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The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. Following the format of its highly successful companion volume, the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, this Dictionary is designed to bring students, teachers, ministers and laypeople abreast of the established conclusions and significant recent developments in Pauline scholarship. No other single reference works...

But in another sense Paul emphasizes that salvation is here and now. The gospel is “the power of God for salvation” and God’s righteousness is being revealed in it (Rom 1:16–17). The tenor of the apostle’s writings and the manner of his living show that this is a reference to a present happening. Again, he quotes Isaiah 49:8, referring to God’s help in a day of salvation, and proceeds, “Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). The doubled “now”