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Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology (Second Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

The theology of the apostle Paul is complex, set forth in numerous occasional letters, and subject to a seemingly endless variety of interpretations. How should students of Scripture engage the challenging task of discerning the shape of Paul’s thought? In Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ, Thomas R. Schreiner seeks to unearth Paul’s worldview by observing what Paul actually says in his...

(Phil 1:18). The way to triumph over petty squabbles, Paul informs the Philippians, is to keep the missionary mandate firmly before one’s eyes. Since Paul’s greatest joy was in Jesus Christ, he could overlook the antagonists who wanted to bring him grief, and he informs the Philippians (Phil 1:19–26) that his goal, whether he lives or dies, is for “Christ to be magnified in his body” (Phil 1:20). The Christ-saturated vision of Paul is expressed in his famous statement, “For to me to live is Christ
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