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This book is devoted both to the problem of Paul’s view of the Law as a whole, and to his thought about and relation to his fellow Jews. Building upon his previous study, the critically acclaimed Paul and Palestinian Judaism, E. P. Sanders explores Paul’s Jewishness by concentrating on his overall relationship to Jewish tradition and thought. Sanders addresses such topics as Paul’s use of...

note that what the Spirit leads Christians to do is “what the law requires” (Rom. 8:4). Further, “what the law requires” turns out not to be what is logically or necessarily entailed by “living in the Spirit” and loving the neighbor. These principles in and of themselves, as we observed above, do not rule out homosexuality or even incest—as 1 Corinthians 5 makes clear. This is not to say that Paul made no effort to connect the behavior which he required with the love commandment. In 1 Corinthians
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