This paper examines the relationship between Stoic ethics and the catalogue of virtues in Philippians 4:7‒9, with the aim of showing to what extent the Apostle Paul was familiar with and appropriated Stoic ideas, and how he transformed them within a Christian framework. Through a lexical analysis of the terms in Philippians 4:7‒9 and examination of the very structure of this catalogue, the paper assumes that this passage was shaped under the influence of Stoic catalogues of virtues. Particular emphasis is placed on the concept of “virtue” (ἀρετή), which in Stoic ethics denotes a relational value per se, independent of personal benefit. For the Stoics, virtue is a personal achievеment and the fruit of rational conviction that life should be lived in accordance with nature (κατὰ φύσιν), which leads to happiness. Paul accepts the positive values of Stoic ethics – such as the understanding that virtue has a relational character and deserves recognition in itself – but relocates them into the perspective of “life in Christ” (ἐν Χριστῷ). In Paul’s thought virtue acquires a new theocentric dimension: it is not merely the result of human effort and rational conviction of living κατὰ φύσιν, but above all the fruit of the Spirit (κατὰ πνεῦμα) within the ecclesial reality, whose ultimate criterion is the Christ’s sacrificial love. The analysis shows that Paul does not use Stoic ideas as a rhetorical “lure”, but rather
critically integrates them into the Christian context. In this way, the catalogue of virtues in Philippians 4:7‒9 becomes a relevant bridge between Greco-Roman culture and the Christian ethos: the positive relational aspect of virtuous life in accordance with the laws of nature is filled with new content, where the emphasis is no longer exclusively on the individual character-building, but on virtue as a demand for sacrificial love.