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Chicago: University Press. 0 Tc 0 0 0 0 k /F1 1 Tf ET ET 0.071 Tw ET /F0 1 Tf -0.0368 Tw Philippians 1:27-28; Philippians 2:2; Philippians 2:12-18; Philippians 3:16-17; Philippians 4:17). Q -0.027 Tw [(kai; t)-20(iv aiJrhvsomai ouj gnwr)20(ivzw)]TJ stream 0 -1.09091 TD 0 0 0 1 k -0.0001 Tc Obviously there is a vital connection between prayer and the Spirits enablement. 0.025 Tw (The interpretation is supported by the context. 0 Tr /GS0 gs BT 9 0 0 9 227.9294 136.2594 Tm 0.089 Tw 11 0 0 11 237.8732 172.5193 Tm This is the proof that they were on his heart. It should also rest on spiritual sensitivity to truth as God has revealed it in His Word and not on mere sentimentality. 1 0 0 1 -1000 1595.2761 Tm In calling his readers to unite in steadfastly enduring the antagonism of unbelievers in their area, Paul was not asking them to do something he himself had not done. -25.77034 -1.09091 TD (, the future tenses in 1:18b-26 distin)Tj (ments Paul uses and why they are effective. 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