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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...

endure the tests of this age. These same ideas appear in the DSS in 1QS 11; CD 2 and 6:3; 1QH 12:11–13 and 14:25; and 11QPsa154 (Syriac Psalm 2). Thus someone with a Jewish background would have every reason to pray for wisdom in the testing situation. Wisdom would make or keep him perfect or enable him to stand. Similarly, in the NT wisdom is closely associated with understanding the divine plan and responding to it. In 1 Corinthians, for instance, Christ is the manifestation of wisdom,
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