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Despite the attributed title "1 Corinthians", this letter was not the first written by Paul to the church in Corinth, only the first canonical letter. 1 Corinthians is the second known letter of four from Paul to the church in Corinth, as evidenced by Paul's mention of his previous letter in 1 Corinthians 5:9. [26]
Disability Theology, Systematic Theology, and Theological Ethics Brian Brock (born 1970) is an American theologian. He holds a Personal Chair in Christian Ethics at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen .
Synergism comes from the Greek syn (with) and ergon (work) and refers to two or more sources working together. [1] In Christian theology, it describes the cooperative effort between God and humanity in the process of salvation. [2] [3] It implies a free human participation in salvation. [4]
Charles A. Wanamaker (born 1949) is the Professor of Christian Studies at the University of Cape Town. He specializes in New Testament and Early Christianity studies, with a special interest in the application of socio-rhetorical analysis to the study of the writings of Paul.
This theology is based on several passages in the Bible, including Romans 12:5,1 Corinthians 12:12–27, Ephesians 3:6, 4:15–16 and 5:23, Colossians 1:18 and 1:24. Jesus Christ is seen as the "head" of the body, which is the church, while the "members" of the body are seen as members of the Church. In this way, Protestantism defines the "Body ...
[3] In 1 Thessalonians 5:8, he refers to this triad of virtues again, "But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation." [4] In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul places the greater emphasis on Charity (Love). "So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of ...
His main published work was in the areas of hermeneutics (especially hermeneutical theory and its relationship to biblical interpretation), Christian doctrine (including eschatology and pneumatology), and biblical studies, in particular with two substantial commentaries on 1 Corinthians. He is unusual in academic theology for publishing ...
These were expounded upon by passages such as 1 Corinthians 15:3–7 and Romans 1:3–4 which describe Christ's work of salvation and the existence of witnesses to his resurrection [11] and he goes on in the following pages to list another ten examples of passages which attach to the name of Jesus "selected incidents in the redemptive story". [12]