to mean (i.e., that Paul intended) that they should not associate with people outside the church who were immoral. But Paul will have none of that, so he qualifies with an explanation of his own intentionality: “not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, greedy, etc.” So also with his “not that” in Philippians 3:12, which Paul uses to qualify what he has just said. “In saying this,” he now qualifies, “I do not mean.…” Therefore, let me say it again, authors are intentional, and