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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...

Paul envisions a day when believers are “changed” (1 Cor. 15:52), “conformed to the image of [God’s] son” (Rom. 8:29; cf. Phil. 3:21), sanctified (1 Thess. 5:23), and “blameless” (3:13). The success or failure of his ministry depends on whether they will reach this goal. His communities will be his “boast” (2 Cor. 1:14; Phil. 2:16–18; 1 Thess. 2:19–20) at the day of Christ. He is the anxious father of the bride who hopes to present the church as a “pure virgin to Christ” (2 Cor. 11:2) and the priestly
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