The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians was written while Paul was a prisoner in Rome. This letter, Paul’s farewell message, is filled with gratitude and affection for his Philippian friends, the church which was perhaps dearest to him.

Philippians 3

3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;