Remain in me (John 15
It is argued that the model of relationality-response best epitomises the ethical direction of the Scriptures. In examining the ethical teaching of the farewell discourses (Jn 13-17), attention is given to discovering the ethical emerging from the narrative of Jesus's relationship-response to t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1991, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-356 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B New Testament Bible B Linguistics B "En emoi" B Christianity B Greek language terms B John 13-17 B Christian Ethics |
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| Summary: | It is argued that the model of relationality-response best epitomises the ethical direction of the Scriptures. In examining the ethical teaching of the farewell discourses (Jn 13-17), attention is given to discovering the ethical emerging from the narrative of Jesus's relationship-response to the Father, to his disciples and to the world. The account of the foot washing with which the farewell discourses begins presents a connection to the salvific work of Jesus. By this action Jesus prophesies in a symbolic way that he is to be humiliated in death. The ethical life of Christians remains a response to what Jesus has done on their behalf. What emerges from this examination of the farewell discourses is that love gives rise to the whole ethics of discipleship. United with Jesus the believer is called to lead a specific way of life. It is not an ethics of laws or ends, but an ethics that has a person, Jesus, as its very centre. Love is the cornerstone for this relationship. The call and choice that God has made of believers is one that results in love and in bearing fruit. In the final analysis the response to which the disciples of Jesus of all generations are called is that of a unity of love In Imitation of the response that Jesus demonstrated through his relationship with the Father. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_886 |