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Conversion at Corinth: Perspectives on Conversion in Paul’s Theology and the Corinthian Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paul’s conversion and its impact on his theology have been studied extensively. Yet little has been done to relate this to Paul’s attitude towards the conversion of others, or to perspectives on conversion held by converts in the churches Paul founded. Soteriology is often considered in isolation from the practical issues of how conversion was expected to take place and the nature of its expected...

either/or choice, but it is the ministry of those called to be apostles which produces the obedience of faith. The faith of those who display this response depends upon God’s effective calling of others, and so the primary emphasis is on divine initiative rather than human response. Yet, precisely given this dependence of the faith of others on the ministry of the apostles, one might point to that ministry as itself providing a vital human mediation of divine calling. By responding obediently to
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