RESURRECTION and REDEMPTION

A Study in Paul’s Soteriology

Formerly The Centrality of the Resurrection

RICHARD B. GAFFIN, JR.

p.o.box 817 • phillipsburg • new jersey 08865-0817

Copyright © 1978

Baker Book House

Second edition 1987

Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, except for brief quotations for the purpose of review, comment, or scholarship, without written permission from the publisher, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, Box 817, Phillipsburg, New Jersey 08865.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gaffin, Richard B.

(Centrality of the Resurrection)

Resurrection and redemption: a study in Paul’s soteriology/Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.—2nd ed.

p. cm.

Previously published: The centrality of the Resurrection. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, c1978.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

ISBN-10: 0-87552-271-8 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-0-87552-271-5 (pbk.)

1. Resurrection—Biblical teaching. 2. Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul—Theology. 3. Salvation—Biblical teaching. I. Title. (BS2655.R35G33 1987)

234—dc1987-27332

87-27332

Contents

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART ONE

Methodological Considerations

PART TWO

The Resurrection of Christ in Paul’s Soteriology: The Central Theme and Basic Structure

The Resurrection of Christ and the Future Resurrection of Believers

I Corinthians 15:20ff

Colossians 1:18

I Corinthians 15:12–19

II Corinthians 4:14

The Resurrection of Christ and the Past Resurrection of the Believer

Ephesians 2:5, 6

Colossians 2:12, 13; 3:1

Romans 6:3ff.

Galatians 2:19, 20

The Union Involved

Summary and Conclusions

Conclusion

The Activity of the Father and the Passivity of the Son

The Agency of the Spirit

Romans 8:11

The Spirit, Glory, Power, and Life

The Person of the Spirit

Conclusion

PART THREE

The Resurrection of Christ in Paul’s Soteriology: The Development of the Theme

The Resurrection of Christ

I Corinthians 15:45

II Corinthians 3:17

Romans 1:3, 4

Acts 13:33

The Resurrection As the Redemption of Christ

Adoption

Justification

Sanctification

Glorification

Conclusion

Raised With Christ

CONCLUSION

Selected Bibliography

Scripture Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Foreword

It is a privilege to commend this new edition of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.’s seminal study in Pauline theology. It is a work that I have personally found instructive and illuminating, and I am glad that it is being republished for the coming generation of scholars, pastors, and teachers.

Dr. Gaffin’s work merits study for a number of reasons. The first is that he is a careful and faithful exegete of the New Testament. All who handle the text of Scripture as serious students are aware of the constant struggle for self-discipline to allow the text to speak for itself. In this respect Dr. Gaffin is a reliable guide and example. Almost every page of his work evidences the fruit of that struggle to let Scripture be its own interpreter. ...