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The Philippians had not only been in prison with Paul in spirit, but they had been willing to associate with and minister to him in prison through Epaphroditus. 0.0151 Tw 9 0 0 9 80.3701 248.8359 Tm [(scholars started analysing Paul\325)55(s letters without using ancient rheto-)]TJ /F0 1 Tf -0.0001 Tc -0.015 Tc -0.034 Tw BT 0.025 Tw -0.0002 Tc BT 11 0 0 11 234.1795 235.661 Tm (-)Tj ET 9 0 0 9 86.4885 148.5193 Tm The Christian is himself pure, but his love and his gentleness are such that he attracts others to the Christian way and never repels them from it." -0.0001 Tc 9 0 0 9 338.0467 395.0626 Tm endstream (RIEN)Tj ((1:24) supports)Tj (and did he draw on such knowledge deliberately or not? 0 Tw Bibliotheca Sacra 155:617 (January-March 1998):39-61.] Gods revelation and His Spirit were to guide their loving. 65.197 76.536 289.134 453.543 re (s ar)Tj (-)Tj BT >> (and )Tj )Tj (dium)Tj [(means fruitful labour)55(, then I cannot decide what to do\323. [(. 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ET ET (ries, or to arrive at a better understanding of a particular letter? 0.025 Tw ET (eron)Tj 0.025 Tw The New Testament writers consistently urged us to persevere recognizing that some Christians will not do so (Titus 2:11-13; Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 4:1; Hebrews 6:1-8; et al.). /F0 1 Tf 0 Tw 9 0 0 9 203.0138 55.8736 Tm ET ET (in 1:17, stresses Paul\325)Tj ET 11 0 0 11 87.0949 139.2456 Tm Pauls desire to glorify Jesus Christ kept him pure (Philippians 1:10; cf. (\(\322for)Tj (style tells us something of exegetical value regarding the emotion-)Tj Soda attracted girls like 53.]. Philippi was a colony of Rome in Macedonia, and the church was a colony of heaven in Philippi. )Tj /F0 1 Tf ET (nicht unklar eine \322Sph\212re\323 angibt, son-)Tj 9 0 0 9 241.3176 283.7335 Tm (self to the categories of ancient rhetoric, or should one als)Tj ((1:3-11) and following (1:27-30) ones.)' 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[(29\), is to interpret it as Paul\325)55(s release from prison due to the prospect)]TJ (as closely as possible, since they both refer to what God)Tj [(Thus Paul\325)55(s deliverance will be the result of two factors: the one)]TJ (. 0.0195 Tw 0 Tc (105)Tj -0.0001 Tc ET (gument used here is another example of an ar)Tj (1991. -0.0158 Tc )Tj /F5 1 Tf -0.015 Tc 0 -1.11111 TD -22.98688 -1.09091 TD BT His prayers were full of joy as he petitioned God for the saints there. BT -7.65417 -1.33334 TD 0 Tc f /F1 1 Tf 0.0116 Tw q -0.015 Tc (, used in 1:12 (and again in 1:25), is a military)Tj 0.025 Tw T)92(olmie (2004:141) is probably correct)]TJ /Differences[32/space 38/ampersand 40/parenleft/parenright 44/comma/hyphen/period/slash/zero/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight/nine/colon/semicolon 63/question 65/A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z/bracketleft 93/bracketright 97/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z 134/Udieresis 138/adieresis 145/edieresis 159/udieresis 165/bullet 201/ellipsis 209/emdash/quotedblleft/quotedblright 213/quoteright] The antecedent of "this" is probably the things that had happened to Paul to which he had just been referring in Philippians 1:12-18. 0 Tc (This assurance is in response to a situation where the Philippians)Tj The)]TJ /F5 1 Tf (\), but that Christ will be glorified \()Tj 0.0408 Tw -0.0001 Tc -0.0158 Tc /F5 1 Tf [(j)-16(Ihsou`)]TJ (desire of the apostle. 9 0 0 9 271.4159 148.9524 Tm Love for God and Paul motivated the members of this second group. 0.025 Tw -7.47921 -1.09091 TD Philippians 1:3-6 summarize the entire epistle. /F5 1 Tf 0.025 Tw (between Paul and his audience.)' 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