The significance of salvation : a study of salvation language in the pastoral epistles / George M. Wieland ; foreword by Philip H. Towner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wieland, George M.

Contributor:

Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

Series:

Paternoster biblical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pastoral Epistles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Pastoral Epistles.

Salvation--Biblical teaching.

Salvation.

Physical Description:

xxii, 344 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Keynes, U.K. ; Waynesboro, GA : Paternoster, 2006.

Summary:

The prevalence of salvation language in the Pastoral Epistles has been often commented on but rarely investigated This careful study discovers a vital paraenetic role for salvation in all three letters, but finds distinctive soteriological emphases in each, challenging assumptions about the Pastoral Epistles as a corpus. Fresh exegetical insights cast light on the cross-cultural translation of early Christian ideas of salvation.

Contents:

1 Salvation in PE Scholarship 3

1.1 A Lack of Consensus 3

1.2 A Growing Recognition of Coherence 12

1.3 The Present Study 14

Part 2 Salvation in 1 Timothy: "God our Saviour" 17

3 1 Timothy 1:1 21

3.2 God our Saviour 21

3.3 Christ Jesus our Hope 28

4 1 Timothy 1:12-17 34

4.2 What Does it Mean to Be Saved? 35

4.2.1 [Characters not reproducible] 35

4.2.2 [Characters not reproducible] 36

4.3 Who are Saved? 39

4.3.1 "Sinners" 39

4.3.2 "Those Who...Believe in Him" 42

4.4 How is this Saving Effected? 43

4.4.1 The Historical Appearing of Christ 43

4.4.2 Christ's Continuing Activity 44

4.4.3 Paul as a Paradigm 48

5 1 Timothy 2:1-7 51

5.2 What Sort of "Saving" is in View? 53

5.2.1 A Peaceful Life 53

5.2.2 Coming to Knowledge of the Truth 55

5.3 How is Salvation Provided and Received? 57

5.3.1 God's Will to Save 57

5.3.2 The Christ-event 58

5.3.3 The Witness 64

6 1 Timothy 2:15 69

6.1.1 The Argument: Conduct in the Christian Assembly (2:8-15) 69

6.1.2 The Letter as a Whole: Women and Deception 70

6.1.3 The Immediate Context: Argument from Adam and Eve (2:13-15) 71

6.2 Issues and Approaches 72

6.2.1 Issues of Interpretation 72

6.2.2 Proposed Solutions 73

6.2.3 Back to the Background: Hearing the Other Voices 74

6.2.4 The Author's Strategy 76

6.3 The Statement in its Context 79

6.3.1 [Characters not reproducible] 79

6.3.2 [Characters not reproducible] 79

6.3.3 [Characters not reproducible] 81

7 1 Timothy 4:10 85

7.2 Grammatical Possibilities 87

7.3 Range of Interpretations 88

7.4 Issues 89

7.4.1 Who are [Characters not reproducible]? 89

7.4.2 What is the Significance of [Characters not reproducible]? 90

7.4.3 [Characters not reproducible] 95

7.4.4 [Characters not reproducible] 96

7.4.5 The Rhetorical Function of the Salvation Statement 96

8 1 Timothy 4:16 98

8.2 What Sort of "Saving" is in View? 98

8.3 In What Sense does the Human Agent "Save"? 99

8.3.1 Who is the Agent? 99

8.3.2 How is Timothy Exhorted to Do? 99

8.3.3 How does this Activity "Save"? 100

9.1 General Observations 102

9.2 Specific Aspects of the Presentation of Salvation 103

9.2.1 The Benefits of Salvation 103

9.2.2 God and Christ in Relation to Salvation 103

9.2.3 Paul and Salvation 104

9.2.4 Those Who are Saved 105

Part 3 Salvation in 2 Timothy: "The promise of life" 107

10.1 Distinctive Features 109

10.2 Paraenetic Character 110

10.3 Significant Themes: Shame, Power and Witness 110

10.3.1 Shame 110

10.3.2 Power 113

10.3.3 Unashamed Witness 113

11 2 Timothy 1:9-14 115

11.2 The Statement about God (v. 9a) 117

11.2.1 God has Saved 117

11.2.2 God has Called with a Holy Calling 117

11.3 The Statement about Grace (vv. 9b-10a) 119

11.3.1 Grace Explains God's Intention to Save 119

11.3.2 Grace was Given to Us in Christ Jesus Before Time 119

11.3.3 Grace has Now been Revealed through Christ's Appearing 120

11.4 The Statement about Christ Jesus (v. 10b) 122

11.4.1 Christ Jesus is [Characters not reproducible] 123

11.4.2 Christ Jesus has Abolished Death 123

11.4.3 Christ has Brought Life and Immortality to Light 125

11.4.4 "Through the Gospel" 129

11.5 The Statements about Paul and Timothy (vv. 11-14) 131

11.5.1 The Paraenetic Effect of the Salvation Statement 131

11.5.2 Paul in the Soteriological Schema 133

12 2 Timothy 2:8-13 135

12.2 Paul's Gospel (v. 8) 136

