Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: An Inquiry into the Character of Earliest Christianity (Biblia.com)

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Unity and Diversity in the New Testament is a thorough investigation of the canon of the New Testament and Christianity’s origins. It assumes the reader is familiar with the basic issues of date, authorship, and occasion of the books, looking in detail at the various emphases in the gospel proclaimed by Jesus, Luke, Paul, and John. It also examines primitive Christianity’s preaching and teaching,...

Matt. 12:38f./Luke 11:16, 29; John 2:23–25; 4:48; 20:29; 2 Cor. 13:3f.). 4.7 With the demand is coupled a promise—in Acts usually in terms of forgiveness (2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38f.; 26:18), salvation (2:21; 4:12; 11:14; 13:26; 16:31) or the gift of the Spirit (2:38f.; 3:19; 5:32; cf. 8:15–17; 10:44–47; 19:1–6). Here the overlap is rather more extensive with the other kerygmata of the NT. Jesus’ kerygma held out the offer of forgiveness and acceptance (see above §3.4), and Paul’s idea of justification

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