The Legal Significance of Christ's Risen Life: Union with Christ and Justification in Galatians 2.17-20
This article addresses the relationship between Paul's reference to justification in Christ' in Gal. 2.17 and the description of Paul's relation to Christ in Gal. 2.19-20. Interpreters typically suggest that these verses bear no direct relation to each other or that they demonstrate...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the New Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2018, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-472 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Galaterbrief 2,17-20
/ Justification
/ Resurrection
/ Jesus Christus
/ Human being
/ Union
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBF Christology NBK Soteriology NBM Doctrine of Justification |
| Further subjects: | B
Resurrection
B Pauline Theology B Justification (Christian theology) B Galatians B union with Christ B Bible. Galatians B DOCTRINAL theology B Paul, The Apostle, Saint B Justification B Jesus Christ |
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| Summary: | This article addresses the relationship between Paul's reference to justification in Christ' in Gal. 2.17 and the description of Paul's relation to Christ in Gal. 2.19-20. Interpreters typically suggest that these verses bear no direct relation to each other or that they demonstrate that Paul understands justification to entail more than a forensic declaration. There is, however, an old but often neglected interpretation of this passage maintaining that Gal. 2.19-20 should be understood in forensic terms. This view suggests that the phrase 'Christ lives en emoi' (Gal. 2.20) does not refer to the indwelling of Christ but rather depicts Christ's reception of resurrection life as a representative event into which believers are incorporated. The central argument of this article is that several lines of evidence support the viability of this proposal. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X18767078 |