Paul and Silas (and maybe a few others) start their great adventure. God redirects their route twice, and they finally end up in Philippi. Luke joins them, a gentile woman worshipping with some Jewish women is born again, a demon is cast out of a young woman, Paul & Silas are beaten and imprisoned and the Jailer is born again. A pretty successful trip thus far!

The conclusion of this epistle. Paul refers back (presumably) to the false teachers and points out that their teaching is unprofitable and worthless. This is the topic we spend time on in this study - what is profitable and worthy teaching?

In this text we have a warning against complacency in the Church taken from the history of Israel in the wilderness, and an encouragement to persevere in our faith in order to enter His Rest.

When the Pharisees tried to attach conditions (merit) required for salvation they were roundly rebuked, and even showed to be in rebellion toward God. A warning for those today who try to sell a merit-based salvation.

There is a disconnect when training in sound doctrine does not produce righteous conduct in the life of the believer. The believer is required to check all of our behavior patterns and test them against sound doctrine.