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One New Man: The Cross and Racial Reconciliation in Pauline Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

In the Bible, Paul argues that sin has broken humanity’s relationship with God as well as his fellow man, and he recognizes Jesus as God’s provision for the universal problem of sin. Therefore, Christ’s death for our sin is God’s only solution to racial hostility and the only provision for racial reconciliation. Today, many Christians still allow cultural prejudices to shape their understanding...

that the commandment resulting in life produced “death in me” (7:10). The identity of the “I” (ἐγώ) and “in me” (ἐν ἐμοί) statements in Rom 7:7–25 are the subject of intense debate.112 At least three views exist. First, “I” refers to Adam and his experience with God’s commandment in the garden of Eden.113 Second, “I” refers to Israel’s experience with Yahweh’s commandment on Sinai.114 Third, “I” is an autobiographical reference to Paul’s pre-Christian115 or Christian experience.116 The third
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