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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
91.810015	O'Brien, Peter T.	Philippians [Plagiarism Acknowledged]	NIGTC	1991
88.510018	Fee, Gordon D.	Paul's Letter to the Philippians	NICNT	1995
83.810013	Silva, Moisés	Philippians	BECNT	2005
78.11007	Martin, Ralph P.; Hawthorne, Gerald F.	Philippians	WBC	1983
78.01008	Thielman, Frank S.	Philippians	NIVAC	1995
77.91007	Bockmuehl, Markus	The Epistle to the Philippians	BNTC	1998
76.01003	Bruce, F. F.	Philippians	UBNT	1989
76.01005	Motyer, J. Alec	The Message of Philippians	BST	1997
75.91002	Martin, Ralph P.	Philippians	TNTC	1988
74.91001	Muller, Jacobus J.	Epistles of Paul to the Philippians	NICNT	1955
74.91005	Fowl, Stephen E.	Philippians	THNTC	2005
74.51003	Hansen, G. Walter	The Letter to the Philippians	PNTC	2009
74.41002	Cohick, Lynn H.	Philippians	SoGBC	2013
74.21005	Reumann, John H.P.	Philippians	AYB	2008
74.11002	Thurston, Bonnie B.; Ryan, Judith	Philippians And Philemon	SP	2003
74.01003	Cousar, Charles B.	Philippians and Philemon	NTL	2009
74.01004	Garland, David E.	Philippians	REBC	2006
73.91003	Fee, Gordon D.	Philippians	IVPNTC	1999
73.81002	Hooker, Morna D.	Philippians	NIB	2000
73.81003	Hellerman, Joseph H.	Philippians	EGGNT	2015
73.31001	Craddock, Fred B.	Philippians	INT	1984
73.31001	Osiek, Carolyn	Philippians Philemon	ANTC	2000
72.81001	Witherington III, Ben	Paul's Letter to the Philippians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary	SRC	2011
72.81001	Holloway, Paul A.	Philippians	HERM	2017
72.81002	Flemming, Dean	Philippians: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2009
72.51002	Lightfoot, Joseph Barber	Philippians	CCC	1994
70.71001	Hunsinger, George	Philippians	BTC	2020
70.71001	Ferguson, Sinclair B.	Let's Study Philippians	LSS	1998
1000	Kitchen, John	Colossians and Philemon for Pastors		2012
1000	Knight, John A.	Philippians	BBC	1965
1000	Beare, F. W.	The Epistle to the Philippians	BNTC	1998
1000	Tamez, Elsa	Philippians		2017
1000	Osborne, Grant R.	Philippians: Verse by Verse	ONTC	2017
1000	Moore, Thomas S.	Philippians: An Exegetical Guide for Preaching and Teaching	BGI	2019
1000	Keown, Mark J.	Philippians	EEC	2017
1000	Thompson, James W.; Longenecker, Bruce W.	Philippians and Philemon	PAI	2016
1000	Weidmann, Frederick W.	Philippians, First and Second Thessalonians, and Philemon	WeBC	2013
1000	Malina, Bruce; Pilch, John J.	Social-Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul	SSC	2006
1000	Malina, Bruce; Pilch, John J.	Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters	SSC	2013
1000	Gromacki, Robert G.	Stand United in Joy: An Exposition of Philippians	GES	2003
1000	Moore, Thomas S.; Sprankle, Timothy D.	Philippians: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching	KC	2019
1000	George, Roji Thomas	Philippians	ABC	2019
1000	Ireland, Bill; Hollingsworth, Dock	Philippians & Philemon, Colossians	PtWsh	2017
1000	Lawson, Steven J.	Philippians For You: Shine with joy as you live by faith	GWFY	2017
1000	Still, Todd D.	Philippians & Philemon	SHBC	2011
1000	Muddiman, John; Barton, John	Philippians	OxBC	2010
1000	Smiles, Vincent M.	First Thessalonians, Philippians, Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians	NCBS	2005
1000	Chapman, David	Philippians: Rejoicing and thanksgiving	FB	2012
1000	Rosson, M. E.	Epistle to the Philippians	ABB	2011
1000	Weidmann, Frederick W.	Philippians, First and Second Thessalonians, and Philemon (Westminster Bible Companion)		2012
1000		Philippians	PC	2012
1000	Moore, Phil	Straight to the Heart of Galatians to Colossians: 60 bite-sized insights	SttHS	2014
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	Philippians and Colossians: Messages of Preseverance, Reconciliation, and Fellowship	LMP	2005
1000	Houlden, James Leslie; Nineham, D.E.	Paul's Letters from Prison: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians	PEL	1970
1000	Cousar, Charles B.	Reading Galatians, Philippians, and 1 Thessalonians: A Literary and Theological Commentary	RtNT	2013
1000		Philippians	ZIBBC	2007
1000	Martin, Ralph P.	Philippians	NCB	1980
1000	Johnson, Dennis E.	Philippians	REC	2013
1000	Meyer, Jason C.	Philippians		2018
1000	Mitch, Curtis; Hahn, Scott	The Letters of St. Paul to the Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon: Commentary, Notes and Study Questions	ICSB	2005
1000		Philippians	LBC	2013
1000	Ferguson, Sinclair B.	Let’s Study Philippians	LSS	1997
1000	Joersz, Jerald	Galatians / Ephesians / Philippians	RHBC	2013
1000		Theology of Work Bible Commentary: Volume 5: Romans through Revelation	ToWBC	2015
1000	Merida, Tony; Chan, Francis	Exalting Jesus in Philippians	CCE	2016
