figurative language in philippians 1

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(lippians is working\) and the help that the Spirit of Jesus provides \(an)Tj /GS0 gs 11.44976 0 TD -13.92191 -1.40015 TD 11 0 0 11 350.2747 235.661 Tm He felt joyful (Philippians 1:4; cf. << -0.0001 Tc 0 -1.0909 TD 0 595.276 0 0 re (-)Tj -0.034 Tw /F0 1 Tf 11 0 0 11 66.1968 504.4969 Tm 0.007 Tw (of seeing his friends again (1:25-26). Kommentar)55(. (much better \([)' word stekete, translated "stand firm"] conveys the idea of firmness or steadfastness, or unflinching courage like that possessed by soldiers who determinedly refuse to leave their posts irrespective of how severely the battle rages (cf. (gavr)Tj -11.73854 -1.09091 TD 9 0 0 9 206.0454 256.2594 Tm stream -0.0002 Tc -0.0141 Tw endstream (i eij" ajpologivan tou` e)Tj 0.025 Tw 0 Tc [Note: A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, 4:436.]. 0 Tc -25.4638 -1.11111 TD -0.0001 Tc -0.016 Tc 11 0 0 11 238.6901 482.4642 Tm To grow as a Christian is to grow in ones grasp of the truth, in breadth and in depth. ET )]TJ 0 Tc ET -0.0001 Tc 0 Tw T* -0.019 Tw -0.013 Tw BT . /F1 1 Tf BT -0.027 Tw q BT In his day and in his culture a solemn oath was the end of every dispute (cf. /F0 1 Tf -0.0002 Tc -0.0151 Tc -0.0151 Tc -11.41285 -1.09091 TD 10 0 obj 1 g Rather, it sets out to describe some of its practical implications. Heathcote. ET God has given Paul the work of defending the gospel. BT (TSON)Tj -0.02 Tc 0.0442 Tw 11 0 0 11 66.1968 174.1432 Tm (either one of the two. ET 39.]. 0 595.276 0 0 re (self to the categories of ancient rhetoric, or should one als)Tj BT 0 0 0 1 k [(i)15(n)15( )15(1)15(:)15(2)15(0)15(. T* BT 0.025 Tw (, the future tenses in 1:18b-26 distin)Tj 9 0 0 9 255.2395 268.2594 Tm ET 0.015 Tw (sity Microfilms Inc.)Tj [Note: Robert C. Swift, "The Theme and Structure of Philippians," Bibliotheca Sacra 141:563 (July-September 1984):238. 11 0 0 11 350.2744 133.6452 Tm -0.022 Tw -0.033 Tw BT -0.0152 Tc q 0.025 Tw endstream (It suits the context better \(see the active role of God in 1:12, 1:14)Tj (1976. (1964.\))Tj T* BT /BaseEncoding/MacRomanEncoding 0.058 Tw [(. . /F5 1 Tf [(finds its meaning in Christ, it stands to reason that)-15( )-15(h)-15(i)-15(s)-15( )-15(d)-15(e)-15(a)-15(t)-15(h)-15( )-15(\()-15(w)-15(h)-15(i)-15(c)-15(h)]TJ 0.025 Tw BT (b)' (. (was constructed from the text.)' 0.051 Tw First, figurative expressions afford readers imaginative pleasure of literary works. [(Library)92(. (oiJ me;n ejx ajgavph", eijdovt)Tj (Gnilka (1976:66), Silva (1988:76-78) and O\325Brien (1991:109-110))' (A verb of knowing in the infinitive \()Tj 0.1473 Tw 0 0.276 419 595 re The Christians in Philippi always caused Paul to give thanks to God when he prayed for them at his set times of prayer. T* (sities will result in his salvation and the progress of the gospel)Tj BT Leuven: Peeters. 7 0 0 7 135.2006 506.6296 Tm BT BT ET (very beginning (1:3-4, 7, 8). 0.061 Tw ET 11 0 0 11 113.4695 521.5469 Tm The Philippians were experiencing the same type of suffering that Paul had during his whole ministry. 0 Tw 0 Tc 0 Tc )]TJ ET A metaphor makes a direct comparison between two things to point out how they are similar. 