Judaism.”3 If we abandon the “new perspective” on Paul, however, surprise is an uncalled for reaction. If Hebrews is left out of consideration, in the Pauline epistles the word group metanoia/metanoeō (repentance/repent) occurs a grand total of five times (Rom 2:4; 2 Cor 7:9, 10; 2 Cor 12:21; 2 Tim 2:25)! I think you will agree that this is not a very big number for thirteen epistles. The simple fact of the matter is that, in Pauline thought, repentance is not relevant to Paul’s doctrine of justification