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  • From: "Kathy Ehrensperger" <k.ehrensperger AT datacomm.ch>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Phil. 1:12-18 - opponents?
  • Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:40:57 +0200



----- Original Message -----
From: "Edgar Krentz" <ekrentz AT earthlink.net>
To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:58 PM
Subject: [corpus-paul] Re: Phil. 1:12-18 - opponents?


> At 3:51 PM -0400 4/18/02, Vince Endris wrote:
> >Dear Corpus list,
> >
> >I am currently doing an exegesis paper on Phil. 1:12-18. I am
> >primarily interested in these "opponents" of Paul. I have done much
> >reading on this problem and am surprised at the lack of literature
> >on it, and at the most widely accepted answers. It seems like there
> >are a lot of writers who believe these to be Jewish Christians.
> >However, to me this just can not be the case. Paul rejoices in that
> >these opponents are preaching Christ. This is opposed to how he
> >talks about Jewish Christians (even with in the same letter, i.e.
> >3:2). The only way I can see Paul advocating Jewish Christians is if
> >there was some way that they were only preaching christ and were not
> >at the same time preaching circumcision. Is this a possibility?
> >The conclusion that I am leaning toward more and more is that these
> >are Christians that preach Christ, but have some hostility toward
> >Paul himself. Cullmann points out a correlation between these
> >"opponents" and similar opponents at Rome during the time of Clement
> >who were against the apostles. What I am looking for and can not
> >find is, are there other instances of early Christians who for some
> >reason or another did not like the either the origianl apostles,
> >Paul, or both?
> >
> >Thank you very much,
> >
> >Vince Endris
>
> Try 3 John. The "Elder" certainly does not like Diotrephes. Find
> Kaesemann's article on this for one possible historical
> reconstruction of the situation.
>
> Ed Krentz
>
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