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Gentiles helping Jerusalem
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xscot mcknight
Before Paul heads to Spain, Romans 15:25-29 tells us, he will return to Jerusalem with a bundle of money and gifts for the saints in Jerusalem. Wright sees the theology of Paul, as expressed in Romans (esp 14–15), in this collection for the saints.
New areas
By
xscot mcknight
Paul says his task is to go to unreached peoples — to go to new areas — to spread the good news to people who have not heard — to avoid treading on the turf of othes and simply begin new churches.
Staying on one’s turf
By
xscot mcknight
Paul has undoubtedly heard of what God is doing through the gospel in other places, but his priestly offering that he can take pride in is the work he has done: “I have reason to boast of my work for God” (15:17). He says he will only speak of what Christ has accomplished “through me”…
Paul’s Priestly Duty
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xscot mcknight
We can now see the landing field from our window as Paul banks to the side. Romans is about over. (By the way, we’ll do Psalm 119 next.) In the rest of Romans 15 (vv. 14-33), Paul explains his “apostolic vocation” and makes it very clear that his vocation is about getting Gentiles into the…
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