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I have lived with the apostle Paul for over sixty years—admired him, envied him, feared him, pounded on him, memorized him, written poems about him, wept over his sufferings, soared with him, sunk to the brink of death with him, spent eight years preaching through his longest letter, imitated him. Ha— imitated him!
Feb 9, 2021 · In my previous post I began to speak about the “incarnation” Christology found famously in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, 2:6-11. There are a lot of other things I want to say about this passage, all of them relevant to the issues I’ve been discussing.
Paul ever viewed the Christian life as the seedbed in which there would be the cultivation of faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13) — what medieval theology would later expound as the three theological virtues, the fruit of grace and not natural ability.
Romans. Paul is writing from Corinth at the home of a wealthy Christian named Gaius during Paul’s three-month visit on his Third Missionary Journey. The letter was written down by Paul’s secretary, Tertius (16:22), and taken to Rome by a prominent widow named Phoebe (16:1-2).
In his letters, therefore, Paul frequently draws from Jewish Scriptures (known now to Christians as “the Old Testament”) and describes Jesus Christ as the means by which God fulfills great promises made long ago (for example, 2 Cor 1:18–20; Gal 3:29).
By refashioning the hymn for that purpose, Paul produced stanzas which picture Christ in his purely human (one might say, in his “authentic” human) con-dition, stanzas which show that Jesus did not—like the first Adam—succumb to the usual human tempta-tion to be presumptuous.
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Mar 19, 2019 · In verses 15-20, Paul writes the Colossian church a poem about Jesus. In verses 20-23, Paul reminds them of the impact Jesus’ sacrifice has had on their lives. Paul challenges them to keep faith and to not lose hope in the gospel.
