Philippians 1:19-24

(19-24) In these verses, under the power of that feeling of joy of which he speaks above, St. Paul unveils to the Philippians his most sacred aspirations and convictions, and the division of feeling in his own soul between longing for rest and consciousness of work yet to be done. There is a still fuller disclosure of a similar “spiritual experience” in 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 5:15. It is rare in the apostolic writings. St. Paul seems, in 2 Corinthians 6:11, almost to apologise for disclosing what is usually kept, in delicacy and reverence, for God alone.