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Focus on the power of Paul’s persuasive rhetoric and message in this commentary from Andrew T. Lincoln. Situating the epistle in its historical context, evaluating competing claims of authorship, and examining textual history of the book, Lincoln offers a fresh reading of this challenging epistle that expresses Paul’s vision for ecclesiastical and domestic life.

15, 16 βλέπετε οὖν ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί, “Pay careful attention then to how you live, not as unwise people but as wise.” The οὖν, “therefore,” links the new instruction in a general way with the previous overall exhortation to walk as children of light and to expose the works of darkness. This can only be obeyed if believers take care that their conduct is characterized by wisdom. The new exhortation is not simply “walk/live as wise people,”
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