11 Cf. Col. 1:26-27 (pp. 84-86 with nn. 214-16).
10Cf. ϰαὶ ὑπὲϱ ἐμοῦ (Eph. 6:19); also Rom. 15:30-32; 1 Thess. 5:25; 2 Thess. 3:1-2.
11Cf. Col. 1:26-27 (pp. 84-86 with nn. 214-16).
12Cf. also Acts 14:27; Rev. 3:8. E. Lohmeyer (ad loc.) suggests that here θύϱατοῦ λόγου does not mean (as in 1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12) an opportunity to preach the gospel but access to the right thing to say (cf. Eph. 6:19). This interpretation is criticized by E. Percy, Die Probleme, pp. 393-94.
13A. Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, p. 301, n. 2.
14It has been denied that Phil. 1:12-18 refers to the situation in Rome; see, however, F. F. Bruce, Philippians, GNBC (San Francisco/New York, 1983), pp. 16-22.