by James Scott25 and Brendan Byrne,26 the work of Trevor Burke has further spotlighted the importance of divine sonship in Pauline thought.27 Kevin Vanhoozer has even argued that divine sonship should be seen as “the epitome of what it means to be ‘blessed in Christ.’ ”28 Yet it is somewhat puzzling that divine sonship has received as little attention as it has. Going forward we will draw on these recent developments in Pauline scholarship to demonstrate the definitive nature of divine sonship for