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"Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he
had respect unto the recompense of the reward" (Heb. 11: 26).
Both epistles inculcate the spirit of "moderation":--
"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth" (Heb. 11: 13).
"Let your moderation (yieldingness) be known unto all men" (Phil. 4: 5).
There is also a parallel in such passages as the following where the cross of Christ is
spoken of in a special way:--
"I tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ"
(Phil. 3: 18).
"They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame"
(Heb. 6: 6).
The words: "Esau, who for one morsel of meat, sold his birthright" (Heb. 12: 16), and
the Philippian passage, "Whose God is their belly" (Phil. 3: 19) are closely parallel.
Both Hebrews and Philippians use athletic terms:--
"Ye endured a great fight of (athlesis) of afflictions" (Heb. 10: 32).
"Striving together (sunathleo) for the faith of the gospel" (Phil. 1: 27).
"Help those women which laboured (sunathleo) with me in the gospel" (Phil. 4: 3).
There is a parallel also between
Heb. 13: 21
and
Phil. 1: 6,
and between
Heb. 13: 21 and Phil. 2: 13:--
"Make you perfect in every good work to do His will" (Heb. 13: 21).
"He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ" (Phil. 1: 6).
"Working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight" (Heb. 13: 21).
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure"
(Phil. 2: 13).
There is a number of other minor details which we omit here, but which the reader
may discover, all of which help to increase the total evidence and make the parallel too
complete to be ignored.
(To be concluded).