Free Will”, is a dialogue between Augustine and Evodius great philosophers who were involved in the Stoicism. Stoicism over the centuries underwent different changes and during the process of change became less of a philosophy, but a guide to the right conduct. Early Stoics placed great effort on logic, physics and ethics. The Stoic ethical

in a lower class family. Born in Phrygian city Hierapolis, around 50 CE(never fully proven), Epictetus already held the occupation as a slave. His mother, also a slave, was never known or named. His owner, the rich and powerful freedman Tacitus Epaphroditus, who was also once a slave, brought down the Roman emperor to give freedom to himself and his fellow slaves. After being freed, Epictetus began expressing his opinions of life and philosophy. Amongst many other philosophers, he was banished by

and no more than twelve. Winning the race had a couple advantages. This included becoming very popular among the crowd and getting a large cash prize. There were some people that would win often and became famous. A few of these are Pontius Epaphroditus and Diocies. The most famous winner was Scorpus. He won more than two thousand races. The people were not the only ones to become famous. The horses also became famous. The crowd would place bets on the horses depending on their popularity

BY SHONGZAN CHANLILA KHAYI   1. a) Read Philippians using “mirror reading” to describe the problem the letter is addressing. Ref. Text Problem addressed 1:15-18 … some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of good will. The latter do so in love…the former preach Christ out of selfish ambition. The important thing is… Christ is preached… Paul seems to be addressing an issue of disunity within or without the church, particularly in preaching Christ. There is an indication of the presence

Epictetus was in 55 C.E. at Hierapolis in Phrygia, which is modern Pamukkale, Southwestern Turkey and dies in 135 C.E. (New World Encyclopedia). He was born a slave of Epaphroditus, but then eventually went to Nicopolis, a city in Greece, and he acquired freedom. He studied and taught stoicism. He believed that in order to achieve happiness, a person will need to understand what is in their control and what is not. This is true because a person does not have the ability to be happy when they are

Saint Paul the Apostle preached the Good News everywhere, establishing churches and authoring more than a dozen Epistles that helped Christianity flourish. Despite never actually meeting Jesus, his prolific writings earned him the title of the great evangelizer. Saint Paul preaches that despite the challenges of the present world, true disciples put on Christ and live a virtuous life filled with faith, hope and love. Although most people desire to avoid suffering, the letters of St. Paul underscore

in the midst of the trouble. Jesus is our shelter during a storm. In Philippians 4:2-9, Paul teaches us how to overcome anxiety. Opposition from unbelievers, conflict in the church, and concerns for the welfare of Paul and their representative Epaphroditus created anxieties among the Philippian believers. Last Sunday we looked at Paul’s advice in verses 2-3 about what we need to do when we deal with the conflict in the church and in verses 4-9, he teaches us what we need to do when we face hostile

Short Catch to get audience attention: Greetings my brothers and sisters in the Lord. It is of great opportunity to share a message with you. The word might be for everyone, but someone will receive something based on their own circumstances. Let us stand for the reading of the Word of God. A. Text Scripture: “Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be

he was in prison. He uses this letter to tell the Philippians of his own circumstances, to encourage the Philippians to stand firm in persecution and to rejoice regardless of their circumstances. He also uses this letter to commend Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippian church and to warn the Philippians against the Judaizers and Antinomians among them. The city of Philippi was named after King Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander of Great. Philippians contains no Old Testament quotations.

Assignment: read the Song of Songs; read closely 8:6-7 (handout translation). There are several repeated keywords and phrases throughout the book; do they help to provide a structure for the poetry, which otherwise seems fairly loosely connected? The poetry of the Song of Songs is filled with metaphors and other figurative language and imagery. How do the various metaphors function? Are there some that you particularly like? Or some that don’t seem to work for you? How do you think the alternation