RT Article
T1 Αρραβων as Pledge in Second Corinthians
JF New Testament studies
VO 54
IS 4
SP 525
OP 541
A1 Kwŏn, Yŏn-gyŏng 1965-
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785739352
AB This article argues that αρραβων in 2 Corinthians (1.22 and 5.5) does not mean ‘down payment’ or ‘first installment’ but ‘pledge’ without any sense of pars pro toto. After showing that the meaning of the word depends on its context, the study goes on to examine the two occurrences of the word, concluding that Paul either appeals to the Spirit as God's pledge for his apostolicity (1.22) or as a pledge for the surety of bodily resurrection (5.5). The common view that αρραβων depicts the Spirit as the present realization of salvation is thus exegetically unfounded.
K1 Resurrection
K1 Apostleship
K1 Eschatology
K1 down payment
K1 pledge
K1 the Spirit
DO 10.1017/S0028688508000271