11 0 0 11 65.1968 542.7083 Tm 154.] BT (needs and that by continuing his life on earth, Paul will be able to)Tj 0 Tc 0.0103 Tw -0.015 Tc 0 Tc 8.25 0 0 8.25 74.138 347.3779 Tm Pauls lack of reference to his apostleship is in harmony with the overall emphasis of this epistle (cf. 0.0823 Tw /F5 1 Tf 0 -1.09091 TD It also described a military unit striking camp and sailors releasing a boat from its moorings. 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[(mation to various exhortations. Goodwill is)]TJ These are the two offices of the church that Paul expounded elsewhere (1 Timothy 3; Titus 1). (ture)Tj BT 0.88868 0 TD 0.025 Tw 8.25 0 0 8.25 71.0792 312.4804 Tm [(In 1:4 Paul makes supplication for the Philippians; here)-250(\()-15(i)-15(n)-15( )-15(1)-15(:)-15(1)-15(9)-15(\))-15( )-15(t)-15(h)-15(e)-15(y)]TJ -0.0001 Tc ET -0.0151 Tc -0.0001 Tc -0.0001 Tc Q -0.0001 Tc 11 0 0 11 125.8636 434.4642 Tm -20.53024 -1.09091 TD The church at Philippi was conc)-15(e)-15(r)-15(n)-15(e)-15(d)-15( )-15(a)-15(b)-15(o)-15(u)-15(t)]TJ /F0 1 Tf -0.0316 Tc [(d)-15(ivine involvement. -25.77035 -1.09091 TD It recalls 1:6-7, where Paul is assured that the)Tj q 0.0916 Tw << Q -0.015 Tc -7.87688 -1.09091 TD -18.14522 -1.09091 TD 11 0 0 11 103.8956 338.631 Tm 1.54617 0 TD [(eij" prokoph;n tou` e)20(ujaggelivou ejlhvl)20(uqen)]TJ /F1 1 Tf 11 0 0 11 126.6711 292.2594 Tm (89)Tj /F0 1 Tf -0.023 Tw 11 0 0 11 66.1968 274.9923 Tm -0.0353 Tw (2004. (93)Tj /GS2 gs BT [(the two is neutralised in this context. /F5 1 Tf f BT Bibliotheca Sacra 155:617 (January-March 1998):39-61.] 0 0 0 1 k ET ET (\) in)Tj Galatians 5:18). 0 Tc (analyses of Anderson (1999) on Galatians 1-5:12, Romans 1-11 and 1)' 0.05 Tw 0 Tr 11 0 0 11 166.4636 509.8658 Tm 0.5 0 TD 0.075 Tw 4.48321 0 TD (1998. 0 Tc (L)Tj 65.197 76.536 289.134 453.543 re 0.014 Tw In relation to the progress of the gospel, Pauls imprisonment was really a good thing, a positive situation. God is involved by giving them the confidence to)]TJ kauchema) means ground for joy. Paul asked God that that love might increase even more. If the)Tj -0.015 Tc (preachers that Paul distinguishes.)' By especially greeting the guardians -0.0151 Tc Pauls letters, which generally follow this standard form, usually include a thanksgiving; in some of these, as here, he also includes a prayer-report. 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(reality turned out for the advancement of the gospel.)' /F5 1 Tf (\322God has given me the work of defending the gospel\323 (1977:22).)' 0 0 0 0 k A: What to /F0 1 Tf -0.015 Tc /F1 1 Tf The phrase, "my imprisonment in [the cause of] Christ," (NASB) or, "I am in chains for Christ," (NIV) in the Greek text stresses an important fact. 0.025 Tw 9 0 0 9 208.3477 410.4642 Tm -0.025 Tc -0.0001 Tc /F1 1 Tf /GS0 gs 0.104 Tw -0.0151 Tc "A worthy walk, then, means specifically the achievement of true Christian unity among themselves, and steadfastness against enemies of the gospel." Salvation is Gods work, not mans (Jonah 2:9). 8.25 0 0 8.25 74.138 174.1432 Tm 0.044 Tw /F5 1 Tf 1 g 0 Tc 0 -1.11112 TD (ities. -0.0008 Tw 0 Tc -0.0151 Tc -0.0001 Tc 1.54617 0 TD 11 0 0 11 309.9694 422.4642 Tm (y)Tj -0.015 Tc >> (described.)' -0.0001 Tc /F1 1 Tf T* 9 0 0 9 229.0146 402.1256 Tm 0 0 0 1 k /GS2 gs BT -6.38705 -1.09091 TD 0 Tc (jority of the brothers, having gained confidence in the Lord \()' (to matters of eternal import.)' 