The problem of pain shows up repeatedly in 2 Corinthians as Paul defends the counterintuitive nature of his apostolic vocation, which is marked by suffering and not glory. This article considers Paul's portrayal of his sufferings by drawing on the insights of social identity theory and the new ...
Paul Describes His Work 24I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.25I became a servant of the church when God gave me the work of telling you his entire message.26In ...
In a reverse parallelism structure Paul reviews his past and anticipates his future (vv. 18-21, 22-24), and then in particular relation to the Ephesians he describes his future and makes an apologetic for his past conduct (v. 25, 26-27). He appeals to their personal experienceâ...
God would not give his sanction to an impostor, and a false pretender; and as Paul had labored there as an apostle, this was an argument that he had been truly commissioned of God. A minister may appeal to the blessing of God on his labors in proof that he is sent of Him. And one...
The article describes and reconnoitres how the Apostle Paul, a Hebrew who was a welllearned man and a brilliant scholar and studentunder Gamaliel, went abo... MM Reddy - 《Pharos Journal of Theology》 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 Environmental Change, the Acts of John, and Shifting Cultic Lands...
ground. His compromised process meant that the pigments were not permanently attached to the wall, however, and the painting began to flake within a few years. It continued to deteriorate, suffering from the steam and smoke of the monastery’s kitchen, soot from the refectory’s candles, and...