To all the asaints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the boverseers2 and cdeacons:3
Footnotes
[1]1:1Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) [2]1:1Or bishops; Greek episkopoi [3]1:1Or servants, or ministers; Greek diakonoi
[1]1:2Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church