2.13018 0 TD -25.77034 -1.09091 TD (1977. -0.02 Tc He could continue to labor, and his work would produce fruit for eternity. -0.0151 Tc Grace Evangelical Society News 6:2 (February 1991):2.] BT ET -0.008 Tw BT (oiJ me;n ejx)Tj (B)Tj ET 158. -0.0001 Tc [(vancement of the gospel\323. 11 0 0 11 206.4181 328.2594 Tm [(eijdovt)-20(e" o{t)-20(i eij" ajpologivan tou` e)20(ujaggelivou)]TJ 0.031 Tw /GS0 gs T* In our day, when we tend to voice prayer requests for physical needs primarily, we need to follow Pauls example of putting the spiritual needs of others high on our prayer lists. 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[(guish it from the preceding 1:12-17, while the \322noetische V)55(erben\323)]TJ 0 Tc 9 0 0 9 80.3701 248.8359 Tm ET -0.0001 Tc ET -0.0001 Tc PHILIPPIANS 1:12-26)Tj [Note: Ibid., pp. (rhetorical analysis, with its focus on the formal aspects of the text. /F0 1 Tf BT ET This section provides a smooth transition from Pauls thanksgiving and prayer into the body of the epistle. 0.025 Tw 7 0 0 7 94.5433 470.6296 Tm (s deliverance; the Spirit will enable him to persevere till that)Tj (oiJ de; ejx)Tj ET BT 1.28848 -1.40015 TD -20.76707 -1.33333 TD ET /OPM 1 BT "In Classical Greek it referred to the pomp and pageantry that accompanied the arrival of a king or governor in a city. The source of these blessings is God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (.H. 0.0325 Tw 0.18 Tw 0 -1.09091 TD (ajpoka-)Tj /F1 1 Tf (pollw`/ ga;r ma`llon krei`sson)Tj /GS0 gs 0 0 0 1 k -0.0001 Tc 0 Tc (with \322having confidence\323. ET -0.0151 Tc Philippians 1:5-6). 0.025 Tw (1984. -0.0163 Tw -0.0151 Tc -0.005 Tw 0.0963 Tw BT Paul usually covers this topic toward the end of)]TJ T* (broad impact on the people of Rome.)' ET 0 Tr 8.56227 0 TD L.4.5 - Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. (ment by using a rhetorical question in 1:18 that conveys his joy con-)Tj ET ET Pauls desire to glorify Jesus Christ kept him pure (Philippians 1:10; cf. [(Acta Theologica)-17261(2005:1)]TJ apologia) elsewhere sometimes refers to a legal defense (e.g., Acts 22:1; Acts 25:16: 2 Timothy 4:16). 14.12234 0 TD -0.0002 Tc 0 Tc f -3.5679 -1.09091 TD 9 0 0 9 103.376 164.1432 Tm And it culminates in glorification, when the redeemed sinner finally sees Jesus Christ and experiences transformation into His image. stream /GS2 gs 11 0 0 11 66.1968 521.8658 Tm 0.1387 Tw q -0.015 Tc 1.28848 -1.40014 TD [(aspects that have been added since antiquity? Perhaps he did so because he had been thinking of Jesus Christ as the One before whom we will all appear when our sanctification is complete (Philippians 1:6; Philippians 1:10). Does this mean that if the Philippians failed to pray for Paul Gods work in him would suffer? 9 0 0 9 80.3701 213.9383 Tm 0 Tc 0 Tc To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. -0.015 Tw -1.54617 -1.40014 TD 11 0 0 11 65.1968 542.7083 Tm [(H)-15(e identifies three main functions of an )]TJ -18.07917 -1.11111 TD -0.0151 Tc (London: Epworth Press. (Die Boodskap)Tj 11 0 0 11 255.4037 117.1374 Tm 0 Tc BT 0 Tw -0.0076 Tw (s own experience in)Tj (TEV)Tj /F0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 205.2638 55.8736 Tm -0.0001 Tc -0.015 Tc [(ajnagkaiovt)-20(eron)]TJ . For a Jew this concept did not connote drudgery, but honor and privilege. )]TJ ET q Every time Paul prayed for them, he did so with thanksgiving. 