Sublime

Paul covers a broad spectrum of conduct and relationships, for every part of our life is a part of our calling. He tells us to be imitators of God, a task that would be impossible except for one thing: We are not alone. We have the Spirit in our inner being, and we have the protection of the full armor of God. It’s up to us, however, to use what we

In the above passage he calls the commandments the “ministry of death engraved on stone” and repeatedly tells us that it is fading away in favor of the new righteousness by faith.

Andreas Köstenberger has conclusively shown that the two infinitives—didaskein (“to teach”) and authentein (“to exercise authority”), which are connected by oude (“nor”)—refer to two distinct activities.

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus (

As preachers, theologians are proclaimers of the Word, the truth of Jesus Christ as the Liberator of the poor and the wretched

This they saw is rooted in a yet deeper issue: the nature and character of God himself revealed in the gospel.

Paul tells us we may have wonderful and valuable spiritual gifts, but without love we are unusable.

Paul grounds his commands not merely in creation but in re-creation. The wife submits, just “as the church submits to Christ” (v. 24).