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REL 223 Final Exam
Everything not in test 1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character of Philippians | No scripture citations Absence of dialogical style of argumentation that is usually there Paul's writing from prison - upcoming hearing |
| Points of Philippians | Paul's situation Encouragement for unity and endurance Plans for visits from Timothy and Epaphroditus Warning against false teachers |
| Reasons to believe Philippians is 3 seperate letters | Tone shifts at 3:2 Conflicting details "Finally" is repeated a few times as if he closed off multiple letters |
| Paul's situation in Philippians | In prison - contemplating potential death He's still rejoicing Can't choose if he prefers death or life (choose = suicide?) - Be with Christ - Live and keep working |
| Philippians church situation | Paul had close relationship to them Conflict in church Paul's Opponents - people who didn't like Paul tried to get him in more trouble Philippians' opponents - false-apostles say they must be Jews - lost some congregation to them |
| Themes of Philippians | Christian life - standing firm in faith, call to unity/fellowship in humility like jesus - Strive for obedience Eschatology - the Lord is near Warning - against false teachers - righteousness thru faith > righteousness thru law |
| Other theme of Philippians | Christology - Pre-Pauline hymn Jesus is divine, Christ is pre-existent, Kenosis (emptied himself to save the world) didn't take advantage of divinity like Adam Humiliation - exaltation |
| Kenosis | Jesus emptied himself to save the world |
| Salvation vs. Righteousness | Salvation is in the future. Through faith, obtain righteousness, through righteousness, become obedient, and become Saved at Parousia Obedience is empowered by God (God who is at work in, enabling you) |
| Roman Church | Not founded by Paul Composition of the Roman church - Gentiles and Jews Situation - Not responding to a problem, but answering questions about whether he rejected Israel and the Torah |
| Paul's situation (Romans) | Paul has never been to Roman church He plans to go to Jerusalem to deliver the collection and then travel to western Mediterranean He wants to use Rome as a base of operations Hopes to be "sent on" by Rome (likely financial support) |
| Phoebe | A leading member of the Corinthian congregation and Paul's patron |
| Purpose of Romans | A letter to introduce Paul (set the record straight about himself), his mission and his gospel in order to gain the support of the Roman church |
| Main theme of Romans | Gospel is the Power of God for Salvation through Faith for Jews and Gentiles |
| Problem and solution presented in Romans | problem: Universal Judgment because of sin - Both Jews and Gentiles will be judged (Gentiles because of idolatry and immorality, Jews for not keeping the law) Solution: Righteousness of God through Faith in Christ |
| Relation of Righteousness to the law | Participation in Christ's death and resurrection frees one from Sin, death, and the Law. Spirit frees one from the power of Sin (righteousness) and enables one to obey and be a child of God |
| God's faithfulness to Israel | God has not rejected Israel even though that aren't responding to the gospel. God always works out his purposes through those he calls but Israel has not sought righteousness through faith |
| Righteousness | It is revealed apart from Law through faithfulness of Jesus Christ For all - Jews + Gentiles Gift of God's grace - b/c all under sin's power redemptive payment - release of person for payment. Jesus death = payment Christ as sacrifice of Atonement |
| Righteousness (cont.) | God is revealed as righteous - God justifying himself as righteous - what done in Christ based in God's righteousness |
| Jesus as object of faith (faith in Christ) or subject of faith (faith of Christ) | Faith of Christ for those who have faith in Christ - otherwise it is redundant to say "Faith in Christ for those who have faith in Christ" |
| Judicial aspect of righteousness | Problem - sinful deeds -> Solution Righteousness of God through Christ's death (sacrificial) Result - Righteoused - peace with God, reconciliation, hope Parousia - Saved/spared wrath |
| Participatory aspect of Righteousness (P=problem, S=solution, R=result) | P- enslaved to sin under law - in Adam S- Christ's death + resurrection - believers participate (die w/ Christ, raised w/ christ) R - righteoused in Christ, life of faith, transformed, adoption Parousia - Resurrection/life - sharing in glory of God |
| Lesser to greater comparisons of Romans 5:8-10 | 1. While still sinners, Christ died for us --> "how much more" now as righteous will we be saved 2. While enemies of God, we were reconciled by his death --> "how much more" now as reconciled to God will we be saved by his life |
| Participation in Adam vs. Christ | Human beings participate in Adam by virtue of their humanity and participate in Christ by virtue of faith |
| Analogy of Law to marriage (to show how the law isn't bad) | Person has obligation to law like woman has obligation to husband if husband dies woman has to obligation - just like person dies to law in Christ (no more obligation) Woman is free to another husband like person is free to Life in Christ/Spirit |
| New creation according to Paul | Sin/Death --> new life Enslaved to sin --> Freedom from Sin (slavery to Righteousness) Under the Law/Torah --> under freedom in the Spirit |
| Issue of Romans 9-11 | Does the limited response of Jews to the gospel mean that God has been unfaithful to his promises to them? - Israel may be unfaithful, but God isn't - but what about his promise to Israel as his chosen people if they don't follow the gospel |
| Olive tree symbol | The Gentiles are wild branches intertwined in the olive tree that is Israel - so they should not boast Also shows that Jews should easily be grafted back in as God's people because they are the natural branches |
| Universalism (weak vs. strong) | Weak - God saves both Jews and Gentiles Strong - God is going to save EVERYONE |
| Why have faith if we'll get into heaven anyway according to strong universalism | We have the chance to be with God NOW we don't have to wait |
| Paraenesis of Colossians | Warning against false teachings and practices Dying and rising with Christ Household codes On prayer and conduct toward outsiders |
| Body of Colossians | Christ Hymn Application of Hymn to Colossians Paul's ministry and interest in the Colossians |
| Pseudepigraphy and motivations | Writing in the name of someone else Motivations - profit, getting heard, humility toward a revered teacher |
| Colossians as Pseudepigraphy? | Many long sentences Contains words uncharacteristic of Paul View of legal requirements Faith as content of belief (Colossians) vs trust like in Romans Key themes missing - righteousness, Law, freedom in Christ Suggests Christ's suffering insufficient |
| Implications of Colossians as Pseudepigraphy | For the authority of Colossians - not weakened no matter who wrote it - it's in the Bible Interpretation of Colossians Relation of Colossians to the theology in undisputed letters |
| Key topics of Pastoral letters (1&2 Timothy and Titus) | Dealing with false teachings organization and leadership of the community |
| Gnosticism | Likely false teaching mentioned in pastoral letters believed Christ "Seemed" in flesh Denied goodness of the material world Defined Christ's work as revealing the one true "spiritual God" Believed salvation could be attained through gnosis (knowledge) |
| Views on widows and women in pastoral letters compared to undisputed letters | Widows - Paul encouraged marriage in the pastoral letters but in his undisputed letters he discourages it Women - In pastoral letters, women are blamed for sin, but in Paul's undisputed letters, he blames Adam for sin |
| Role of women in Pastorals vs. Paul's ministry | Pastorals - 1 Timothy calls for the submission of women Paul's ministry - Phoebe - Paul's patron - Prisca - Paul's fellow missionary - Junia - noteworthy apostle - Many other female co-workers |
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