happens not just once, but again and again, so that faith becomes the expression for a particular way of life and behavior before God. 3.5.2 Over against all enthusiasm, Paul emphasizes that until the (imminent) day of the parousia, Christians do not yet live in immediate fellowship with the Κύριος in full view of his glory, but only in a fellowship with him mediated by faith: “we walk by faith, not by sight” (διὰ πίστεως περιπατοῦμεν, οὐ διὰ εἴδους, 2 Cor. 5:7). The believers (οἱ πιστεύοντες)