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Romans 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle , while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [ 1 ] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius , who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22 . [ 2 ]
A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth, also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, [15] or Paul's previous Corinthian letter, [16] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9. [ 17 ] A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter , referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [ 18 ] and 2 ...
Paul Tillich accepts the historical authenticity of Romans 13:1–7, but claims it has been misinterpreted by churches with an anti-revolutionary bias: One of the many politico-theological abuses of biblical statements is the understanding of Paul's words [Romans 13:1–7] as justifying the anti-revolutionary bias of some churches, particularly ...
Pelagius's Commentary on St Paul's Epistle to the Romans (translated with introduction and notes by Theodore de Bruyn), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993 ISBN 0-19-814399-0; Pelagius's Expositions of the Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul (edited by A. Souter) Texts and Studies; 9, 3 vols. in 1.
The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games; [3] this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
While Romans and 1 Corinthians, like Colossians, speak of a body of Christ, it is clear that Paul imagines the church as the body of Christ on earth (Rom 7:4, 12:5; 1 Cor 12:27). Conversely, the text of Colossians seems to imagine that Christ is the head of the body, which is the church (Col 1:18).
[citation needed] For example, his epistle to the Romans 13 teaches the obligations of a righteous gentile under the Noachide covenant, with Romans 14-15 expansive commentary on dietary ethics. According to Christopher Rowland , "the problems with which he wrestles in his letters were probably typical of many which were facing the Christian ...
Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and the Colossians. ISBN 978-080282193-5. 328 pages; Fee, Gordon D. (1995). Paul's Letter to the Philippians. ISBN 978-0-8028-2511-7. 543 pages Replaced Müller, Jac J. (1955). The Epistles of Paul to the Philippians and to Philemon. ISBN 0-8028-2188-X. 200 pages; McKnight, Scot (2018). The Letter to ...