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Through exegetical studies of 1 Corinthians and Galatians, John Lewis shows how Paul synthesizes theology and ethics—which interpreters frequently separate—as integrated aspects of Christian thinking and living. This fusion becomes evident in Paul’s complex process of theological, moral reasoning that lies beneath the surface of his letters for which we have coined the phrase ‘theo-ethical...

It is suggested that theo-ethical reasoning is grounded in Paul’s revelatory experience of the risen Christ.6 These include the appearance of the crucified but risen Christ to Paul,7 the revelation of God’s Son in Paul,8 and his visions and revelations of the Lord.9 Reflecting on this revelatory experience, Paul apparently concluded that God divinely confirmed Christ’s human act of self-giving love for others on the cross by raising him from the dead.10 For Paul this event thus confirmed
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