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CONTENTS
PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION - The Prison Epistles
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CHAPTER
ONE
The Scope of the Epistle
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The analogy between Philippians and Hebrews
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The scope, exhibited in the structure
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CHAPTER
TWO
Things that are more Excellent (Phil. 1:1-18)
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Confidence and continuance, with special attention
to the word epiteleo
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Approving things that are more excellent
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A mind at leisure from itself
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CHAPTER
THREE
Far Better (Phil. 1:19-26)
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Salvation and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
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Christ shall be magnified in my body
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For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain
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Yet what I shall choose I do not make known
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The meaning of the word translated `depart'
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CHAPTER
FOUR
Citizenship (Phil. 1:24-30)
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Conversation, life and citizenship
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The faith of the gospel
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CHAPTER
FIVE
The Mind which was in Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:1-11)
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The three essentials in interpretation
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(1) The logical connection of the passage
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(2) The terms employed :
(a) Huparchon `Who being'
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(b) Morphe `form'
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(c) Harpagmon `Robbery' or `Prize'
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(d) Isa Theo `Equality with God'
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(e) Kenoo `He emptied Himself'
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(f) Morphe `Form of a servant'
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(g) Homoioma `Likeness of men'
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(h) Tapeinoo `Humbled Himself'
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The NAME which is above every name
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CHAPTER
SIX
Working out the Truth (Phil. 2:12-30)
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