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Paul’s Concern for the Jewish People - As a Christian, I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying. The Holy Spirit, along with my own thoughts, supports me in this. I have deep sorrow and endless heartache. I wish I could be condemned and cut off from Christ for the sake of others who, like me, are Jewish by birth. They are Israelites, God’s adopted children. They have the Lord’s glory ...
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The first text, which represents an apostolic rule, is 1 Corinthians 7:17–20.2 Here Paul writes: “This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. . . . Let each of you re...
A second text that sets the record straight on the matter of Paul’s view of Jewish law in relation to Jewish people is the Acts 15Jerusalem Council decision. The weightiness of this text derives from its being the ruling of a first-century apostolic council. Luke writes: Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chose...
Keywords: Paul, Israel, Jews, Gentiles, pagans, ethnicity, nature, circumcision 1. Paul the Post-Ethnic Apostle to the Gentiles When Paul says ‘Israel’, what or whom does he have in mind? Christian theological tradi tion has long answered that by ‘Israel’, a universalist Paul means ethnically non-specific ‘Christians’.
The apostle Paul has tirelessly labored in Romans to emphasize that there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile –– all sin falls short of the glory of God. If one does not follow the apostle here, they will construct different ways of salvation that appeal to the flesh. One may think being moral, good or kind is the way of salvation.
Feb 13, 2014 · Paul will list several of these assets in Romans 9:1–5, but in 3:2 he explains that the Jews benefit from being "entrusted with the oracles of God." The grammar of this verse indicates that we should see this as the chief or primary privilege of the Jews, namely, that they possess the inscripturated Word of God.
Sep 6, 2023 · The near unanimous interpretation throughout reception history has been that Paul addresses a Jewish kinsman. 2 Common interpretations resultant from the supposition that he addresses a Jewish kinsman often suggest (a) that Paul critiques Jewish legalism and/or self-righteousness, taking the Jew as a representative of the religious braggart boasting in his or her works, 3 or (b) that he ...
Aug 27, 2021 · So what does this make Paul in terms of his identity. Perhaps Michael Bird’s suggestion that Paul is an anomalous Jew deserves some close consideration. 8 Yet even this does not seem to go far enough. Paul speaks of his former life in Judaism (Gal 1.13). So perhaps it is better to speak of Paul as a former Jew.
