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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| A Pauline Theology of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Nature and Challenges of Writing a Pauline Theology | |
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| The Character and Method of This Pauline Theology | |
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| "Paul" and "the Pauline Letters" | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Paul's Experience of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Paul's Call and Conversion according to the Letters | |
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| The Letter Openings | |
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| The Grace Given to Paul | |
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| Paul's Ministry | |
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| In Defense of Paul's Gospel and Apostleship | |
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| The Change in Paul's Life | |
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| Paul's Call and Conversion according to Acts | |
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| The First Account | |
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| The Second Account | |
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| The Third Account | |
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| Paul's Gospel | |
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| Ways of Speaking about the Gospel | |
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| The Content of the Gospel | |
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| Paul's Apostleship | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Paul's Call | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Christ the Embodiment of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Paul Identifies the One Whom He Proclaims | |
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| Son/Son of God | |
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| Christ/Messiah | |
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| Christ | |
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| Christ Jesus/Jesus Christ | |
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| Lord | |
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| The One Who Preexisted and Exists with God | |
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| In the Form of God | |
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| The Firstborn of Creation | |
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| Revealed in the Flesh | |
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| The Corporate Christ | |
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| Eschatological Adam/New Human Being | |
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| Living in and with Christ | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Christology | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Saving Grace of Jesus Christ | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Paul's Experience of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Humanity apart from Christ | |
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| The Plight of Sinful Humanity | |
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| Galatians | |
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| Romans | |
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| Colossians | |
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| Ephesians | |
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| Other Letters | |
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| Dominant Themes | |
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| Alienation from God | |
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| Under the Power of Sin and Death | |
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| Under the Powers of This Age | |
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| Under the Law | |
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| Humanity in Christ | |
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| Justified and Reconciled to God | |
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| Galatians and Romans | |
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| Philippians and 2 Corinthians | |
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| Colossians and Ephesians | |
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| The Pastorals | |
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| Redeemed, Freed, and Forgiven | |
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| Sanctified, Transformed, a New Creation | |
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| Waiting for Final Salvation and Glorification | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Soteriology | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Living in the Community of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The People of God | |
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| The Church as a Local Assembly | |
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| The Local Assembly as the Church of God | |
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| The Body of Christ | |
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| The Body and Its Members | |
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| The Body in Relation to Its Head | |
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| Ministry and Ministers | |
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| Gifts of the Spirit | |
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| Ministry as Office | |
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| Israel and the Church | |
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| Israel according to the Flesh | |
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| The Israel of God | |
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| The Remnant of Israel | |
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| The Mystery of Christ | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Ecclesiology | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Living according to God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Soteriological Ethic | |
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| A Spirit-Empowered Ethic | |
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| A Sacramental Ethic | |
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| A Love Ethic | |
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| An Eschatological Ethic | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Ethics | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Waiting for the Final Appearance of God's Saving Grace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Waiting for the Parousia | |
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| Waiting for the Resurrection of the Dead | |
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| Waiting for God's Final Victory in Christ | |
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| Waiting for a Heavenly Inheritance | |
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| Waiting for the Final Appearance of Christ | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Eschatology | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The God Revealed through the Saving Grace of Jesus Christ | |
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| Introduction | |
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| God Who Calls and Elects | |
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| God Revealed in Weakness and Suffering | |
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| First Corinthians | |
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| Second Corinthians | |
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| God Who Justifies | |
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| God Who Is Faithful | |
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| The Righteousness of God | |
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| The Wrath of God | |
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| The Impartiality of God | |
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| God Who Raises the Dead | |
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| The Love of God | |
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| The Spirit of God | |
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| God Who Predestines and Calls | |
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| God Who Is Incomprehensible | |
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| God Who Shares His Name | |
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| God Revealed in Christ | |
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| God Revealed in the Economy of Salvation | |
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| God Who Is Savior | |
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| Coherence and Meaning in Pauline Theology | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Index of Subjects | |
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| Index of Authors | |
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| Index of Scripture Citations | |