12.2.1 "My Gospel" 136

12.2.2 "Remember" 138

12.2.3 "Jesus Christ" 138

12.2.4 "Raised from the Dead" 139

12.2.5 "Of the Seed of David" 140

12.3 Paul's Suffering (vv. 9-10) 142

12.3.1 The Character of the Suffering 142

12.3.2 The Motive for the Suffering 145

12.4 Salvation (v. 10b) 148

12.4.1 "In Christ Jesus" 148

12.4.2 "With Eternal Glory" 149

12.4.3 [Characters not reproducible]...[Characters not reproducible] 150

12.5 Overview of vv. 8-10 150

12.6 The Hymn (vv. 11-13) 151

12.6.1 Dying and Living (v. 11b) 152

12.6.2 Enduring and Reigning (v. 12a) 154

12.6.3 Denying and being Denied 155

12.6.4 Our Faithlessness, His Faithfulness (v. 13) 157

13 2 Timothy 3:14-17 160

13.2 The Sacred Writings and Salvation (v. 15a, b) 161

13.2.1 "The Sacred Writings" 161

13.2.2 "Are Able" 162

13.2.3 "To Make Wise for Salvation" 162

13.3 Faith and Salvation (v. 15c) 164

14 2 Timothy 4:16-18 166

14.2 The Past Rescue (v. 17) 167

14.2.1 The Reference 167

14.2.2 The Character and Content of this Rescue 167

14.2.3 The Purpose of this Strengthening 168

14.2.4 The Metaphor 169

14.3 The Future Rescue (v. 18) 171

14.3.1 The Shift in Focus 171

14.3.2 [Characters not reproducible] 171

14.3.3 [Characters not reproducible] 172

14.3.4 The Doxology 173

15.1 General Observations 175

15.2 Specific Aspects of the Presentation of Salvation 176

15.2.1 The Benefits of Salvation 176

15.2.2 God and Christ in Relation to Salvation 176

15.2.3 Paul and Salvation 177

15.2.4 Those Who are Saved 178

Part 4 Salvation in Titus: "The grace of God...bringing salvation" 181

16.1 Situation and Tone 183

16.2 The Presentation of Salvation 185

17 Titus 1:1-4 187

17.2 What God has Done 188

17.2.1 God Promised Eternal Life Before Time 188

17.2.2 God has Manifested His Word 191

17.3 Paul and Titus in Relation to Salvation 192

17.3.1 Paul, [Characters not reproducible] 192

17.3.2 Paul, [Characters not reproducible] 193

17.3.3 Titus, [Characters not reproducible] 196

18 Titus 2:11-14 197

18.2 Grace Appeared so that We Might Live 198

18.2.2 [Characters not reproducible] 199

18.2.3 [Characters not reproducible] 201

18.2.4 [Characters not reproducible] 202

18.2.5 [Characters not reproducible]...[Characters not reproducible] 203

18.3 Jesus Christ Gave Himself in Order to Redeem Us 208

18.3.1 [Characters not reproducible] 208

18.3.2 [Characters not reproducible] 209

18.4 The Language of the Unit 211

19 Titus 3:1-8 214

19.2 Then and Now (vv. 3, 7) 217

19.3 What Appeared? (v. 4) 219

19.4 The Saviour (vv. 4, 6) 220

19.5 "He Saved Us" (v. 5) 220

19.6 The Grounds of Salvation (v. 5a) 222

19.7 The Means of Saving (vv. 5b-6) 224

19.8 The Outcome of the Saving (v.

7) 231

20.1 General Observations 234

20.2 Specific Aspects of the Presentation of Salvation 235

20.2.1 The Benefits of Salvation 235

20.2.2 God and Christ in Relation to Salvation 235

20.2.3 Paul and Salvation 236

20.2.4 Those Who are Saved 236

21 Salvation in the Three Letters 241

21.1 Specific Aspects Compared 241

21.1.1 The Benefits of Salvation 241

21.1.2 God and Christ in Relation to Salvation 241

21.1.3 Paul and Salvation 242

21.1.4 Those Who are Saved 243

21.1 Similarities and Differences 243

21.2.1 Shared Characteristics 243

21.2.2 Distinctive Features 244

21.2.3 The Three Presentations of Salvation and Their Purposes 245

22 Implications for Understanding the PE 248

22.1 The Individual Coherence and Distinctiveness of the PE 248

22.2 Re-evaluation of Some Current Interpretations of the PEs' Soteriological Perspective 249

22.2.1 Salvation as Good Citizenship in the Present Age? 249

22.2.2 Soteriology as an Ideological Stratagem? 250

22.2.3 "Paulology" as a Soteriological Category? 251

22.2.4 A Decline from Paul? 252

22.3 Principal Exegetical Results and Some Implications 254

22.3.1 1 Tim 1:1 255

22.3.2 1 Tim 1:12-17 255

22.3.3 1 Tim 2:1-7 256

22.3.4 1 Tim 2:15 257

22.3.5 1 Tim 4:10 258

22.3.6 1 Tim 4:16 258

22.3.7 2 Tim 1:9-14 258

22.3.8 2 Tim 2:8-13 259

22.3.9 2 Tim 3:14-17 260

22.3.10 2 Tim 4:16-18 260

22.3.11 Titus 1:1-4 261

22.3.12 Titus 2:11-14 262

22.3.13 Titus 3:1-8 262

22.4 Suggestions for Further Investigation 263

Biblical and Other Ancient Literature 301

Modern Authors 322

Hebrew Terms 326

Greek Terms 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-299) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1842272578

OCLC:

56661242