HOMI 500
Structural Diagram Template
Text:
Place the first independent clause at the left
margin.
Place supporting words above or below the
modified term.
Designate the function of each phrase in the left
column.
Connect separated terms with lines as needed.
Highlight significant theological terms.
Underline verbs; place connectives in [brackets].
Functions
Authors of the Text
Role of Author
Location of
recievers
Roles of recievers
Greeting
From whom
Thanksgiving
Who is Thanked
Frequency of the
thanks
Action
Recievers
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Diagram
Paul [and] Timothy,
servants
of Christ Jesus,
To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi,
together with the overseers and deacons:
Grace [and] peace to you
from
God our Father [and] the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank
my God
every time
I remember you./
In all my prayers
[for] all of you, I always pray with joy/
[because]
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The purpose of this exercise is to portray in a graphic
form the structure of the text and designate the
rhetorical function of the various phrases in the text.
Reason For Action
Assertation
Action
Reasoning for the
Action
Explanatory
Application
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of your partnership in the Gospel
[from]
the first day until now,/
being confident of this,
that He Who
began a good work in you will carry it on to
completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.
It is right for me to feel this way
about all of you,
[since]
I have you in my heart and,
[whether]
I am in chains
or defending [and] confirming the gospel, all of you share in
God’s grace with me./
God
can testify how I long for all of you
with the affection of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer:
HOMI 500
Application
Explanatory
Application
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that your love
may abound more and more
in knowledge and depth of insight,/
so that you
may be able to discern what is best
[and]
may be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ,/
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through
Jesus Christ—
to the glory and praise of God.
Now I want
you to know, brothers and sisters,
that what has happened to me has actually served to
advance the gospel./
As a result, It has
[become]
clear throughout the whole palace guard/and to
everyone else that
I am in chains for Christ./
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Exhortation
Command
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15
16
17
And because of my chains,
most of the brothers and sisters
have become confident in the
Lord
[and]
dare all the more to
proclaim the Gospel without fear.
It is true that some
preach Christ
out of envy and rivalry,
but others out of goodwill./
The latter do so out of love,
knowing
that I am put here
for the defense of the Gospel./
The former
preach Christ
out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that
they can stir up trouble
for me while I am in chains.
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Application
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19
20
But what does it matter?
The important thing is that in every way,
whether from
false motives or true,
Christ is preached.
[And]
because of this
I rejoice.
[Yes], and
I
will continue to rejoice,/
for I
know that through
your prayers
[and]
God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
what has happened to me will turn out for my
deliverance./
I
eagerly expect and hope that
I will
in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage
so that now as always
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Example
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Christ will be exalted in my body,
whether by life or by death./
For to me,
to live
is Christ
and to die is gain . /
If I am
to go on living in the body,
this will mean fruitful labor for me.
Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know!/
I am
torn between the two:
I
desire to depart and be with
Christ,
which is better by far;/
[but]
it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body./
Convinced of this, I
know that
I will remain,
[and]
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I will continue
[with]
all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,/
so that through my
being with you
again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on
account of me.
Whatever happens,
conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of
the Gospel of Christ.
Then, whether I come
[and]
see you or only hear about you in my absence,
I will know
that you stand firm in the one Spirit,/
striving together
as one for the faith of the Gospel/
without being frightened in any way by
those who
oppose you.
This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed,
[but]
that you
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