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Conformed to the Image of His Son: Reconsidering Paul’s Theology of Glory in Romans is unavailable, but you can change that!

With its soaring affirmations and profound statements of salvation in Christ, Romans 8 is a high point in Pauline theology. But what does Paul mean when in 8:29 he speaks of being “conformed to the image of his Son”? Remarkably, there has been little scholarly attention awarded to this Pauline statement of the goal of salvation. And yet in Christian piety, preaching, and theology, this is a...

(though here it is clearly beauty rather than splendor). In nearly every instance of δόξα and δοξάζω in association with humanity in the LXX, it is a reference to the exalted status or honor the person possesses or in which they exist rather than a visible splendor after the likeness of God’s theophanic splendor.93 2. More precisely, humanity’s glory and glorification as exalted status or possessed honor is often associated with the person’s status as king, ruler, or person of authority. A selection
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