Joy from a prison cell — contentment, humility, and rejoicing on repeat.
"I can do all ______ through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Paul wrote the Bible's most joyful letter from prison — 'rejoice' and 'joy' appear over a dozen times in four short chapters, between references to his chains.
Philippians 2 contains what many scholars believe is one of the church's earliest hymns — Christ humbling Himself to the cross, then exalted so every knee shall bow.
The church at Philippi began with a businesswoman, a jailer, and a delivered slave girl — Acts 16 tells the story, and it started with a prayer meeting by a river.
'I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content' — Paul's secret of contentment, written by a man who had tried both abundance and hunger.