It would be easy to assume that his life was rosy when he wrote these words but not so. He was in prison in Rome! ​ — Philippians 1: 12 - 14.
Varētu domāt, ka tolaik, kad Pāvils rakstīja šo vēstuli, viņam dzīvē viss ritēja gludi, tomēr tā nebūt nebija: Pāvils atradās cietumā Romā.