http://readbetterpreachbetter.com/2009/06/14/galatians-1-6/ Bible Hermeneutics, Ethics & Preaching Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://readbetterpreachbetter.com/2009/06/14/galatians-1-6/#comment-452 Bruce Lowe Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:29:34 +0000 http://readbetterpreachbetter.com/?p=754#comment-452 Con, great news on the commentary! Hey "calling" was something a patron did with clients in establishing relationship. He took the initiative, and the client responded, and this exchange was what brought them into relationship. So the patron's call was really the show of a benevolent act (χάρις) which the recipient would receive. This may say something to the "One who called you in the grace of Christ" - the act of grace was the call from God who in the first century was viewed by Romans, Greeks and Jews alike as the great patron - see Crook "Reconceptualising Conversion" and to a lesser degree Harrison "Paul's Language of Grace". cheers, Bruce Con,
great news on the commentary! Hey “calling” was something a patron did with clients in establishing relationship. He took the initiative, and the client responded, and this exchange was what brought them into relationship. So the patron’s call was really the show of a benevolent act (χάρις) which the recipient would receive. This may say something to the “One who called you in the grace of Christ” – the act of grace was the call from God who in the first century was viewed by Romans, Greeks and Jews alike as the great patron – see Crook “Reconceptualising Conversion” and to a lesser degree Harrison “Paul’s Language of Grace”.
cheers,
Bruce

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