Chunks: Paul's Letter to the Philippians

Before we finish chapter 1, we need to circle back to an odd little sentence that I skipped over: “This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God” (vs. 28b). There are different ways to understand what Paul is saying, but the point seems to be this: when Christians suffer for the gospel, will their persecutors see any evidence that the gospel is true?