{"id":61673,"date":"2025-12-01T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61673"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:39:52","slug":"best-commentaries-on-philippians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-philippians\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Philippians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Scott M. Gibson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott M. Gibson is the Professor of Preaching and holder of the David E. Garland Chair of Preaching at Baylor University\/Truett Seminary in Waco, Texas. He also served as the Haddon W. Robinson Professor of Preaching and Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, where he was on faculty for twenty-seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin, Philippians: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 43: Revised Edition (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland, eds., Ephesians-Philemon: The Expositor\u2019s Bible Commentary, Volume 12 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ralph P. Martin, Philippians: Tyndale New Testament Commentaries Book 11 (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. From Scott M. Gibson Scott M. Gibson is the Professor of Preaching and holder of the David E. 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