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Contents

Contents

Contents

Author's Preface

Translator's Preface

I. Main Lines in the History of Pauline Interpretation

1. Introduction

2. F. C, Baur (the Tübingen School)

3. The Liberal Interpretation and Its Decline

4. The History of Religions Approach

5. The Eschatological Interpretation

6. Continuing Development

II Fundamental Structures

7. The Fullness of the Time. The Revelation of the Mystery

8. The Mystery of Christ. Eschatology and Christology

9. The Firstborn from the Dead. The Last Adam

10. In Christ, with Christ. The Old and the New Man

11. Revealed in the Flesh.

Flesh and Spirit

12. Christ, the Son of God and the Image of God

13. The Firstborn of Every Creature

14. Christ the Exalted and Coming Kyrios

III. The Life in Sin

15. The Present World. Aeon, Cosmos

16. The Universality of Sin. Flesh, Adam

17. The Essence of Sin. Anthropological or Theological

18. The Wrath of God

19. The Corruption of Man

20. Romans 7 in the Pauline "Anthropology"

21. The Antithesis with Judaism

22. No Righteousness by the Law. "Boast" and "Skandalon"

23. The Law Impotent because of the Flesh. The Bondage of the Law

24. The Law as Disciplinarian unto Christ

25. Paul, Judaism, and the Old Testament

IV. The Revelation of the Righteousness of God

26. Introduction

27. The Eschatological Character of Justification

28. The Righteousness of God in Christ

29. Righteousness by Faith, Without the Law

30. The Justification of the Ungodly. Imputation

31. Judgment According to Works

V. Reconciliation

32. God's Reconciling Activity in Christ. The Peace of God

33. Christ's Death as Atonement. Katallagē and Hilasmos

34. Ransom

35. The Adoption of Sons. The Inheritance

VI. The New Life

36. The General Point of View

37. Death and Resurrection with Christ

38. Life Through the Spirit

39. The New Man

40. Faith as the Mode of Existence of the New Life

41. The Nature of Faith

VII. The New Obedience

42. Indicative and Imperative

43. The Theocentric Point of View. Sanctification

44. The Totalitarian Point of View. Perfection

45. Unity and Multiplicity. The Concreteness of the Paraenesis

46. Tertius Usus Legis

47. Liberty and Conscience

48. Love

49. Life in the World

50. Marriage

51. Social Relationships

52. Subjection to Civil Authority

VIII. The Church as the People of God

53. Two Principal Aspects

54. Ekklesia

55. "Saints," "Elect, " "Beloved, " "Called"

56. The New Covenant. Universal and Particular

57. The Nature of Election. God's Purpose

58. The Future of Israel

IX. The Church as the Body of Christ

59. Various Viewpoints and Problems

60. "Body" and "Body of Christ" (Romans and 1 Corinthians)

61. Body and Head (Ephesians and Colossians)

62. Christ the Head of All Things. The Church as Pleroma

63. The Church as the People of God and as the Body of Christ

X. Baptism and the Lord's Supper

64. Different Definitions of Baptism

65. Baptism as Means of Salvation

66. The Redemptive Significance of the Lord's Supper

67. The Critical Significance of the Lord's Supper. Self-examination

XI. The Upbuilding of the Church

68. The Church as Edifice

69. Extensive and Intensive Upbuilding

70. The Spiritual Equipment of the Church — Charisma and Ministry (Office)

71. Diversity of Gifts

72. Ecclesiastical Order and Discipline

73. Worship

XII. The Future of the Lord

74. The Life of Expectation. The "Nearness"

75. Death Before the Parousia. The "Intermediate State"

76. The Revelation of the Man of Lawlessness

77. The Parousia

78. The Resurrection

79. The Judgment

80. The Consummation. The Eternal State

Indexes

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