Indeed, when those brothers in Philippi read Paul’s letter, they knew that these were not the words of an academic who was sitting somewhere in an office.
اعضای جماعت فیلیپی می‌دانستند که سخنان پولُس تنها نظرات شخصی او نبود ،‏ بلکه خود شخصاً آن‌ها را تجربه کرده بود .‏