Holiness in the Letters of Paul: The Necessary Response to the Gospel

by J. Ayodeji Adewuya

Overview

Paul's understanding of holiness stems from the holiness of God as revealed in the Old Testament. Using varied terminology, Paul describes the holiness that should characterize the believers as the people of God. God expects moral integrity of his people, because he has provided believers with his Holy Spirit to enable them to live exemplary, Christlike lives in this present world, though polluted, as they prepare for the world to come. Believers, who, like Paul, anticipate the Parousia, must not only desire but also pray that holiness becomes a reality in their lives, cognizant of the fact that holiness is a matter of practice, not merely a status that one attains upon justification. Thus, holiness is an imperative for the people of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498294553
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	10/21/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

J. Ayodeji Adewuya is Professor of Greek and New Testament at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee. He is the author of Holiness and Community in 2 Cor 6:14--7:1: Paul's View of Communal Holiness in the Corinthian Correspondence (2002), Transformed by Grace: Paul's View of Holiness in Romans 6-8 (2004), and A Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians (2010).
J. Ayodeji Adewuya is professor of Greek and New Testament at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Holiness in the Letters of Paul: A Necessary Response to the Gospel (2016) and 1 Corinthians: A Pastoral Commentary (2019).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Abbreviations xiv

Chapter 1 The Starting Point 1

Chapter 2 Holiness in Romans 20

Chapter 3 Holiness in 1 Corinthians 39

Chapter 4 Holiness in 2 Corinthians 63

Chapter 5 Holiness in Galatians 86

Chapter 6 Holiness in Ephesians 99

Chapter 7 Holiness in Philippians 110

Chapter 8 Holiness in Colossians and Philemon 122

Chapter 9 Holiness in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 137

Chapter 10 Holiness in the Pastoral Epistles 148

Chapter 11 Putting It All Together 159

Bibliography 165

Index of Biblical References and Other Ancient Literature 177