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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

source. Aristotle’s statement shows some (rather remote) affinity with what Paul says here; it has more in common with the observation in 1 Tim. 1:9 that ‘the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient’. 5:24 οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ [Ἰησοῦ], ‘the people of Christ [Jesus]’. For the designation cf. 1 Cor. 15:23. It includes all believers, unlike the misuse of the name of Christ by those who claimed in a distinctive sense ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ (1 Cor. 1:12; cf. 2 Cor. 10:7).
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