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What is a Roman jail
The specific place where Paul is writing the letter to the Philippians
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What is "every other name"
Christ was given the name that is above this
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What is joy
Paul makes his prayers with this, when thinking about the Philippians
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What is equality with God
Christ did not count it as a thing to be grasped
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What is gain
To Paul, to live is Christ and to die is this
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Timothy and Epaphroditus
Paul hoped to send these two brothers in Christ to the church at Philippi to refresh them
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What is to be here on earth, proclaiming the gospel (which is more necessary for the Philippians' account and "fruitful labor" for Paul)
Paul's desire was to depart and be with Christ, but the Lord's desire was for him to do this
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What is "without grumbling or disputing"
Paul exhorted the believers in Philippi to do all things without doing this so that they may be blameless and innocent
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What is the gospel of Christ
Paul encouraged the Philippians to: "...let your manner of life be worthy of [this], so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,"
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What is what was lacking in the Phillipians' service to Paul.
Epaphroditus nearly nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete this
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