Corpus-Paul

["Tim Gallant" <tim AT rabbisaul.com>]

> Mark would probably not care for the way I've revised
> his Roman scenario, but I can't help but think
> unbelieving Israel is in view in chs 14-15 in a
> similar way to Caesar in ch 13: believers do and must
> deal with the "outside". Rom 12-15 instructs accordingly.

However... Paul never addresses Caesar (or the civil authorities in general) 
in ch 13; he does address the "weak" directly in ch 14.

I frankly find the view that the weak in ch 14-15 are unbelieving Jews to be 
quite implausible. In 14.4, he says that the weak will be made to stand, but 
that does not seem to fit well with how he construes unbelieving Jews in ch 
9-11.

Even more damaging is 14.6ff, which speak of living and dying to the Lord, 
which is quite explicitly Christ (14.9). Would he speak of Jews who do not 
believe upon Christ as "living and dying to the Lord"?

Tim Gallant
Pastor, Conrad Christian Reformed Church

http://www.timgallant.org
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