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Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians is unavailable, but you can change that!

Those called upon to preach and teach regularly cannot help but benefit from Basics for Believers. Not only does it provide a model of preaching that melds solid exposition with relevant application, not only is it based on one of Paul's best-loved epistles, but it also reflects the keen insight of an internationally recognized Bible expositor. Christians taking their first steps of faith as...

here the vision is broader: he perceives that their interest in him is a reflection of their continued commitment to the gospel, and that is why he thanks God for them. The point becomes explicit in the second cause of his thanksgiving: “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now . . .” (1:4–5). Their “partnership in the gospel” injects joy into Paul’s prayers of thanksgiving: “I always pray with joy,” he writes.
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