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First published in 1968—and out of print since the 1980s—Victor Paul Furnish’s treatment of Paul’s theology and ethics has long been regarded as the key scholarly statement and most useful textbook on Paul’s thought. Now, Theology and Ethics in Paul is available once again as part of the Westminster John Knox Press New Testament Library. Featuring a new introduction from Richard Hays, this...

are framed by an introduction (12:1–2) and conclusion (13:11–14), both of which emphasize the genuinely eschatological existence of those exhorted. The appeal not to be “conformed to this age” (12:2) presupposes the believer’s belonging to another age in which, through faith, he already participates. In 13:11 ff. the terminology differs, but the perspective is the same: the believer is not to give himself over to “the flesh” and its “passions” (vs. 14 = “this age,” 12:2); but because he belongs to
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