0 Tc -25.24566 -1.11111 TD -0.0001 Tc -0.0151 Tc The question)-389(i)-15(s)]TJ 0.023 Tw T* 0.0221 Tw 0 Tc The opponents of the Christians, and even the believers themselves, might not perceive this, but this was true. Not only were they bound together in the gospel (Philippians 1:5) but, more specifically, they were one in imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. /F0 1 Tf f Q [(w{st)-20(e tou;" desmouv" mou fanerou;" ejn Cr)20(i)20(stw`/ genevsqai)]TJ Bear in mind that he and Silas had been beaten and imprisoned there. (ejn kur)Tj -0.0151 Tc Philippians 1:9-11; cf. 9 0 0 9 251.6126 96.8579 Tm 0.0948 Tw /F0 1 Tf ET -0.0001 Tc 0.0221 Tw The Philippians had already given evidence of possessing the love that God alone can produce (1 Corinthians 13:1-3; Galatians 5:22) in their dealings with the apostle. 11 0 0 11 288.9273 308.724 Tm WebPhlp 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;. 11 0 0 11 66.1968 139.2456 Tm -0.0002 Tc BT -25.8531 -1.09091 TD 173.]. BT -0.0001 Tc 9 0 0 9 288.0127 192.7875 Tm stream (, used in 1:12 (and again in 1:25), is a military)Tj 0.003 Tw -0.0201 Tc BT -0.0001 Tc and Phile.). -0.0002 Tc -0.0001 Tc BT 0 595.276 0 0 re -0.0002 Tc W n ET (NDERSON)Tj -0.0001 Tc In 1:12 it)]TJ >> -0.0001 Tc -0.022 Tw -22.16114 -1.09091 TD -0.028 Tw -0.02 Tc The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive. q 0.057 Tw (reason for this division is the rhetorical question in 1:18. -0.0001 Tc His prayers were full of joy as he petitioned God for the saints there. 0 Tw f (1995. /F5 1 Tf ((Silva 1988:21).)' -0.016 Tw 0.013 Tw stream -9.11516 -1.09091 TD -0.02 Tc 0 -1.0909 TD (101)Tj They had witnessed his struggles in Philippi when he had planted the church there and perhaps in his subsequent ministry there. 0.08 Tw /F0 1 Tf T* ET -0.015 Tc -10.63607 -1.03651 TD (Cambridge University Press. 0 Tc /F5 1 Tf 11 0 0 11 136.4544 509.8658 Tm 9 0 0 9 278.0919 252.6852 Tm [(in his body)92(. This was an office that carried over from Jewish synagogue life. -0.0003 Tc (the verb )Tj Basel: Herder)55(. 0 Tc << -0.0001 Tc -0.0001 Tc 11 0 0 11 72.1998 298.7438 Tm Q /F5 1 Tf 0.1142 Tw BT (2)Tj endstream "All the rest of the letter is concerned primarily with their development as koinonoi [partners] so that they may be blessed with a temporally fruitful, eternally rewardable partnership in the gospel." BT (NGTT)Tj (Nida 1988:461-462\). [(i)-15(s the military metaphor )]TJ 0 595.276 0 0 re /F0 1 Tf /GS0 gs 0.0626 Tw -1.28848 -1.09091 TD ET 0 0 0 1 k /F0 1 Tf -0.0001 Tc Stuttgart: W)129(. -0.024 Tw (The assurance is given by using various rhetorical strategies and tech)' [(parous)-40(iva)]TJ -13.51333 -1.11111 TD (, preferred by Collange (1979:60), O\325Brien)Tj /F0 1 Tf f 11 0 0 11 350.2745 395.0626 Tm (In this article Philippians 1:12-26 is analysed from a rhetorical perspective that dif-)Tj 0.025 Tw BT psyche) points to Christian unity being in Pauls mind as well as their unity in the Holy Spirit (cf. [(aijsc)20(unqhvsomai)]TJ /GS0 gs ET )]TJ 15.80559 0 TD 9 0 0 9 80.3701 302.4804 Tm ET . ((1:15a))Tj 0 Tw -0.0041 Tw 1 0 0 1 -1000 1595.2761 Tm -26.92858 -1.33334 TD In 1:16 Paul uses the)Tj (expresses as)Tj 9 0 0 9 200.7784 168.8579 Tm -0.026 Tw /F0 1 Tf On the)]TJ -0.0001 Tc 9 0 0 9 129.8699 168.8579 Tm C: Plan of Paul's visiting. [(l)-15(ates: \322Aufgrund meiner festgegr\237ndeten Hoffnung\323. 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