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Philippians 1:30 - Exposition

Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me . These words are best taken with Philippians 1:27 , Philippians 1:28 and Philippians 1:29 being parenthetical. The apostle returns to the military or gladiatorial metaphor of a contest, ἀγών . He had himself been persecuted at Philippi ( Acts 16:1 Thessalonians Acts 2:2 ); now the Philippians heard of his Roman imprisonment, and were themselves suffering similar persecutions.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Philippians 1:30 - Exposition

Philippians 1:30 - Exposition

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