For this series in Philippians, I am going to limit each post to one verse, and hopefully produce a short, succinct read for my friends who follow.

4:22   All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.

In our last post, we reviewed the command to greet all the saints. Paul reciprocates that command with the statement that all the saints greet the Philippian church, especially those who are guarding Paul, that represent the strongest negative force fighting the church at the time.

The very enemy of the church, the Roman empire, that would persecute the church for centuries, was being absorbed, sucked into the church, as it fought it. Paul’s inclusion of the saints in Caesar’s household is so appropriate, for it not only encouraged the Philippians that Paul had allies in Rome, but that those who may have taken liberties in their position was now bending the knee to the same God the church was worshipping, and that Paul was raising up.

As with the previous verse, the general attitude is victory, of acceptance, of making enemies into friends. Paul told his church to do it, and he provides evidence here that he is actively pursuing the same goal.

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