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The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible advances the assumption that the Nicene creedal tradition, in all its diversity, provides the proper basis for the interpretation of the Bible as Christian scripture. The series encourages readers to extend the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition to our day. In this addition to the acclaimed series, renowned scholar Christopher Seitz...

3:18–4:1). But inside older categories we are bearers of a new humanity in our bodies in Christ. And in those categories we are being renewed in Christ in ways that are hidden to our own knowledge or what we would call our “self-identity.” We have no essential self-identity. To create declensions of our essential selves after the work of the one man and the one cross is to encroach on what Paul here calls “our life hidden with Christ in God.” If there is anything essential to set our minds on, it
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