II Corinthians vi. 14-vii. 1 and Food offered to Idols
The problems surrounding the integrity of II Corinthians vi. 14-vii. I are well known. In the first place, verses vi. 11-13 and vii. 2-4 flow together rather easily as a single piece of personal appeal. ‘My heart is opened wide toward you…In a like reciprocation, I speak as to children, you also ope...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1977]
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New Testament studies
Year: 1977, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 140-161 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | The problems surrounding the integrity of II Corinthians vi. 14-vii. I are well known. In the first place, verses vi. 11-13 and vii. 2-4 flow together rather easily as a single piece of personal appeal. ‘My heart is opened wide toward you…In a like reciprocation, I speak as to children, you also open wide (your hearts toward me)…Make room for me.’ The parenesis of vi. 14-vii. I abruptly breaks this flow of thought. Moreover, vi. 14-vii. I is a self-contained unit, which begins with a concrete prohibition supported by five balanced rhetorical questions, which in turn is supported by a catena of Old Testament passages, and concludes with a general parenesis. Nothing within this passage seems even remotely related, either in language or concept, to the personal appeal within which it is embedded. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-6885 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500008870 |