Holiness in the Letters of Paul: The Necessary Response to the Gospel
Oct 2016 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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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.
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).
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