Corpus-Paul

[David Denton <drd AT uq.net.au>]

Francisco,

That book is James D. Hester, Paul's Concept of Inheritance, Oliver & Boyd,
1968.

David

At 11:50 AM 5/06/01 +0200, you wrote:
>David,
>
>I agree we cannot separate Gal 5,21 from its more or less parallels in 1 Cor
>6:9,10; Eph 5:5 and 1 Cor 15:50; but neither can we forget other kingdom
>sayings in Paul as Rom 14:17 or 1 Cor 4:20, where the kingdom "is not easily
>susceptible of a future reference" (Johnston: "Kingdom of God" Sayings in
>Paul Letters). Not enough, we should read Gal 5,21 in its letter context.
>
>The point here is that Paul uses with "kingdom" the verb "inherit", whose
>lexical field is no doubt rich and "pregnant" in Galatians. Johnston is
>wright in linking the inheritance of the kingdom with the argument of
>Abraham and the heirs of the promises (p.148), but then, he interprets this
>formula ("<not> to inherit the kingdom") as refering only to future life in
>the Age to Come, after resurrection. This is much probably to be the case of
>1 Cor 15:50, but may not fit exactly Gal 5:21. In Galatians the believers
>have already received the Spirit (3:2; 4:6; see 3:14: "the promise of the
>Spirit" = the promised Spirit), they are "children of God" (3:26), Abraham
>offspring and heirs (3:29), new creation (6:15). Life in the Spirit (Gal
>5:22) is quite similar to life "in the kingdom" (Rom 1:17). The believers
>
>have already inherited what God promised to Abraham; indeed, they are what
>God promised to Abraham (the "blessing" of the Gentiles; the gentiles who
>are blessed by God). Is not this community of the
>according-to-the-spirit-covenant (Gal 4,29; "new covenant of spirit" in 2
>Cor 3:6) the actual "kingdom of God", that is to say, the dwelling of
>God-Spirit in history?
>
>¿can you give me the full reference of Hester book or article?
>
>Francisco Ramírez Fueyo
>Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid)
>franramirez AT teo.upco.es
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Denton <drd AT uq.net.au>
>To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 3:56 AM
>Subject: [corpus-paul] Re: Kingdom of God in Paul
>
>
>> Francisco,
>>
>> This does not answer your question, but there are other places in the
>> Pauline corpus where "inherit the kingdom of God" also occurs & these may
>> be helpful in  enabling you to make a decision.  See 1 Cor 6:9,10; Eph 5:5
>> & 1 Cor 15:50.  The last of these is patently future, but the others are
>> closer parallels for they refer to evil-doers  who will not inherit the
>> kingdom.  Obviously 1 Cor 6:9,10 is the most similar.
>>
>> Have you seen the chapter on your subject in the Beare Festschrift, From
>> Jesus to Paul, pp. 143-156?
>>
>> Hester has a different comment on p.86 of his Paul's Concept of
>Inheritance.
>>
>> David
>>
>
>
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