Philippians

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament features today''s top New Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful analysis and interpretation of the Greek text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each New Testament book, giving readers the tools they need to properly understand and communicate the meaning of the text.

Commentary on each passage follows a clear structure to help readers grasp the flow and meaning of the text:

• Literary Context: A brief discussion of how the passage functions in the broader literary context of the book.
• Main Idea: A one- or two-sentence statement of the big idea or central thrust of the passage.
• Translation and Graphical Layout: Presents each commentator''s translation of the Greek text in a graphical layout to help the reader visualize, and thus better understand, the flow of thought within