1000	Kuschel, Harlyn J.	Philippians/Colossians/Philemon	PBC	2007
1000	Runge, Steven E.	Philippians: A Visual and Textual Guide	HDC	2011
1000	Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen H.; Paul, Ian	Exploring the New Testament. Volume 2, The Letters and Revelation		2011
1000	Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen H.; Paul, Ian	Exploring the New Testament: Letters and Revelation v. 2		2002
1000	Barcley, William B.	The Letters to the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians: The New Daily Study Bible	DSB	2003
1000	Dunnam, Maxie D.	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	TPC	2002
1000	Hendricksen, William	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon	HK	2002
1000	Melick, Richard R.	Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	NAC	1991
1000	Wright, N. T.	Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters	NTE	2002
1000	Pentecost, J. Dwight	Joy of Living, The: A Study of Philippians		1996
1000	Cousar, Charles B.; Tucker, Gene M.	The Letters of Paul	IBT	1996
1000	Anders, Max E.	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians	HNTC	1999
1000	Boice, James Montgomery	Philippians	JMB	2006
1000	Hughes, R. Kent	Philippians: The Fellowship of the Gospel	PtW	2007
1000	MacArthur, John	Philippians: Christ, the Source of Joy and Strength	MacSG	2007
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring Ephesians and Philippians	JPCS	2002
1000	Silva, Moisés	Philippians	WEC	1989
1000	Bentley, Michael	Shining in the Darkness: Philippians Simply Explained	WCS	1998
1000	Deasley, Alex	Philippians	WesBC	2007
1000	Dayton, Wilber T.; Carter, Charles W.; Zahniser, Clarence H.; Turner, George A.; Klopfenstein, W. O.; Nicholson, Roy S.; Failing, George E.	Romans–Philemon (Vol. 5)	WesBC	1966
1000	Ironside, H. A.	Philippians & Colossians	IronBC	2007
1000	Grayston, Kenneth	Letters of Paul to the Philippians and to the Thessalonians	CBCNT	1967
1000	Lightner, Robert P.	Philippians		1983
1000	Marshall, I. Howard	Epistle to the Philippians	ECS	1993
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	Acts and Pauline Writings: Volume 7	MCB	1997
1000	Harmon, Matthew S.	Philippians: A Mentor Commentary	MNT	2015
1000	Ellsworth, Roger	Opening up Philippians	OUB	2005
1000	Kent Jr., Homer A.	Philippians	EBC	1978
1000	Vincent, Marvin R.	Philippians and Philemon	ICC	1897
1000	Edwards, Mark J.	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians	ACCS	2005
1000	Comfort, Philip W.	Philippians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians	CBC	2008
1000	Loh, I-Jin; Nida, Eugene A.	A Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Philippians	UBS	1995
1000	Krentz, Edgar; Juel, Donald H.; Koenig, John	Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians	ACNT	1985
1000	Jones, Hywel R.	Philippians	FB	1993
1000	Ash, Anthony Lee	Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon	CPNIV	1995
1000	Greenlee, J. Harold	An Exegetical Summary of Philippians	SILES	1992
1000	Gromacki, Robert G.	The Books of Philippians and Colossians: Joy and Completeness in Christ	21CBC	2003
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Joyful (Philippians): Even When Things Go Wrong, You Can Have Joy	BE	2008
1000	Braune, Karl F.C.	The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians and Colossians	LCHS	2007
1000	Walvoord, John F.	Philippians	EvBC	2001
1000	Carson, Donald A.	Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians		1996
1000	Lenski, Richard C. H.	The Interpretation of St. Paul's Epistles to the Ephesians and Philippians	LCNT	2008
1000	Tomlin, Graham	Philippians, Colossians	RCS	2013
1000	Hamm, M. Dennis	Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	CCSS	2013
1000	Ambrosiaster	Commentaries on Galatians-Philemon	ACT	2009
1000	Barton, Bruce B.; Fackler, Mark; Taylor, Linda K.; Veerman, David R.	Philippians, Colossians, & Philemon	LABC	1995
1000	Lightfoot, Joseph Barber	Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians: a rev. text with introduction, notes and dissertations		1883
1000	Mac Leod, F. Wayne	Philippians and Colossians: Messages of Perseverance, Reconciliation, and Fellowship		2005

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?	Wagner, J. Ross	Philippians
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?	Belleville, Linda L.	Philippians
?	Wright, N. T.	Philippians
?	Watson, Duane F.	Philippians
2014	Migliore, Daniel L.	Philippians
?	Belleville, Linda L.	Philippians
?	Moo, Douglas J.	Philippians
?	John of Damascus; Theodore of Mopsuestia	Pauline Commentaries

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