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Philippians 3
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New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Read in the Church
In the coming year this chapter is read in the Katameros on 8 occasions.
- Friday, December 18, 2026Kiahk 9Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
- Thursday, January 14, 2027Toubah 6Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:1–12
- Saturday, January 30, 2027Toubah 22Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
- Monday, February 15, 2027Amshir 8Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:1–12
- Thursday, June 24, 2027Baounah 17Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
- Wednesday, June 30, 2027Baounah 23Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
- Tuesday, August 31, 2027Misra 25Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
- Thursday, November 4, 2027Babah 24Pauline Epistle: Philippians 3:20–4:9
The Fathers on Philippians 3
98 passages from Fathers received by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Open a group of verses to read.
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Verse 13 passages
Tertullian, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom
Verse 23 passages
Hippolytus of Rome, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom
Verse 36 passages
Tertullian, Ambrosiaster, Didymus the Blind, John Chrysostom
Verse 42 passages
Tertullian, John Chrysostom
Verse 53 passages
Justin Martyr, Tertullian, John Chrysostom
Verse 62 passages
John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo
Verse 73 passages
John Chrysostom, Tertullian
Verse 85 passages
Tertullian, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom
Verse 94 passages
Tertullian, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo
Verse 103 passages
Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, John Chrysostom
Verse 115 passages
Irenaeus, Tertullian, Methodius of Olympus, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, John Chrysostom
Verse 124 passages
Tertullian, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom
Verses 13–143 passages
Desert Fathers, Clement of Alexandria
Verse 134 passages
Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Jerome
Verse 141 passage
John Chrysostom
Verse 159 passages
Tertullian, Augustine of Hippo, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus of Rome, Cyprian, Hilary of Poitiers, John Chrysostom
Verse 164 passages
Ambrosiaster, Ignatius of Antioch, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo
Verse 171 passage
John Chrysostom
Verse 185 passages
Ignatius of Antioch, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom
Verse 196 passages
Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Philoxenus of Mabbug
Verse 2012 passages
Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Polycrates Of Ephesus, Clement of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Basil of Caesarea, Philoxenus of Mabbug
Verse 2110 passages
Tertullian, Cyprian, Methodius of Olympus, Hilary of Poitiers, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom, Philoxenus of Mabbug
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Commentary
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Arabic
English: Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty’s commentary in its English translation, as printed. Arabic commentaries by Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Fr. Antonios Fekry and the priests and servants of St. Mark’s, Heliopolis.