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- noun Plural form of
philotimia .
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For lest he should seem to have spoken ambitiously (philotimias heneka, to obtain favor) these things which he hath just spoken; "the spiritual man judgeth all things," and, "he himself is judged of no man," and,
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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[777] dia men tēn chreian to prōton, husteron de kai hupo philotimias tōs poiountōn; Ambition, it might be conjectured, would be mentioned as the motive at work, but in that case tōn poiountōn would require to be away.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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* dia men tēn chreian to prōton, husteron de kai hupo philotimias tōs poiountōn: [1094] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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