While kyrios serves as a christological title in nearly every part of Paul’s Letters, it appears most prominent in the hortatory sections. In dealing with matters relating to conduct and practices within his churches, the apostle tends to refer to Jesus as kyrios. One can illustrate this grammatically by noticing that Paul has a tendency to use the title kyrios in portions of his letters dominated by imperative verbs. On the other hand, he employs “Christ” generally in sections of
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