This particular example of διαπόρησις compares especially well to Phil 1:19–26 because Isocrates contemplates two courses of action, one that has a personal advantage and one that benefits the community. Isocrates forgoes the safe alternative of silence, which is desirable in its own way, and chooses the alternative that is more needful to his hearers. Specific points of comparison between this excerpt of Isocrates’ speech and Phil 1:19–26 include the following: Isocrates Paul 1. ἀπορῶ “I am at