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Writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright helps us to see the pastoral nature of these three letters. They are not just instruction books for junior disciples, but a guide to a way of life, and in many ways appropriate to all Christians. Two strands in particular run through the letters. First, Paul is anxious that those who profess the faith should allow the gospel to transform...

have heard it like this, as a reference to baptism itself. As we know from Romans 6 and Colossians 3, Paul saw baptism as the moment when someone was brought into the community marked by the death and resurrection of Jesus. From 1 Corinthians 12 we learn that it is intimately connected, as well, with the gift of the holy spirit. These two seem to come together in the present passage, brief though the reference is. Up to this point Paul had spoken of the ‘appearing’ of God’s salvation in terms of
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