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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...

1:1 Παῦλος ἀπόστολος, More often than not Paul introduces himself as an apostle. In Rom. 1:1 he calls himself ‘a slave (δοῦλος) of Christ Jesus’ but adds κλητὸς ἀπόστολος in the next phrase (cf. 1 Cor. 1:1); in Phil. 1:1 he describes himself and Timothy as ‘slaves of Christ Jesus’; in Phm. 1 he designates himself ‘a prisoner (δέσμιος) of Christ Jesus’. An ἀπόστολος is, in general, ‘one who is sent’ (the word is so used in Jn. 13:16), but regularly in the NT he is one who has received a
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