(A Recovery of Joy)

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Book of Philippians

Author: Apostle Paul - one of his 4 Prison Epistles.

Date Written: Written around AD 62, while Paul was imprisoned in Rome.

Written To: Paul wrote to the believers in Philippi and to church elders and deacons.

Key Characters: Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus.

The joy of the Christian experience is the key theme running through this epistle. The words "joy" and "rejoice" are used 16 times in the epistle.