This keepsake hard cover edition of The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the PHILIPPIANS was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years. Paul sends word to the Philippians of his upcoming sentence in Rome and of his optimism in the face of death along with exhortations to imitate his capacity to rejoice in the Lord despite one's circumstances. Paul assures the Philippians that his imprisonment is actually helping to spread the Christian message, rather than hindering it. Throughout the epistle there is a sense of optimism. Paul is hopeful that he will be released. PHILIPPIANS is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.