16 In a similar vein, N. T. Wright explores the impact of Paul's “in Christ” theology to the categories of slave and free that emerges in his letter to Philemon. Wright argues that the main theme of this little letter is ...
Wright explains, “The whole letter is both an expression of, and an exhortation to, the central Pauline theme of koinonia,” by which he means fellowship and partnership.9 More than this though, Wright describes this little letter as ...
Fee cites the following works as presenting the rhetorical reading of 1 Cor 14:34–36: the translation by Helen Barrett Montgomery; cf. Bushnell, God's Word, par. 189–215; Kaiser, “Paul, Women, and the Church”; Flanagan and Snyder, ...
In meditating on this gift, God made himself one of us and at the same time he made us all one, a single vine.”7 God gives himself to us in Christ, and through Christ's death and resurrection, he unites us with himself.
... and Rees Howells to name a few. There have, however, been millions of unknown intercessors throughout history, and so many of them are women. There are countless groups of women who get together to pray in groups around the world, ...
Through careful exegesis and theological comment this reading not only brings internal coherence to the text, but paints a picture of the apostle gripped by a vision for a new humanity "in the Lord," resulting in his refusal to compromise ...
In this little book, Lucy Peppiatt not only highlights the problems associated with using this text to justify the subordination of women, but offers a clear and plausible re-reading of the text that paints the apostle Paul as a radical, ...