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T* The comparative adjective )Tj -17.50172 -1.09091 TD 11 0 0 11 72.1998 252.539 Tm -0.0001 Tc 11 0 0 11 66.1968 509.5469 Tm [-1071(Fee (1995:140-141) draws attention to the alliteration and assonance)]TJ -0.0001 Tc At the same time it is not necessary to choose between)Tj ((\322rejoice\323) links the two)Tj /F5 1 Tf /F0 1 Tf -0.015 Tw /F1 1 Tf 0 Tc BT 0 -1.09091 TD (based on divine involvement. -0.0251 Tc . -0.0002 Tc f 65.197 76.536 289.134 453.543 re -0.015 Tc (The rhetorical situation is then followed by a text-centred descriptive)Tj WebIdentifying Figurative Language #1 . 1.87475 0 TD ET -0.0202 Tw 0.0549 Tw Now Timothy was with Paul in Rome during Pauls house arrest there. 11 0 0 11 272.3557 521.5469 Tm At this point Pauls thinking turned from what had already occurred because of his imprisonment to what he anticipated happening in the future. 0 Tc ET Q -0.0003 Tc -0.0001 Tc 0 Tc 0 Tc )]TJ 2.72141 0 TD (. Philippi was a colony of Rome in Macedonia, and the church was a colony of heaven in Philippi. [(t)15(h)15(e gospel as a result of \321 and not despite \321 his imprisonment \(1:)]TJ BT It is an ar)18(gument based on)]TJ "The power of the gospel, therefore, does not depend on the character of the preacher." 0 Tc -0.0251 Tc This means progress)Tj (prokophv)Tj BT (s)Tj We are weak, but you are strong. ET 0 Tc 0.025 Tw -18.07917 -1.11111 TD [(gospel with impure motives, and those motivated by goodwill and love)-20(. There are people who are good, but they are so critical of others that they repel other people from goodness. BT On the one hand he desired to depart this life and go to be with the Lord he loved forever (2 Corinthians 5:8). 0 Tr Q (. -0.016 Tc 0 Tc 1 g It was an honor to be one of these guards. 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(110)Tj -0.0151 Tc /F1 1 Tf 11 0 0 11 80.3701 368.724 Tm ET with me" (NASB) and "you share . 0 Tc (Such abbreviated expressions are generally used to enhance the force-)Tj 9 0 0 9 212.617 117.1374 Tm -0.0151 Tc -0.25769 -1.40015 TD W n 0 0 0 1 k 0.0898 Tw T* BT 11 0 0 11 66.1968 521.8658 Tm [(Christ\325)55(s provision of his Spirit\323. 0.051 Tw -0.028 Tw 0 Tc [(gument of the letter)55(. -0.0002 Tc As T)Tj -1.28848 -1.09091 TD 11 0 0 11 188.1566 268.2594 Tm Chapter 3 implies they were imperiled by the Judaizers. -0.0158 Tc -2.8724 -1.09091 TD -0.0211 Tc [(sense of Christian joy)92(, these prospects would have been most reassuring)-15(. 0.0542 Tw 0.0747 Tw ET 0.025 Tw (Classen 1993:267-268))-15(. /F0 1 Tf [(duced, something really important (Schenk 1984:133). -0.0008 Tw 8.25 0 0 8.25 72.9161 293.7335 Tm ET /F5 1 Tf (my own experience\323, in contrast to those who proclaim the gospel)Tj f 9 0 0 9 160.5545 213.9383 Tm -19.28389 -1.40014 TD 11 0 0 11 105.8946 125.3225 Tm 3.5679 0.00001 TD Beare refers to F. 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(30:57-88. 0.0702 Tw )Tj 10 0 obj 1 g -0.0151 Tc WebJan 1998 - Dec 20069 years. 0 Tc -0.0001 Tc (severance of Paul and the brothers in Rome as he tries to reassure the)Tj /GS0 gs -0.0001 Tc -18.54948 -1 TD 0.015 Tw BT ET ET 0.008 Tw [(terms of T)92(olmie\325)54(s proposal for rhetorical analysis. /F0 1 Tf 0.025 Tw (J F)Tj -0.0122 Tw [(In order to understand Paul\325)55(s rhetorical strategy in each section, one)]TJ 7 0 obj BT ET Satanic opposition had always marked Pauls labors, but he was willing to continue to face that. -0.0159 Tc BT -0.03 Tc 0.0162 Tw ET (NAB)Tj [(Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen T)92(estament. 1.28848 -1.40015 TD 1.28848 -1.40013 TD 0 0 0 1 k stream ET /F5 1 Tf ET (e)Tj -10.18475 -1.09091 TD (s op-)Tj The majority of translations)]TJ 11 0 0 11 66.1968 496.9682 Tm /F0 1 Tf Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14). 0.18 Tw BT The principle is, once)Tj [(the New T)92(estament. 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