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Moral Formation according to Paul: The Context and Coherence of Pauline Ethics is unavailable, but you can change that!

This fresh treatment of Paul’s ethics addresses this question: How, according to Paul, can Christian communities know how God wants them to live? Leading biblical scholar James Thompson explains that Paul offers a coherent moral vision based not only on Christ’s story but also on the norms of the law. Paul did not live with a sharp dichotomy of law and Gospel, and he recognized the continuing...

“fulfilled” (Gal. 5:14; 6:2) in the love command, he never indicates that it renders other commands superfluous.57 Others have maintained that the guidance of the Spirit provides the norm for Christian action. Udo Schnelle insists that Paul’s virtue and vice catalogs were consistent with the common moral values of the time and that Paul proceeds on the basis of what was generally considered ethical; moral instructions are valid not because they appear in Torah but because they are a fruit of the Spirit.58 James
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