New Testament TheologyThis work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. -- From the Introduction |
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... grace runs through the New Testament, and this grace is “the grace of God” (Rom. 5:15; 1 Cor. 1:4; 3:10; 15:10; 2 Cor. 1:12; 6:1; 8:1; 9:14; Gal. 2:21; Eph. 3:2, 7; Col. 1:6). 'The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” comes easily to our ...
... (2 Cor. 5:5). He establishes us and anoints us (2 Cor. 1:21), the anointing being another reference to his giving of the Spirit. Similarly he can make all grace abound for us (2 Cor. 9:8). He teaches us (1 Thess. 4:9) and supplies all.
... Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:3; Eph. 1:2; Phil. 1:2; 2 Thess. 1:2; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philem. 3).10 Occasionally he links the Father and ...
... grace of God (1 Cor. 1:4) and the grace of Christ (Rom. 16:20), “the gospel of God” (Rom. 1:1) and “the gospel of Christ” (Rom. 15:19), “the church of God” (1 Cor. 10:32) and “the churches of Christ” (Rom. 16:16), “the Spirit of God” (1 ...
... grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thess. 1:12) and of “the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).34 In both cases it is easy to understand the Greek sentence as referring to one person only, a person who is styled ...
Contents
the Holy Spirit | |
discipleship | |
Part three The Johannine Writings | |
the doctrine of Christ | |
God the Father | |
God the Holy Spirit | |
the Christian Life | |
The epistles of John | |
Part two The synoptic gospels and Acts | |
The gospel of Mark | |
The gospel of Matthew | |
the doctrine of God 8 The gospel of Luke and Acts the doctrine | |
Christ | |
the salvation of our | |
The revelation of John | |
Part four The general epistles | |
The epistle to the Hebrews | |
The epistle of James | |
The past epistle of Peter | |