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BT 11 0 0 11 66.1968 521.5469 Tm The following are common forms of figurative language: 1. -0.015 Tc 0 0 0 0 k A primary feature of the gospelas set forth in Philippiansis 1 g /F5 1 Tf (my own experience\323, in contrast to those who proclaim the gospel)Tj [(involvement. -10.63607 -1.03651 TD -0.0001 Tc -0.0001 Tc ET -0.0002 Tc (s rhetorical strategy in 1:12-17 has been outlined,)Tj 0.016 Tw (used in many papyri letters and consists of four elements:)Tj 0 Tr (uJma`")Tj [(Snyman)-6388(A rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:12-26)]TJ (sity of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300. (-)Tj (Ancient rhetorical theory and Paul)Tj /F5 1 Tf The Book of Proverbs also uses personification, which means language that treats something that is not a person as though it were. 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BT -0.015 Tc 1.54617 0 TD (of the Philippians \()Tj They do so out)Tj -0.035 Tc /GS2 gs BT It is the privilege of suffering for Jesus Christ. -1.28848 -1.09091 TD BT -0.0001 Tc This verse does not teach that God will keep all Christians persevering in the faith and in good works faithfully until they die. -1.28848 -1.09091 TD 0.0894 Tw 0.33984 0 TD -0.0001 Tc -25.65924 -1.09091 TD They were envious of Pauls prominence and were striving with their fellow believers for selfish reasons. Whether he came to them or not, their duty was the same. Most of the choices that a spiritual believer faces are not between morally good and morally evil things but between things of lesser and greater value. A defense (Gr. -0.0151 Tc 25.38142 0 TD 0.025 Tw 0.0455 Tw 0 Tc -0.018 Tw This word was especially appropriate to use in a letter to people who took great pride in their Roman citizenship (cf. 11.83386 0 TD BT /F1 1 Tf Philippi was a colony of Rome in Macedonia, and the church was a colony of heaven in Philippi. BT The following explanatory phrase "with one mind" (lit. 11 0 0 11 137.2304 139.2456 Tm q -0.0267 Tw BT /F1 1 Tf /F0 1 Tf 0 Tc 9 0 0 9 162.0144 511.8658 Tm 0.0668 Tw Paul did not want to feel ashamed when he stood before the Lord at His judgment seat (cf. 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