vast majority of scholars, Paul’s letters. These letters give us the earliest windows on the faith of the early Christians and particularly on their relationship with God. As James D. G. Dunn made clear in his Jesus and the Spirit, for Paul the gift of the Spirit of God to believers in Christ is the first part of the redemption of the whole person. The Spirit enables us to make a true confession that Jesus is the risen Lord (see 1 Corinthians 12:3), and the Spirit enables us to pray to God as abba.
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