Bible Study Questions about Philippians 1

1:1 Describe the groups of people that Paul and Timothy write to.

1:2 Explain ‘grace’ and ‘peace’ in your own words.

1:3 What does Paul show us about his relationship to God in this verse?

1:4 Who does Paul pray to God for?

1:5 In what ways can you help your Christian teachers?

1:6 What does Paul say that God will continue to do?

1:7 How may you share with your Christian teachers in their work?

1:8 In what ways is Paul’s love for the Philippians special?

1:9 In what ways does Paul want the Philippians’ love to increase?

1:10 Why does Paul want the Philippians’ love to increase?

1:11 What is the main reason that you should want to have true goodness?

1:12 What has helped the gospel to advance?

1:13 Why was Paul in prison?

1:14 Some good things have happened because Paul is in prison. What are they?

1:15 How can you speak about Christ for the wrong reasons?

1:16 What work does Paul say that God has given to him?

1:17 There are people who preach about Christ from selfish ambition. What result do they want?

1:18 Why does Paul not care if people talk about Christ for the wrong reasons?

1:19 What two powerful things did Paul know about that made him happy?

1:20 In this verse, Paul says that he hoped for three things. What are they?

1:21 Is what Paul says true for you? In what ways is it true?

1:22 What were the reasons why Paul might choose to remain alive?

1:23 Why might Paul want to die?

1:24 Who is Paul especially thinking about?

1:25 How did Paul expect to be able to help the Philippians?

1:26 What should be the main result of Paul’s planned visit?

1:27 Paul wants the Philippians to behave in a different way. How?

1:28 What will the courage of the Philippians show to their opponents?

1:29 What honours have the Philippian Christians received?

1:30 Paul writes about a battle. Is that battle over yet, do you think? If not, how are you part of it?